I'd leave them. Embroidery stitches are a huge pain to take out. The stitches are so small, the risk of damage to the fabric is too great. Move onto your next project, and you'll soon forget this little oops.

I would not rip. I think it's beautiful and it will probably all come out in the wash!

Beautiful, I hope you show the whole quilt someday. One thing I do know it takes forever to make thing perfect so don't even look for that. Be proud of what you did and keep on going. The other thought here is nothing is perfect. Not even machines. Seems like they see you coming and they plan it out their way. Have a super great day and enjoy what you are doing.

I went to a quilt show in Tombstone AZ one time and they told me their rule: If you can't see it from the back of a galloping horse, it's OK.

It looks REALLY good. I would love to be your BFF:D

Thanks, everyone. I've decided to carefully remove the shadow line of stitching and just have that area be one pass instead of two. It will be less noticeable, I will be happier with it and it won't require ripping out the entire pattern. The uneven patterns I'm just gonna have to live with.

The quilt is beautiful. Like me, you are a perfectionist, however, when I think that I have made a serious mis-step in piecing or quilting a quilt, I'm the only one who notices, unless someone gets too up close and personal. Deal with it as a design element and I'm sure you BFF will never notice; she will just appreciate your thoughtfulness.

And should someone (quilt police) remark about the perceived error, either ignore or suggest it was planned that way.

I agree, first it's gorgeous and I wouldn't rip it out. 2nd If you have an ironing board you can set near your machine to help keep it from pulling on the fabric.

....and don't forget that once it's washed it's going to crinkle up so that the actual stitch lines won't really show.