OK you all asked for it. Finally got a pic:

Oh goodness - no wonder you're so disappointed - the piecing is so precise and neat, you must have worked hard on this.

I think the ones who've suggested tea-dying might be onto something.

You might also use white fabric paint with solid ¼" or ½" stars. Just mask off the areas you want to stamp and put the stars fairly close together. The areas in between them will still look pink from a distance, but the overall effect will be "white."

I hope you get some fun out of this, whatever way you go with it.

When I have this issue. I TEA die the quilt top and all the color take on a cream base. The quilt now has semetry and belongs together.
Jarenie

Tea die it. It will take the pink to a soft cream.

I think part of it is a case of not being what you expected when finished that makes you feel so bad. If you tea dye it, it will be beautiful, a more antique look with the cream background. The quilting on it is excellent! Thank you for sharing the picture! You do nice work!

I really like it the way it is, but I like the idea of tea dying it also. Very pretty either way! :thumbup:

Hmmm - I see that red fabric paint would not work with this, but the Tea dye idea could be the answer - it could become a tan/orange, not the desired patriotic quilt intended, but quite lovely and the quilting is wonderful. Could be a good excuse to start and new patriotic quilt!

Hang it in a narrow place, like a hallway! Or put on a bed in a very small bedroom!
Seriously. we all have had that happen, so if you can't stand it, perhaps you might like to give it to some veterans organization, perhaps for a raffle quilt for some good cause?
Jeannie

Coffee as a dye makes a little bit darker beige, because it has more darker pigment in it. It will dye white to about the color of this background.
Do you have a scrap to try a sample? Just dip it in your leftover breakfast coffee. Dry and iron!

If everybody says tea dying is the why to go, it's such a pretty quilt don't let it upset you.