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Old 12-13-2010, 04:37 PM
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This also happened to me. Nothing was mentioned when my quilt was sent to me. It was fortunate that the rip was close to the edge of the border. I trimmed to border so cut off the hole. This only made the border 1 inch narrower.
Sorry this happened to you. I now I do my own quilting.
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Old 12-13-2010, 05:09 PM
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Rubbish......it's evident how the hole got there.
With that said, accidents happen, we are all human. A heartfelt apology & offer to fix it the best she could would have been the morally correct thing. Ignorance is insulting.
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Old 12-13-2010, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by whenpigsfly
Originally Posted by Charlee
Originally Posted by bearisgray
Originally Posted by OmaForFour
Be careful. She could sue for libel.
Can a person sue for libel if the statements made are the true?
Nope
The only provable fact is: there's a hole in the quilt. HOW it got there, and WHO put it there cannot be proven.
Can be proven if there was a signed contract and pictures of the quilt before and after the long arming. There's right and wrong and guilt may be weighing heavy on this person. I would definitely give her written warning that I would be sharing the experience of her methods with other quilters. Just don't put it in writing. Word of mouth is much easier and harder to prove.
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Old 12-13-2010, 05:12 PM
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Rubbish......it's evident how the hole got there.
With that said, accidents happen, we are all human. A heartfelt apology & offer to fix it the best she could would have been the morally correct thing. Ignorance is insulting.

Originally Posted by whenpigsfly
Originally Posted by Charlee
Originally Posted by bearisgray
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Be careful. She could sue for libel.
Can a person sue for libel if the statements made are the true?
Nope
The only provable fact is: there's a hole in the quilt. HOW it got there, and WHO put it there cannot be proven.
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Old 12-13-2010, 05:52 PM
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Please let us know if she contacts you about the hole in you quilt. Don't leave us hanging not knowing the outcome. Can you show a picture?
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Old 12-13-2010, 06:05 PM
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That is tragic. I am sorry that happened to your quilt. If that were to happen with a quilt for my client, I would do everything I could to repair it! A rip like that is not beyond fixing, even if you (the longarm quilter) have to pick out the quilting to make the repair, replace the patch then re-quilt the area. It is too bad you can't just take it back to her. One quilter I know says that a mistake on someone else's quilt becomes a free quilt!
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Old 12-13-2010, 06:40 PM
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How about a "border within the border" to cover the hole?
I agree that some very vindictive stuff has been posted here, but I agree that there should be a response from the LAer. The phone sounds like a good idea to me.
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Old 12-13-2010, 06:59 PM
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I don't have the expertise to comment on fixing it, but I would most certainly post her information on this site and contact the Better Business Bureau in your area and file a complaint. At least you can keep her from ruining someone else's work. Good luck on the repairs, it sounds as if you are getting some good advice on here!
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Find another to do the work.
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Old 12-13-2010, 08:04 PM
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I was quilting a quilt for a person on my long arm and found a place where she had not caught the fabric in the seam. I could not fix it at this point other than with Glue and I did not want to use glue on someone else's quilt so I just showed her the spot when I gave her the quilt back. She is like how do I fix it? It is not up to a long armer to fix the mistakes but if it is the long armer's fault, then she should fix it if she can and deduct something off the price. I don't know what else she could do.
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