Slanted Stars
 

This quilt is from a client in Pennsylvania, she left the layout to us. Looking at the quilt this is what I 'saw'.

I spent a day trying to talk myself out of it, because of the labor intensity of this pattern, but it didn't work.

This quilt has a pieced back, the client asked for a poly batting and will do the binding herself. Hope you enjoy

the pictures.

Wow! lovely, lovely quilt and quilting!!

Very nice. Love the quilt and wonderful quilting

Wow, stunning quilt! Love your quilting!

Love the quilting!

She pieced the top, I assume she is aware.

Oh my! If I load a quilt on my rack and I see something like that, I assume nothing! I would have contacted the client immediately to give her or him the option of fixing it, paying me to fix it or leave it as is. Your quilting really compliments this top but if this was mine, I would be heartsick to see my mistake after it is already quilted and much harder to fix.

Part of the process here is that the client acknowledges that the quilt is ready to quilt, "assume" probably wasn't the correct word on my part.

What fabulous quilting!

very pretty!!!

The quilting is so beautiful I didn't even notice the mistakes in piecing.

Daffy

That is a beautiful quilt. But that one block that is turned wrong really stuck out.

Perfect quilting!

wow, the quilting is beautiful. you took a nice quit and made it go wow!

I would have contacted her first before quilting. She can fix the problem by appliqueing over the misplace block. It would have been so simple to fix before you quilted it. Sometimes it takes a second pair of eyes on a quilt to see a mistake.

Beautiful job with the quilting on this one. Your design really makes the quilt.

Beautiful quilt and quilting!!!

your quilting turned out lovely and the pattern looks like a good one to use up scraps. I'm sure she will appreciate your beautiful quilting and hopefully your client will not be disappointed when she discovers her wonky block.

What wonderful quilting!! I bet you tried to talk yourself out of it and I'm so g;ad you didn't

I wonder if she saw her error?
I love this. What I like about this kind of quilting is you can get a rhythm going with the distinct feathers.

I can't even see the mistake. It is a lovely quilt as is. I will keep looking but I wonder if it is worth it to strain myself to see a mistake. Lovely quilting by the way.

Lovely quilt. Can't remember where I read this; just it was recently....... The Amish (and others) always have at least one mistake in their quilts. Maybe we can't see it but it's there. Their thinking is that there is only one perfect deity and the maker of the quilt is not it. We aren't perfect. Only God is. Hence, the error.

Very pretty & your quilting is awesome. It is too bad that there is the mistake in it but hopefully she planned it that way.

I wondered about this, too, but I see only one. It's a block turned wrong. Beautiful quilt, though! And I love the quilting.

Lovely top. The slanted stars are refreshing and simple in the top.

Your quilting is beautiful but I would never quilt on such an obvious mistake. It would have been so easy to turn that one block that was crooked, and fix two stars in doing so. Such a shame.

If it were my quilt I would be sick once I saw the mistake. I have one I quilted myself and didn't see the mistake until afterwards and it ruined the entire quilt for me, and my mistake was not as obvious as this one. Whoever made the quilt can applique over the top but would have to remove the feathers on that one block and try to duplicate the feathering once the appliqued block was on. A lot of work to fix when it could have been done so easily before quilting. The client may have made the "mistake" deliberately and all is well but, like I said, if it were my quilt I would be sick about it.

Such a lovely quilting job. Beautiful feathers!

That is gorgeous quilting!

Oooh, I like it. Gorgeous quilting, too!

Nice quilt and quilting.

Great quilt and your quilting is stunning!

Fabulous quilting, and I agree that when one delivers a quilt top to the quilter, the responsibility for the piecing lies with the customer. I do not expect whoever quilts my quilts to spot and report any mistakes that I have made.

Every time the subject of mistakes in quilts comes up, so does the old folktale of the Amish leaving a mistake in every quilt. I think it's just that... a folk tale. The Amish are great craftspeople who do the best work in everything they touch. I can't see them leaving something like this front and center on a quilt, just to appear humble. And I doubt the piecer of this quilt did, either.

I don't think I'd ever be able to use a longarmer a second time if they quilted over an obvious mistake without at least asking if it was meant to be there. Did the longarmer even LOOK at the quilt, or just set the computer program and let it go?

Very pretty quilt, however, the quilting is exquisite.

Gorgeous! Stars or no stars!

Most longarmers are also quilters (piecers). Those of us that are know and realize the love, time, and sometimes even a tiny little piece of our soul that goes into piecing a quilt top. The longarmers that have that connection to quilting will treat every top that comes into their studio with same reverence we treat our own tops. Or at least I would hope so. I know I do. Every top I get, I know I am getting something that someone really cared a lot about. They spent a long time selecting fabrics, preparing fabrics, deciding placement, cutting and sewing the ever elusive scant 1/4" seam allowance. They toiled and watched the top come together and I am sure they felt a great accomplishment when it was done. Often the top is a gift for someone extra special so I can practically feel the love oozing out of it. The maker is entrusting me with a part of them and I realize this. When I quilt a top they are paying for my services but they are also getting a little piece of me via my art, especially in a custom job. As Maniac said in a previous post, sometimes it takes a second pair of eyes to see a piecing mistake.

When someone is that close to the work and often emotionally vested into it and has looked at it for so long it is very easy to not spot a mistake. Sometimes the longarmer will spot it, sometimes not. But it is, in my opinion, awful to not at least question if the block that looks off is intentional or not. A call to the client can mean the difference of getting a lot of referrals and repeat business or a very unhappy client that will most likely share her or his displeasure with all their quilting friends. To not expect a LAQ to report a mistake is fine but I can bet you surely would appreciate the LAQ questioning something to make sure it is the way you intended prior to quilting. I am confident, whether you expected it or not, it would make a world of difference to YOU. Here are some posts about this exact scenario.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...t-t219675.html

http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...e-t270498.html

http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...d-t269452.html

http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...p-t269366.html

Quite a setup you did!! It's so beautiful and I see you put a lot of thoughts/ideas in it. Bravo!!

Not possible to set up computer and let it go. Notice direction of feathers in block in question, going in opposite direction. I agree with feline fanatic completely and I would not use this LAer again since she did not even raise the question before quilting. Only thing she could plead is that she did not see the mistake either but I don't know how because of the direction of the feathers.