Originally Posted by
SweatyPie
You thought it was beautiful when you bought it. It's not now. Your first mistake was taking it apart and trying to make it be something it never was going to be. At this point, why spend time gnashing your teeth? Either stitch it back up as is, or use the pieces to make potholders.
Usually when a picture of something is posted on eBay, the item is shown to its best advantage. It's relatively rare, for a seller to show the 'ugly' side of something he/she is trying to sell. My guess is that the OP saw an eBay photo of the top, which the seller made sure looked pretty good.
I see no irony, in the fact that she tried to fix a few mistakes.