Okay....I am waiting for the conclusion or decision of this quilt:)Here's my 2 cents....treasure it the way it is! What if everyone ran in and grabbed up the Gee's Bend quilts and fixed them because we have had the education and they didn't on the exact 'how to'...we would have lost a great treasure!! You hold in your hands history and heart....I find it appealing all in it's own self and a hold on history of someone so determined to make something she was prob never taught. I do vote for leaving it the way it is....sorry:)You prob weren't expecting to hear that. But, her stitches were her own and they are very neat in form too...Skeat