How would you do this?
 

Got my quilt back from the LA and she "missed" 2 legs of one pinwheel. (She felt AWFUL) Too expensive to send back and forth again, and she has agreed to send me a bobin of the matching thread. BUT, I'm not a FMQuilter, and need to somehow copy what she did with the other blocks and make it match. I've been reading about the saran wrap, which doesn't seem to work - looking for other suggestions.

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use tracing paper trace the design on paper or use a stencil then either trace it on the quilt or sew thru the tracing paper

Is there someone closer that she can recommend to do the fix?

Maybe you could check locally to see if there is a LA who would be willing to load it and do just those two areas. Or check a local guild for a LA. And I would definitely have the original LA (the one who made the ooops) pay for the fix.

can you do it by hand, it is such a small area would probably not be noticed

This may sound harsh but no way I would pay someone and end up finishing the work myself. In my opinion a spool of thread does not compensate for her mistake: she should finish the work at HER expense incl. postage fees ,or give you a considerable discount (as to assume you'll have to have s-o else do her work for her; it's none of her business whether you do or not). You're paying for finished quilting, not partly done.

I am basically a non-confrontational person until it comes to the big stuff.
I totally agree with hevemi, this is the only professional/business-like way this LA-er should handle it.
Her mistake - her responsibility.
Of course she didn't mean to do it, but this is business and not friendship etc.
I know if I were a business person, that is what I would do.

I agree the LA should pay the shipping expense. It was her mistake. The first thing I would have said was how do you want to pay for the shipping to and from?

Totally agree!!!

I agree with everyone else, she should have checked the quilt before she shipped it back to you. It was her mistake and now she should pay the cost of shipping it back to be finished. If she's a true professional who cares about her customers and wants their repeat business, this is what she would do.

Thought: Ask her to consider using the cost of shipping it back toward your next project rather than being totally out this cost.

We all make mistakes, and this is the same pinwheeel quilt where I made one backwards pinwheel, so I don't want to drag it out any longer. She did offer to fix it. And she gave me a good deal on the LA work for as much as she did.

Just looking for the best way for me to fix it and be done with it. Ah for the days of good old fashioned carbon paper....I'm thinking I could try to Xerox a square then pin it on and stitch through the paper......thoughts?

Just listen to Tartan. She has the best idea yet. You can do this.

Your idea sounds like it might work. Carbon paper would stain the fabric and not come out. Try to get your stitches about the same length as hers. I quilt my own quilts and always check the back for missed areas.

Ditto...it's the LA's responsibility to finish the job, including covering the shipping.

I would trace the pattern onto paper and then make some copies, more than just the two you need for the quilt. Then practice it on some quilt sandwiches on your domestic sewing machine. This way you can adjust to get the stitch length the same and practice the movement needed to get the smooth curves. of the pattern. When you feel confident with your practice ones, do it on the quilt.

Good suggestion to make several copies and run some practice ones.

Whatever you do, I wish you luck. That pin wheel quilt is fabulous.

You can actually do that by hand and make the stitching look like machine stitching, without any spaces in between. I've done it. They aren't big areas, so that's what I'd do. When it's finished, you won't be able to find any differences between what was done by hand and what was done by machine, if you are careful. Start off with half of the length of thread on one side of the quilt and half on the other side with the needle on it (no knots on either end). Make the first stitch the correct length (to match those already machine stitched), and you end up with both lengths of thread on one side of the quilt. Now switch the needle to the other length of thread and pass it through to the other side of the quilt through the same hole the first thread is hanging by. Continue in this manner, following the mark you made for the quilting, keeping the stitches very uniform in length. The stitches don't interlock between the layers like machine stitches do, but they pass each other figure eight style between the layers. Hope this makes sense.

I agree with this solution especially if you don't want to send it back and forth. Check with a local LA first and have the LA quilter suggest what to do. She just might offer to do it for free in the hopes she will get your business later

I would use a sheet of water soluble stiffener used in embroidery. Trace the design from a finished area, pin in place and stitch. When done trim away the excess and soak to get rid of the remaining stuff.

I agree that the LA should pay to have it shipped and returned to you after she corrects her error. I like using parchment paper like you use in baking to trace designs and sew over for FMQ. It is less fragile than tissue paper, rips away easily and is economical to use. I just pin it in a few places and work in sections.

I agree! She should finish the quilt at her expense.

