Originally Posted by janRN
Allison: I really hate to disagree with you because you have to live with the quilt. Take a step back and look again. The stitches look fine to me the way she did them. The patterns are folk art and so are the stitches. Or am I looking at it wrong? I'm sorry-I'm a big fan of folk art quilts, carvings, paintings, etc. and this looks very nice. This is just my VERY humble opinion. Good luck with whatever you decide-it's a lovely quilt.
I vote with Jan. To me, the petal you redid looks better but the original has a folk art look that some people really love.
If you really hate it, maybe you could do some machine stitching. Look at Amma's post "What I learned today...." Her decorative stitching on a pieced block looks really nice. Maybe you could do that with the applique.