eBay quilt - Just shaking my head
 

This will be picture heavy as I still can't believe my own eyes. My question is should I continue, how, or just throw it away!! I bought a top on eBay before I started quilting, I thought it was beautiful. When I started quilting, I put it away. I am now between projects so I thought I would pull it out and work on it. I did notice a LOT of points were not that well executed. So I thought I would take it apart and re-do the points. Something I have had to do with my own quilts when points didn't match. No big deal. Holy Cow!! Not only do the points not match, they aren't even cut. I know you are saying, "What is she talking about?" My defense, look at the pictures!
This is the rows, you can see the points in the centers don't match.http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=495806&stc=1
Closer view of the points
http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=495807&stc=1
If you can see the black lines, that was how it was pieced, in a "L" shape??http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=495808&stc=1
This is with the sashing pinned backhttp://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=495809&stc=1
Can you see where the pieces are connected? Who would do this??http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=495810&stc=1

Should I cut it apart and re-piece in the traditional way or just chunk the whole thing, call it a lessson in paying attention while on eBay or what??????

I have never seen anything like that .... If I had to redo this, I would square off the red squares and make a new centre block using a similar red or even a white with black quick corners.
Good luck my dear. :o)

I would say to the question (who would do this?) .... Someone who is new to quilting, is trying to learn on her own, figuring it out as she went along, doing the best she could to figure it out.... Kudos to her for trying so hard to figure out how to do something on her own! I would not have started taking it apart, I would quilt it as is, perhaps using it as a quilting practice piece and keep it as a utility quilt, maybe as my next * picnic quilt*

I agree with Tartan completely. Reds are notorious for bleeding. It would be a total waste of your time and an even bigger stressor on your part if you haven't ascertained that the red remains colorfast. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

It is/was a pretty pattern.

Yikes! There's no way I'd spend the time to take it all apart and redo it. I'd call it an eBay lesson and do as Tartan suggested. :shock:

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.

I'd just quilt it as is, after making sure that red doesn't fade. Too much trouble to do anything else...and it is a pretty pattern.

Dina

That's what I would do.