Help! I melted my embroidery
 

I just picked up my embroidery job from the shop today. It was pretty wrinkly so I decided to press it. Whoops! I really wasn't thinking & now I have split threads & it's part melty. I realized it right away & was only working with a mini iron, but the more I try to fix it, the worse it gets.

Any suggestions besides sending it out to be re-embroidered? I'm so sad, but at the same time, I really am sick to death of this stupid quilt & want to be done with it. Still, I don't want to give my niece something that is going to come unraveled in the very first wash. Is there any way to fix it or do I need to start from scratch?

Thanks so much for all your brilliant ideas, Quilt Border-ers!

Sorry, but it sounds like the embroidery was done with polyester thread (either top and/or bobbin) which melts with a high heat iron. There is no fix for melting... You are going to have to have it re done.

Yes, I remember the embroidered talking about using a rayon thread in his machine back when I brought my very first job to him 18 months ago. I know that synthetic threads are really the only option to do dense satin stitching for embroidering a name, I just completely blanked out for a moment. Ugh! I'm so embarrassed.

Am I the only one who thinks the embroidery should NOT have been given to you, wrinkled?

I should go back and take the label with you and explain what happened. If it was rayon thread they should warn you every time you have work done.
Good luck getting it replaced or a new one made.

I think you need to just order another embroidery done and quit beating yourself up over it. It's good that the embroidery wasn't already in a quilt, right?

Take a leaf out of my grandmother's book. "bless it and let it go." Simple, easy and effective. froggyintexas but who is now in The Land of Enchantment, New Mexico USA

Thanks, all. I will head to the fabric shop to get more fabric & send out to embroiderer to get re-embroidered. I took a break & worked on another quilt in the meantime to give myself a break from the Quilt of Never Ending Problems.

embroidery thread is almost always either rayon or polyester to give it the shine. I always use a pressing cloth
and watch the heat level of the iron. Just have it redone and press this way

Somewhere in my long-ago 'learning' phase of machine embroidery, I read that you should press (w/dry iron) the backside of your emb. item while it is face down on a towel (same method as applique) and I do it that way. IMO, that would be the way to go whether it's machine or hand embroidered.