The moment when you fail at the last hurdle...

[Former_Member]

I had one of those days and needed to vent!

I have been working on a new bangle design for a solid two days. I then had to varnish my masterpiece (last stage) and then I was ready to list! Unfortunately, the varnish made my whole design bleed, and I couldn't save it.

Have any of you made a mistake or just had plain bad luck on the very last hurdle of one of your creations?

I now have a bangle, which looks pretty awful. Going to have to figure out what to do with it...

[LaAntiguaTextiles]

In that figuring out what to do with it you might find the best idea in the world. Often, mistakes are a blessing, even if we cannot see it at first. Keep that bangle on sight, so you can see it all the time and think about it. The light can go on any time.

[GreenOrchidDS]

I agree with Angela, some of my best discoveries have been from goof ups :)

[NancyBags4U]

So sorry that happened to you. I hate those days.

I remade a very simple hat three times today. I kept making stupid mistakes.

Tomorrow is a new day to start fresh. Thank God for new beginnings!!

[CreationsByCarrieD]

Sorry Katie. That stinks. I tried painting a wolf today and it turned on me (so to speak). It was a ridiculous mess. I ended up heading out to run errands to get away from my frustrations.

Another story, I had finished a pen and ink rhinoceros and was getting myself ready to head to the print shop to have it scanned in since it was too large for my scanner surface when I hear "Oh no! Seth!" in my husbands' panicked voice. I head in the direction of the commotion and as I realized it was coming from my studio area I thought hmmmm what has happend and an instant knot formed in my stomach. Seth, my 2 year old son, took ballpoint pen to my rhino original. EEEEEK! It was okay though. I can never use the original BUT carefully layered coats of Whiteout and some redrawing allowed me to still be able to produce prints after having it scanned in but I can't even use the original to frame for our home ;( A bummer but live and learn.

I have some really funny goofs from my days of first learning to sew. Good heavens! I mean really silly stuff like making two left kimono booties. They looked great but....Three pairs later I still made the same mistake. I sewed a hand bag shut on the wrong side. It goes on and on.

There are days that no matter what I attempt it just doesn't go the way I imagined and then there are days everything is spot on.

[Former_Member]

Sounds like Seth wants to be an artist like Mommy! I'd frame it anyway...it is full of memories!

[CreationsByCarrieD]

Yes I did save it to do something with but it is really caked with Whiteout and while at the print shop we brainstormed and for whatever reason cut the image out about an inch from the drawing. It would be nice to figure out something to do with him. Seth does enjoy creating too. I couldn't get mad about it at all because I thought he sits in there with me and draws so it was his way of contributing creatively. Ha ha.

[MythOfTheWild]

I'm worried I may be approaching that hurdle right now.
I've spent £80 on supplies for a new line of products - which is a lot more than I'd usually spend if I was just "trying something out", but the bigger the order the less it cost, because of importing and stuff, so I decided to just go for it.

I'm still waiting for a few more things to arrive, but right away the bits that HAVE arrived aren't QUITE right. I can salvage them just fine, however.
The hurdle I think I'll fall at, however, revolves around the stuff I'm still waiting on. It's a new type of paint I've not used much of before, and I'm concerned that once I paint my new pieces it will just all go to pot.

It'll be my own fault for spending so much money on a chance, and there's every chance it'll actually be fine, but I am a little concerned.

You have my sympathy. I managed to mess up some fox in a jar necklaces of mine a few months ago, and ended up having to throw them out. It was a mistake on my part, again, so I hold no one and nothing responsible but myself, but it stung because the foxes came out particularly good that time, and it was my last few bottles. So yeah, that sucked.

So sorry about your wasted time. Was it the varnish or the medium you were varnishing that was at fault? If you can pinpoint it then you can totally avoid the mistake in the future.
Sorry love :(

[Former_Member]

If you've never made a mistake, you've never made anything. ;)

[Former_Member]

Chas Holley avatar
Chas Holley from EmpireSilkScreen says

If you've never made a mistake, you've never made anything

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^^Love this

[Former_Member]

It's a favourite of mine, I got it from an engineer who I was having to grovel to for making a massive mistake on his job. I'm going to make it into a print soon.

[Spellbinderie]

I'm more guilty of the "screw-it-up-improve" (clean version of the phrase) where i'm done with my creation but decide that it could be just oh so much better if i fixed this one thing...and an hour later i've made it worse and now have to spend time to repair it or worse, junk it.

as they say "the enemy of good is better"

but i'm liking the other phrase posted, must make that my new motto!

[Former_Member]

Oh lord I cant tell you how many of my boxes wind up in the scrap bin only to go back weeks if not months later to re-think them and finish the box

[Former_Member]

I work in yarn and plastic canvas and strive to make the reverse side look as good as the front. On one of my tissue box covers, the reverse side was exceptional good and I assembled the item half front side out and half reverse side out. When I realized the error, the disassembly took longer then the assembly. Now I leave a litle piece of yarn hanging out on the reverse side until the assembly is complete and cut it off.

We do learn from our mistakes.

[Untwistedsister]

Some mistakes turned into what I call "happy accidents". Maybe there's someone that will just love that bleeding print look.

I have cut a stone that I was in love with and while positioning it for photos I dropped it on the tile floor and it broke into 3 pieces. One of them is now a ring stone. I'm fortunate in that my precious metal uglies get recycled into scrap at nearly what I paid for the material.

[Lukagwa]

keep it aside for a while and do something else.When you are relaxed take it out for sure you will have better vision for the execution of the design.Chances are your the only one who thinks it awful get a second opinion.

[Lukagwa]

keep it aside for a while and do something else.When you are relaxed take it out for sure you will have better vision for the execution of the design.Chances are your the only one who thinks it awful get a second opinion.

[Former_Member]

Many times as I'm rushing to finish an item before the post office closes, I'll be ready to package it except for that one final pressing., and then my iron will shoot out a dirty blob onto it. Then I frantically try to get it spot treated & dried, but the postal hours have ended. Or I can't get the stain out and have to start over. You'd think I'd learn to keep a press cloth handy.