Help! Need advice on how to fix a quilt top
11-29-2012, 12:25 PM
#52
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I feel I must clear up the misunderstanding all of us came to regarding this quilt. It is not for her mother but her husband in his tv room. He liked the quilt as is and said not to change it. The mother did not feel the same way about it and can see what the rest of us can't so the quilt is being fixed so she is comfortable with it.
11-29-2012, 12:27 PM
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I may be a dunce, but I can't see the mistake you're talking about. That said, I would carefully "unsew" one block at a time, make the correction and then sew it back into the quilt. I have done this before and I would "unsew" about an inch beyond each corner to make it easier to re - piece the corrected block. It's a beautiful quilt.
11-29-2012, 01:33 PM
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fix a quilt top
I had this problem on a flip flop quilt I made my granddaughter-it was in the sashing. So, I decided that would be my signature. I would always have some small error in my quilts, to be remembered by.
No one is perfect and as long as the quilt looks pretty, that is really all that matters. ipdz2712
No one is perfect and as long as the quilt looks pretty, that is really all that matters. ipdz2712
11-29-2012, 01:59 PM
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I am like justflyingin. If you study each block you can see the sign. If you are unhappy and afraid it will offend someone, you need to take it apart and rearrange each block to your liking. I also think you might try laying a star in the middle of each block to see if that will break up the sign enough that you could live with it.
11-29-2012, 02:33 PM
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Well, I'm not German, I can certainly see the problem, and it would bother me, so I can totally see why you want to fix it.
Sandyms uses the same method I do.
I call it "targeted specialized surgery."
Just some random notes from my experience in this field ;-)
You want to gently open the seams around the blocks, extending it an inch or two on all sides.
This will allow the block to gently fall out without any pulling, and still leave you some room to maneuver the new or redone block back into the same space.
Because those sashings are pretty thin width-wise, and solids sometimes tend to fray more than prints (in my experience), I would probably do one block at a time.
That way you keep the quilt top relatively intact and stable while removing and inserting.
Just keep track of where you are on the back and front - I've accidentally opened the wrong seam.
Nothing to do but laugh and sew it back up again.
Try to allocate the couple of hours it will be take all at one time.
I've found it's much easier doing it in one sitting then walking away and coming back, and having to figure out where you where (which, btw, led to opening the wrong &#@&& seam!!).
Work slow and methodically, and you'll find it's really not a difficult process at all.
Good luck!!
Sandyms uses the same method I do.
I call it "targeted specialized surgery."
Just some random notes from my experience in this field ;-)
You want to gently open the seams around the blocks, extending it an inch or two on all sides.
This will allow the block to gently fall out without any pulling, and still leave you some room to maneuver the new or redone block back into the same space.
Because those sashings are pretty thin width-wise, and solids sometimes tend to fray more than prints (in my experience), I would probably do one block at a time.
That way you keep the quilt top relatively intact and stable while removing and inserting.
Just keep track of where you are on the back and front - I've accidentally opened the wrong seam.
Nothing to do but laugh and sew it back up again.
Try to allocate the couple of hours it will be take all at one time.
I've found it's much easier doing it in one sitting then walking away and coming back, and having to figure out where you where (which, btw, led to opening the wrong &#@&& seam!!).
Work slow and methodically, and you'll find it's really not a difficult process at all.
Good luck!!
11-29-2012, 02:34 PM
#60
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I've done this before myself...found a problem only after getting the whole thing sewn together, and taking a picture. I figured though that I'd already spent so much time on it, I would take it apart and fix it, or it would always bother me. I don't think that the sign is very apparent. But if it bugs you, you should fix it. As others have suggested, I just picked out the bad block, fixed it and sewed it back in. Mine was small so I did it by hand.
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