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What can I do to fix this???

Old 02-16-2015, 12:31 PM
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This may take some nerve and a bit of practice before the final application, but at Michael's and other art supply distributors there are pencils called inktense. You can use these pencils to darken or lighten a fabric and use a small amount of aloe vera jell or a medium to control the diffusion of the color so it will not bleed. Then use a rather small blunt brush to blend these color pencil overlays into the most obviously confused squares and hide what in your mind are the most glaring errors. Ironing the color makes it permanent. This leaves your quilting pattern uninterrupted and will make you easily understood error a distant memory. Should you fail doing this to your satisfaction, then you already have several other fall back options. How do I know this? I fixed a blunder on a very small quilt, told someone there was an error and they did not find it. There are tutorials about how to proceed...here on this board. Good luck and BTW...great quilt!!!
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Old 02-16-2015, 12:37 PM
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I like the idea of appliquing the correct squares. If you chose different applique birds in flight, eagle, or owl would be my suggestion because the quilt has so much movement.
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Old 02-16-2015, 12:42 PM
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I would be afraid to try to exactly match the squares with appliqued squares. It will be tough to match enough to not be seen.

Instead I would applique something different like birds/trees etc.
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Old 02-16-2015, 04:38 PM
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I was thinking along the same lines as Basketman. That way you could enter it with different medians to!
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Old 02-16-2015, 04:59 PM
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I like tartan's idea of the bare tree with roots.
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Old 02-16-2015, 05:20 PM
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Something simular happened to a quilt I had made for my son in law. I appliquéd a tree and a bear and I did not quilt over the appliqué. No one ever knew of the booboo but myself and others I told after they saw the quilt. Good luck. Whatever you choose I'm sure will be great. Good luck.
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Old 02-16-2015, 05:44 PM
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Bummer!

I did spot it right away - I think the applique idea is what I would try.
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Old 02-16-2015, 06:09 PM
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I have found several errors in quilts I have made by taking a picture of them after I sewed them together and before quilting. Yes, I ripped every seam that was sewn wrong. I don't know why I can see the errors in a picture when I can't see them live.

I love the idea of the tree. You could enlarge the idea to include some branches with no leaves, kind of like this long winter we are having right now. I would do some thread painting on the tree before you applique it, that way it will look like it is quilted but be different. I am going to love to see what you come up with to fix it. The quilt is gorgeous but will look much better when the wrong squares are covered.
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Old 02-16-2015, 06:38 PM
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I'm thinking MadQuilter's idea sounds like the best remedy for a bargello. On a different design it might enhance it, but I would personally think it's a woopsie being covered UNLESS you repeated the applique elsewhere.
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Old 02-16-2015, 07:17 PM
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I feel your pain. I am not a big fan of appliqueing over it, because then it becomes more obvious than ever. How do I know that? I have done it and wasn't real please with that result either. Your quilt is breathtaking just as it is! Anyone would love to have it! I would put it in the show and be proud of it! It is a beautiful quilt it is!
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