It was not an LA quilt but I spend a week ripping quilting out of a quilt because it looked ugly, ugly, ugly! It was white on mostly black squares. I am glad I did it because now the quilt is very pretty and looks nice whereas if I had not done it I would have wasted all those resources, probably about $250 to $300. I can't do that-so I ripped.
I know you had professional reasons, but it was the right thing to do.