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I made a tiny hole in my quilt

Old 05-14-2022, 09:11 AM
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I was almost finished with the quilting on this project when for some reason I had a thread jam that pulled the backing fabric into or very close to, the needle hole. I thought I was being very careful cutting the threads to loosen the snag but must have caugh a couple of fabri threads also. I appliquéd a small Applipop cirlcle to cover and protect the flaw. Is this acceptable? Should I cover it with the quilt label instead? The flaw is about 7 inches in from lower left corner of the back. Kind of an awkward place for a label I think.90b250ca-26c4-431e-9fc1-1ed93a934943.jpeg
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Old 05-14-2022, 09:22 AM
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Your heart must have sank, but you did an excellent job of covering it, and at least it's on the back. If it were mine, I would leave the patch on and cover it with a label.
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Old 05-14-2022, 09:33 AM
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I would just leave it! You did a great job covering and matching it. With the quilting, I had to look closely to see it. Looks just fine to me.
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Old 05-14-2022, 09:37 AM
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I did the same thing except it was at the end of the day and I was impatient. I put a hole both on the top and the bottom so I ended up appliquéing a patch on both the top and the bottom and I could not find the exact match for the top so I used the closest I could find and so far, nobody has said "oh look at that patch!" And it is a quilt I use frequently. No worries I say.
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Old 05-14-2022, 09:38 AM
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You did an amazing job with covering that up, I say leave it it wont be noticed. I ripped a hole in one of my quilts when it was on my longarm, I feel your pain.
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Old 05-14-2022, 09:54 AM
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Bummer! You did a great job with the patch.

I would bet - that if you did not mention the spot - 99.99% of the people would never notice it.

I would leave it as is.
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Old 05-14-2022, 11:04 AM
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You should have posted the picture without showing us where the patch is to see if we could spot if! You did a great job and of course it’s acceptable. There really are no Quilt Police.
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Old 05-14-2022, 01:16 PM
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Great job concealing the spot.
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Old 05-14-2022, 02:29 PM
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You did an excellent job hiding the problem. No one would notice it unless you pointed it out.
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Old 05-14-2022, 02:30 PM
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I can't tell what the problem was! You did a wonderful job.
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