ha ha ha... thanks. :lol: What comes to mind with Shadowing is not having to fuss with applique!!! Instead of shadow trapundo, Shadow Applique! Use some sheer fabric and make FABULOUS and fancy shapes under it in dark colors, spray baste them to the back side of the top. Then outline quilt them. :D :D

See? I KNEW you could do it! You've got a great 'teaser' already! And your ideas for shadow applique - think about it! You could come up with some really neat designs for that. Now that I think about it, I want you to autograph my copy of your book.

If it were my quilt, I'd still show it! It's beautiful! Your quilter did a fabulous job quilting it.

I don't agree w/dgmoby's comment about 'thinking 2x about the quilter'.... The quilter did a fabulous job. It's NOT the LA quilter's responsibility to make sure a customer's quilt top has all it's seams pressed in any particular direction... Myself, if I knew it was going to be entered in a show & the quilter was SERIOUSLY wanting to win, I would probably have stopped & place a call - if you wanted me as the LA to fix it, I would have charged appropriately for that additional service...

I'm not a judge, never have been. A judge might ding you for that particular detail, but everyone that walks by your quilt will be talking about how gorgeous it is!

I don't know whether you should enter it or not but, it is beautiful and you did a very good job. Be very proud of it.

Pam, I think it is beautiful....period....I also know who quilted it for you and I think she did a FABULOUS job on the quilting! I would definetly enter it....I don't show my quilts....have never had one that looks this amazing to even try. I did have a judge tell me one time though....All the quilts in the show have 1 really really important trait......they were entered... :D

Go for it...you never know!

I think when it's hanging up it'll show less. :wink:

Show it, you will never know unless you do.

I don't know what a quilter responsability is or would be, but I would think that they would look the top over before quilting and fix anything like this first.

I would enter it. I honestly did not notice it until inspecting it further after you told me.

The judges may bet see it either. It is a beautiful quilt!

Kyia

It's nobody's fault but my own and it's my responsibility to see that everything is as I want it to be.

I just don't know right now. I've been thinking of it most of the day. Why did I make it? To put in shows? No, I made it for my daughter. Does she care about the mistake? No, she doesn't. I told her to pick out a fabric and I would make her one.

Do I care if the "flaw" makes it not a show quality quilt? I do care some but it's still a pretty quilt. It mainly bothers me that it was a totally avoidable mistake that wasn't just because of being beyond my skill to do. It's one thing to do my best to make the difficult center star and have things go wrong. It's quite another to leave that extra fabric hanging out there because of inattention.

I have a similar thing going on with one of mine and it makes me sad just to look at it. Of course, anyone else(non-quilter) would never notice! My advice is to love it as is and maybe gift it to someone special(as I plan to do). Then, I know it will be adored and I won't be present to be p*ssed off every time I look at it.