Perhaps in your opinion .......

It turned out very nice! and it's interesting to see the change in the grass and garden...it's greened-up a bit. What is that ground cover??? Does not look like grass. :)

You're right! We over seeded with Clover so it stays green even when the grass goes brown. Mind you we've had almost a week of rain here.
MK

Please tell me how you added to a finished quilt. I have the same problem but don't really know where to start undoing. How did you do it? Thanks. Beautiful quilt, BTW!

Nice quilt.

Wow major kudos to you for taking that on! I don't think I would have but I love the results you got. Adding the border of the original fabric really brightened up the center. It almost doesn't look like the same quilt.

Beautiful!!

Thanks for the explanation of how you did this project. It looks like a totally different quilt now that the blue isn't on the outside edge. You did a great job on a lovely quilt.

MaryK explained it very well in her post with the picture.

I had to do something similar. NO FUN! I think you did better than I did.

Wow what a job. very nicely done.. and it looks terrific.. I just love the colors in that quilt.
judy

It is absolutely gorgeous. Your work and frustration certainly paid off.

Cleodaisy

Wonderful results! What is the fabric called and who makes it?

Great job - it's beautiful.

It sure turned out beautifully!

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain how you accomplished this task. I'm bookmarking this so if it happens to me, I'll have your experience to help. Congratulations on a job well done and I agree with some of the others: I think I like the new one better.

It is a beautiful quilt. What is the pattern? I'd almost guess a snow ball.

You did a great job. I like it better with the border. If you and DH love the quilt why worry if it does wobble a little around the edge. Congratulations for your courage.

Great job!

You did a fantastic job !

Such a beauty of a quilt - both the before and the after. Congrats to you for tackling such a project - sometimes you have to just go for it!!

wow! to pretty for the yard BUT looks likes a flower garden

Your fix turned out great. Well worth your effort. Several years back I enlarged a log cabin quilt my late mother-in-law made 30-plus years ago. I couldn’t find the same 1970’s brown calicos, but was able to find some similar enough. I made several strips of 4 inch blocks of these fabrics and just did straight quilting. Then attached them to the sides of the original quilt, after removing the binding. I did make new binding, lots of it. My improved queen size quilt is now 100” x 100”. Today I am patching some pullling apart seams, still worth fixing it up.

Your quilt re-do looks perfectly planned-like it had been your original plan. I think finding and using the original fabric is the key to the great finish. I am sure you will enjoy using it more now.

I enlarged a finished quilt last year. It had not yet been washed, so it hadn't shrunk. It did come out nice and it even looks like it was meant to be that big. However, I have been telling anyone who will listen, if someone asks you to enlarge a finished quilt, do everything you can to avoid it. I will do everything to avoid it. I don't have pictures because it is in PA and I'm in In.

;You did a wonderful job enlarging it, and you clearly knew (much more than I) what was necessary to make this revision work. So, congratulations on making the quilt larger despite many obstacles, and thanks for all the details on what you had to do. I will never try this!:D

What a great job enlarging your quilt.it turned out wonderful. Even better than the first time around. I love the border fabric added to it, it brings out the kaleidoscopes so nicely. The finish is well worth the process.

Turned out great!!!! I love it!

Don't you just love it when plan works! Congratulations on a job well done!