Thank you to all for your advice. We (my husband and me!) are in the process of taking out all those little stitches. We think it will be all right in the end although right now we can see the holes where the needles punctured the fabric. Seems like it is relaxing a bit, though, and I think once it is washed those holes will pretty much disappear. I will like the quilt much better once the stitching is out, I think. I will post a picture after it is finished. Quilt on!