Painiacs

I thought it was a purple shadow! I love the "mistake"!

cat-on-a-mac

I'd love to know also. I really like the design. That was really clever, incorporating the colors from all the wedding participants dresses! What a great keepsake!

DOTTYMO

I love the helo affect around the dinosaur. Just think of this instead of a bleed. A wonderful design feature not easy to do.

notmorecraft

You could try a Pro Marker blender pen, pro markers are alcohol ink pens for crafting and there is a blender pen which you can use to blend out the colour or remove colour if you go outside the lines, defo get them in Scotland, if you near a hobbycraft, or any paper crafting shop. I think it still looks beautiful, adds to the originality x

Teddybear Lady

"Purple aura" yeah, that sounds good. You meant to do it that way. Stick with that. Seriously, it really is a cute quilt.

Prism99

Ah, a dinoctopus!!! Wonderful mythical creature........

Knitette

Like the rest, it looks fine - you're the only one that will notice. Lovely quilt - no pandas?

Siodach

Notmorecraft, I'll definitely look out for that pen. We have 2 hobby crafts in a 40 mile radius so do get to one or the other every so often. Thanks for the suggestion .

We weren't allowed near the pandas on the day. At the time they thought she might be expecting, so they were off limits! There was even a no-fly-zone over the zoo for the tourist helicopters in case it upset her lol.

The pattern for my quilt was inspired by this:
http://tamarackshack.blogspot.co.uk/...spy-quilt.html

Once I'd worked out the repeating unit I drew up this:
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I was pleased to see it would lend itself to paper piecing, especially with all the bias edges involved. I used a couple of packs of Moda pre-cut hexagons. I did think I could cut some corners by strip-piecing the colours, but I think that actually made assembly more difficult later - if I got any strip misaligned even by a fraction, it made matching units awkward - that's when I was glad of the bias lol.

The outer border is a friendship braid.

Now that it's properly dry, the halo is much less obvious, so I've stopped panicking about it now lol.

Thank you all for your support!

cheers, K

Judylee2

I agree with Prisma, use it as a design element! Shade a little darker unde the Dino's feet and blend all the other colors outward and then use a textile meduim and heat set! I had to do that with a recent project and the truth is that I like it better after coloring the images. It allowed me to brighted the important colors and mute the unimportant ones. Good Luck.

litacats

that quilt is lovely, good to see the bleed is fading I am sure they will love it.