sandrab64

Deep Breath! Deep Breath! Turn to your 'QB family' for help and guidance.......

I've made a stainglass table runner and it looked beautiful! However, after coming out of the (non-agitated) washer, several spots of fabric have come out from under the lead lines. The picture shows the biggest one which is about 3-4 inches long. There are about a dozen smaller areas that are peeking out. What would be the best way to fix this? Should I unpick the lead lines where it's happened and tuck/fuse/glue the fabric and re-sew the lead lines? I did try to overlap all the fabric per pattern instructions before sewing the lead lines on but some pieces obviously chose not to cooperate. I'm trying not to panic knowing that there is great knowledge out there---please send some my way!!!

M.I.Late

(Hope you prewashed all fabrics). I've had the same thing happen to me.
Here's what I have done to fix this problem:
Remove prior stitching on lead lines in that area.
Re apply fusible and iron it down real well.
Re sew satin stitch (by hand since it's already quilted) on lead lines wider than the first time.
It should look like it was done only once after repairs are made.

Time consuming, but an easy fix in my experience.

Nammie to 7

Oh no, I can only imagine your agony when you saw this. Sounds like MI Late has a good fix for you. Good luck

Tartan

Is there enough fabric left to go under the leading? If not, I think I would hand appliqué another leaf section in a slightly different colour along the edge so it kind of looks like leaf shading. I would then unpick the leading along the slit and hand sew it back down. What a bummer!

thimblebug6000

Years ago a group of us made "noel" tablerunner, except I used a different design instead of the words and not Xmas colours. We all had this same problem. I "fixed" mine by ironing carefully all the little squares, then stitching close to the edges whether they had lifted or not, and then doing a fancy stitch in black to make sure they stayed in place. I'll try to post a picture of a close up so it might help explain it.

thimblebug6000

Here's the tablerunner "fix" I did, sorry can't edit above posting, took too long to find the picture [ATTACH=CONFIG]447809[/ATTACH]

DOTTYMO

I would check to see if a spot of glue would help to hold down prior to a fix.

Jingle

Could you go along all of the lead lines with a zigzag stitch? I think I would take a needle or pin to push back under the lead part and glue along that edge. Zigzaging all of the lead lines would insure them not coming out later. No one would be the wiser.

Emma S

I love the stain glass patterns and have always thought I would try one one day. You have my complete sympathy but sounds like a combination of good fixes. Just a question, if you had it to do over again how would you avoid this problem?

thimblebug6000

I would cut the appliqué shapes a tad larger than the pattern so they overlapped further under the leading. ALSO.... I had used a double needle originally when I stitched my leading, I would use a single needle & make sure the stitching was just a thread away from the edge. When I first started to quilt, we did some with all hand stitched leading and there was no problem with those fabrics pulling out.