A number of years ago I had a window fabrication home based business. I made a mistake on one panel of a drapery project. Unless you looked closely it was not particularly obvious-I did not see it until the customer pointed it out-maybe it had been a 2 AM finish. I insisted that I fix it when she was willing to let it go. It took me three or four hours to fix. She was impressed that I would go the extra mile that she recommended me to her friends and I reaped lots of benefits from the experience. Besides, I could be proud of my work. Would you recommend this LA to others? If she went the extra mile and rectified the error at her expense would you recommend her to others? We all make errors, but in commercial endeavors we should be responsible for them.

I guess she does not check her work. Some LA belong to groups that have members in other areas. Have the LA contact a LA closer to you and make the arragements to repair what she did not complete. She should also make arragements to compensate to LA for the work she had done to complete your quilt. If she does not, find a new LA.

Totally agree with you BellaBoo, and others. You paid her to do the work!

I am surprised she didn't offer to complete at her expense. It's not even a question in my mind.

I understand that you do not want the LA to correct the mistake and are going to handle it yourself. You have been offered some good suggestions. I hope you find one that works. Each quilt has its own story doesn't it? Good luck. I am sure you will complete it just beautifully.

If you send work to be quilted, then that is what should be done, a spool of thred is neither here nor there.She should carry the cost of return and re-posting.If you had wanted to quilt it yourself then that is what you would have done. Sorry but you should stand by your rights, xx

I totally agree with hevemi and Mousie. LA should pay all expenses and should be top priority. Send you a bobbin of matching thread? PLEASE! NOT ONLY NO BUT NONONONONONONO!

I have to agree....LA fault. On one of my quilts my LA called that my quilt was ready, but he had good news and bad news for me. The good news was I owed him nothing for the quilting - the bad news was that he had flipped the quilt rather than turned it. The good news was that it didn't matter....and my daughter was so happy with the quilt she thought I was nuts to even mention it. In this case it truly did not matter. It did to the expert as he said the error was his. I paid him anyways as he is a wonderful person and I know that if anything goes wrong, he would make it right.

I'm a longarmer...I would expect to pay to have a quilt sent back to me.......it would make me more careful next time. If you don't want to insist on that, take it to a LQS and see if they have someone who'll be happy to help you out. I'd help you if you lived near me. You're not a machine quilter -- you'll probably never be happy with it if you try to quilt it yourself.

You've decided to fix it yourself. I can definitely see some benefits to that. For 1 from the stitching in the picture, she does a very nice job and I'd want to use her again. If she's a busy person, she might refuse to anything for you in the future. Reading unhappy LAQ customers on this Board, when you find a good one, work with her. The time, expense and risk of sending it back & forth again....

"Tartan" suggested Golden Threads tracing paper. After tracing the design, run the paper through the sewing machine with a large needle and no thread to make holes. Then lay the paper onto the quilt and Pounce chalk through the holes. Golden Threads Pounce chalk disappears with heat (read their instructions to be sure)

Mistakes happen, even with the best of intentions. I'm sure she would give anythig to make it right. It really isn't too hard a fix and I have faith that you can do it. Forgive and move on.

I would draw the pattern on and sew by hand or machine and find a LA closer that I didn't have to send by mail, if possible.

I assume you have already paid her in full :( I don't think she did it on purpose, however, she is a professional and should stand behind her work. She needs to pay for the shipping to get it back to her to finish the job. When she receives it, your quilt should go to the top of the list and be completed quickly. If she knows someone locally that could complete here work then she should pay for the additional work that she didn't complete. So easy for us to say, as we're not the ones that have to do the confronting. Wishing you well

Where about on the quilt is it? If near an edge I would attempt myself. But if in the middle I would ask her to do it as her expensive the reason you send it to a Laq is because your home machine and you can't manahethe centre. It ia a mistake I would pay postage to her but she would have to pay it back and make it an early project not put it on the end of her list you require it. Back within a certain time frame.

"This may sound harsh but no way I would pay someone and end up finishing the work myself. In my opinion a spool of thread does not compensate for her mistake: she should finish the work at HER expense incl. postage fees ,or give you a considerable discount (as to assume you'll have to have s-o else do her work for her; it's none of her business whether you do or not). You're paying for finished quilting, not partly done. "

This! LA'r needs to own her boo boo and pay to have it shipped both ways. We are human we all make mistakes but its how we handle them and she is not doing very well. I hope you are able to get it fixed

I agree! Did you give her a partial check? I doubt it.