I just finished a quilt and redid the border three times. I normally do not remove stitching but every time I tried a new one here (for only about 3 inches) I would look at it and it just said no to me. After a couple of days I finally ended up with one that was o.k. So I would say that you just have to let the quilt sit "and think "for a while. To make you feel better when I do this, I usually am very pleased with the result.