Messed up.
 

Can you think of what I can do to fix this? Even if I pull the stitches out, I won't be able to quilt it so that it will look better, I don't think. And it all was going so well until now, and I was almost done :-(

One option I can see is Put on "Miracle on 34th street". Begin taking out the stitches and don't stop until the area of fullness can be reasonably flattened. Might have to unpick a square foot or more. Pin baste the heck out of it and requilt.
If this is the back, and the front looks OK, you could just leave it.

If this is the back put your label over this area.

It's not the back.

I've pulled stitches out of almost an entire quilt before. It doesn't take as long as you might think. I agree with PaperPrincess; chances are you can un-stitch enough so that you can flatten out that area.

I agree with Paper Princess, remove the quilting from at least a square foot, maybe even 18 inches, pin vigorously distributing the fullness across the entire area you have frogged, then quilt slowly over the area - starting in the center of the area (maybe follow your previous needle holes with a blue fabric marker so you don't lose the pattern) and leave the pins in until you absolutely MUST remove them. I quilt on a longarm, so I am basically telling you what I would do in a similar situation. You will end up with a little fullness spread out all over the area you picked out so it shouldn't be as noticeable.

Honestly, I would probably leave it in. Assuming it's cotton batting, it will crinkle once it's washed/dried a few times & won't be terribly noticeable. The lesson I've learned to prevent that problem is always, always, always to SITD the entire quilt before I start doing any of my FMQ. That way, any extra fullness will be pushed to the edges rather than getting trapped between stitching lines.

Unless you remove the pucker then it will always look like a pucker, not a crinkle. I go with the suggestion of removing the stitches until it smooths out.

Hmmm I think in this instance I'd sigh, grab a glass of wine, put my magnifying goggles on and unpick a good size area to redistribute the fullness. But perhaps I would wait a day or two first and then revisit it...sometimes things don't bother you as much after a bit of time.

Yes, to clarify: I meant the fabric will crinkle.

I did as many of you suggested: pulled out stitches in the vicinity of the pucker. As soon as I pulled out a certain row, the whole thing just flattened out, and I requilted it. It looks so nice now. Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!

T thought I was the only one crazy enough to do do this! You're right, it doesn't take as long as you might think.r

I also agree, just start carefully removing the stitches from the area and see if there is any way to get the quilt to lay flat. Good Luck.

Oh, I am so glad you had a happy ending!!!! Now you can enjoy a glass of wine.

Dina

I would pull out the stitches in that area. Work at laying it flat. If you have stretched it out to the point of it not laying completely flat, you may have to take a small dart/pleat in the fabric. Then restitch. And remember,once you have done this, you will probably be the only person who will ever notice the spot!

So happy for you it worked out well. Anxious to see when finished, please!

Pleased it worked out for you..crisis averted!

YES!! *fist pump* Always nice to have a happy ending!!! If you have left it, it would have bugged you forever!!

I love to hear happy endings. So glad you got it fixed.

As much as I might hate to say it, if it were my quilt I would probably "unsew" it, then really pin it down when you quilt it to avoid the "bubble".

Glad it worked out. I just finished fmq and 81"x81" quilt with a geometric design (9 rows and columns of 9" blocks). In order to get it through the 7" throat of my machine I split the batting and then quilted 5 columns of the 9 column quilt, took it out of my machine to put the other part of the batting in and realized I didn't like it at all. I was going for wonky chevrons inside quarter square triangle and wonky rectangles in squares, but they just looked a little too wobbly. Thinking it would grow on me I put it aside, sometimes that works and I find that a few days or so later I don't mind the thing that seemed so bothersome immediately after quilting. Buut, in this case a few days turned into 6 months and I still didn't like it. Obviously I needed to use rulers to make the designs more regular (still wonky, but not wobbly if that makes sense). So I unquilted a square at a time and requilted using my ruler foot and straight ruler, then put in the rest of the batting, STID'd and quilted the rest. Much happier. Sometimes you just know you're not going to be happy unless you redo.

Rob