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    Aaaargh!

    I was really on a roll FMQ'ing this fleece-backed car seat blanket and patting myself on the back for my skills. Then I turned it over. At least I know I'm not alone - someone posted a photo almost exactly like this last week
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    A fabric stash is always missing that one fabric needed to finish the quilt on which you're working.

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    Most frustrating! Been there, done that.
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    Just tell everyone it is a design option
    I Quilt Therefore I Am

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    Looks like a design decision to me.

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    looks easy enough to clip out.
    I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health - Voltaire

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    Quote Originally Posted by DebraK View Post
    looks easy enough to clip out.
    There's an easy way out of this one. I would take my "duck bill" scissors and clip very close along the stitched line. No need to rip out the stitches. Trimming along the stitches will remove one side of the piece and the other side may just rip out or another trimming along the opposing side may be necessary to set it free. A tweezer can remove any remaining threads.
    One step at a time, always forward.

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    exactly ;-)
    I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health - Voltaire

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    What a shame, but we all do this kind of stuff, darn.

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    Opps, well at least you know how to get it out without removing the stitching.

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    I've done that same thing several times. Luckily I have been able to just cut around the threads and pull the piece out very carefully.
    Sherri

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