Love the design of your quilt! Ultimately be happy you go forward and fix so that you're happy with it. I have been quilting for about 6 years, on/off and still consider myself a definite beginner. I love reading magazines and books as they help me learn of new ways to do things. And then discovering this board was wonderful. My first few quilts essentially fell apart :roll: ... wrong batting and tried to tie! :shock: BIG ball of batting at bottom of quilt after washing... it was actually kind of humorous after it sunk in.. After that I stuck to quilting in the ditch and chose appropriate batting for how close/far I'd be quilting. The first few quilts I "meander/stipple" quilted were fine but not great. Certainly didnt have the very geometric roundish shape I see so many do (lots of "oops"... and sharp turns :))... I dont think I'll ever have a long arm and dont think I'll do too much more than I already do (unless there's an easy way for my ADHD brain to do it- lol!).... Was happy with last quilt which I just had fun playing with border.... kind of went to town messing around. Used the darning foot with feed dogs lowered and have been pleased with result. It's FAR from perfect.... since I still havent achieved conquering the sewing of a straight line, it's a bit too poochy in places and should have trimmed the red seem (where meets white border) more so there wasnt such a definite ledge, BUT overall.... I really learned from it, had a great time... think it will stand the test of time and has been keeping us warm. So all good. It's fun for me to try new things with new quilts but often am quilting baby quilts for friends and get scared to do something outside my comfort level. We've been in need of some quilts around our place so have been sewing several for "us" (which is a true first) and just playing... lots of fun. Great book I found..... includes WAY more info than I'll ever use but some really nice ideas: Dancing with Thread by Ann Fahl ... your guide to free-motion quilting. Gives some good ideas on variations on the standard meander/stipple, like trying circles etc. Attaching a pic of this last quilt and did some wavy loops in the red border using King Tuts varigated thread (love that stuff)... Good luck... it's a beautiful quilt!
Leigh