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Old 06-26-2011, 04:46 AM
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I haven't read all of the ansers, so someone else may have come up with this solution, but my thought is to take another part of the same block that has some of that creamy-white color in it, ravel a couple of the threads, and after putting a little spot of fusible stablizer on the back (gently work it in), thread that creamy-white thread and 'darn' the torn area. You will be using the exact same thread as in the fabric. In theory, it works. The fusible stablizer on the back will help to re-inforce it.
Let us know what worked for you.
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Old 06-26-2011, 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by wvhill22
It would be very easy to put another block in but you could also applique a flower over it and put them in random places. You could make the flower to match the flower in the fabric
Ditto!
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Old 06-26-2011, 05:38 AM
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I would put a red dot on it because there is one on the side so put one on top. I would applique it on.
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Old 06-26-2011, 05:52 AM
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I would applique something cute over that hole and follow through with repeating the applique in all the lion's blocks.
Blessings,
MaryAnna
PS...that's an adorable quilt!
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Old 06-26-2011, 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by thimblebug6000
Just pick out the stitching that's holding the block in, and then about an inch on the surrounding seams, cut your new block & insert it, by stitching the seams back together, try to follow the same order of stitching the seams as they were originally. (that's what I've done in the past)
I do this all the time. sometimes when I get the wrong color or the block turned wrong. and have done it for friends. works great. go for it.
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Old 06-26-2011, 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by emt2004
Maybe, fussy cut one of the circles, from scraps of the border, to cover it........Michele
That's what I was thinking too! I hate to rip
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Some kind of an applique would be so much easier and faster. Just make it look like you intended it from the start. No one will be the wiser.
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Old 06-26-2011, 07:13 AM
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Applique an orange dot over the top. It will look like it was supposed to be there.

Oh, guess I should have read the other posts first. Great minds think alike.
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Old 06-26-2011, 08:17 AM
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Since your fabric has little circles in it, I would cut a circle and make it similar to a yoyo and sew it in place by hand.
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Old 06-26-2011, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by thimblebug6000
Just pick out the stitching that's holding the block in, and then about an inch on the surrounding seams, cut your new block & insert it, by stitching the seams back together, try to follow the same order of stitching the seams as they were originally. (that's what I've done in the past)
This is what I do. An applique would seem out of place!
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