Ever done something like this - while quilting I left the machine for a minute & when I came back, sat down not noticing the edge of the quilt was on the chair.
The quilt was under the needle & there was a horrible ripping sound.
1" tear in middle of block! Nearly cried!
I plan to fmq butterflies in the red HSTs - so after a carefully hand darned repair appliqued a butterfly over it. The tear on the back will have the label over it as it's the edge block. I was lucky it wasn't a bigger rip!

Well you did a great job at averting that disaster. Your quilt and quilting are lovely.

Good recovery!!! How did that happen?

I sat on the edge of the quilt & it pulled away from the needle which was down ... that'll teach me to be more careful, as the repair has taken all afternoon.

You turned a near disaster into an "embellishment opportunity"! :D :D

Love your quilt and the quilting you did!! Did you quilt with long arm or domestic machine??

thanks CRH, my first go fmq on a lap size. I have a Janome MC6600.

Great cover-up though. Good thinking.

Well , it looks like it was covered great... It sure must've been scary tho. Great quilt

It could have been worse, your machine could have toppled :roll: it looks great

I'm so sorry that it happened, but you saved it beautifully! Your quilt is gorgeous!!

Sorry to hear that, I have something simuliar i wash my flannel quilt after quilting and one block the seams SPLIT open now i have to try and fix. errrrrrrrrrrrrrr it is a gift. OUCH.

I'm glad you were able to "fix" it. It's a very pretty quilt and you did a great job on the quilting and the "repair"

Bev - it was the pits of the tummy feeling!

Ruth, yes, lucky, cos the needle snapped in half too.

Renee - has the seam stitching come undone, or fabric split? You should be okay if it's the seam. If it's a fabric tearaway from the stitching, could you lightly catch it together and embroider something fancy over the top & make a feature?

Great thinking Katrine! Very pretty quilt I might add.

So happy that you
were able to save your quilt. :-)

Nice save! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Too many things to keep track of! :?

Katrine looks like that turned into a happy accident because you have made a great job of the tear.

I can just imagine how you felt after all that work.

Lovely quilt though.

Elle

Looks great now!!!

Katrine: Your quilt is beautiful and your patchwork on the tear is a stoke of genious. Good job.

Never had that happen, but it could in my house. My heart dropped as I read it but you did a wonderful save.

Katrine--I was reading about your tear and looking at your quilt and could not find it anywhere. Then I realized that you made the applique to cover it up--great save! I thought it was just a part of your original quilt plan. What a way to change a negative into a positive!!!

Great save Katrine! No one but you will ever know. We won't tell. Lovely quilting by the way.

How clever of you to come up with a soultion so fast....I'd still be scatching my head....and saying a few choice words......:-)

oh believe me, gcathie, the choice words were said!
But now I'm happy, it looks like a had a "good idea". Will post the finished quilt, when done.

You did a great job fixing the tear.
I am anxious to see the finished pictures.
Good luck with the rest of it!!
:D :D :D :D

i'm sooooo glad you saved that beautiful quilt. :-)

Nice work! :) My stomach flipped when I read what happened....I would have cried.

Great save! And who would have known if you didn't say anything?

I'm not telling anyone else, apart from the Board!!

The butterfly is the perfect addition! An artistic save! I can't wait to see the whole quilt. Your FMQ is looking fab.

yeah, i was almost re-living it with you, as i was reading. I will definitely be careful of this. We work so hard and then in an instant, some little thing...and then you slaved away and look how beautiful. What a relief. So glad you shared with us. Such a pretty quilt. :D

Great save!!! I mean what a nice design opportunity you had :lol: :lol:
Seriously...my heart would have dropped to my feet..it did when I was reading what happened to you. Can't wait to see the whole quilt when you are finished..it looks really great!

What a beautiful way to save a boo-boo!

Sorry that happened to your pretty quilt but it sounds like you fixed it up. No one will ever know.

Looking forward to seeing your quilt finished and posted. Happy dance on a great save!

I'm nearly there - just borders to quilt, and binding to go on ..

OMG - what a thing to happen but as usual you had a bright idea to fix it!

I've seen this Top in the flesh guys and it's even more beautiful than the pics show!

K x

PS That free motion is fab BTW!

The quilt is now finished (apart from a label to cover the small hole on the back!).
It was hard getting photos of the fmq. I didn't use too much of contrasting thread as its my first quilt with fmq. There are some wobbles and variations in stitch lengths, but I know there are no police here!
Hope you like it.

and the back

Wow Kathy - that's beautiful and the fmq is fabulous - don't believe you're a novice! (OR I just got to get one of those machines! LOL!)

K x