There are NO mistakes

I don't know who said 'there are no mistakes, only opportunities' but I really like that saying. Tonight I was working with a wonderful piece of fabric that my daughter brought back from Korea for me. I must admit it wasn't much material - she went to a tailor shop to buy me fabric and they didn't understand why she wanted it - so they gave her 3 scraps. I've been saving those scraps for something special - and darned if I didn't give myself an opportunity tonight to use all of it! I've been taking an online class (just love those things!) and I was working on the overcoat for the figure. I knew I had to fussy cut the material so I could get the color and the motifs where I wanted them so I very carefully laid out the pattern pieces. There were two, the back of the coat was one piece (placed on the fold), and a piece for the sides (right sides together). Got them cut out - had a blue motif on one side - matched the trousers perfectly - and a fuschia one on the other. Went to sew them together and realized that I should have turned the side pattern piece over since I had cut them separately. I had two right sides. Grrrr. What a waste! It was the ONLY blue motif on the material. That definitely bummed me out but I cut out another piece and finished the coat. Know what? It came out great .. better than it would have with two different color motifs. I even managed to get them nearly perfectly even on each side of the coat. Ergo ... no mistake .. just a great opportunity for creativity! Ya gotta love it!

P.S. I do this kind of thing all the time. When I used to make clothing - very infrequently I might add - I always put something on backwards. Guess it's just one of my quirks! And I was trying to be SOOOO very careful too!