Jeanne S

How frustrating! I couldn't leave it. I would pick the stitches out, turn the block and repair by hand sewing. Such a pretty quilt!!!

verna2197

I have contacted them and showed the quilt to them. They have no problem with it that way after I told they that the quilt will be one of a kind. I don't understand how it happened, I always hang up my quilts and really go over them very well I thought for mistakes. I guess I will be taking my own advise and getting out the seam ripper. I am with everyone else I don't understand myself why the LAQ didn't let me know about it either. I almost started crying when I saw it. Doesn't bother they purchaser but it does me, I have to make it right so YEP I will be getting the trusty seam ripper out. I am so totally going to dread this.

Thank you everyone for all your answers to help me
verna2197

Bree123

I like it. It's beautiful & unique. More like a true one-of-a-kind piece of art. What did the recipient see when s/he agreed to purchase it? Did the person see the quilt top?

If they are someone who really wants the same quilt that everyone else wants, then you are going to have to take out some of the quilting & re-piece. I'd talk to your long-armer before doing that to see how to break the quilting line in a way that she can (hopefully) patch the quilting.

dunster

If I were the buyer, I would want it to be fixed. I don't think an applique on top of the two blocks will look quite right, but you may be much better at applique than I am. Certainly it can't look like that fix was applied, or the customer might be unhappy.

I would remove the quilting from those two blocks and the area surrounding them, all the way to the edge of the quilt (so I would be able to sew from the back side), carefully remove the two blocks and sew them in the correct configuration. (I know I saw an example online of how someone did this quite recently, before a quilt was quilted, but for the life of me I can't find it.) Then quilt in a similar pattern, or ask the longarmer to do it.

Or make a new quilt for the customer and keep this one hanging on my wall to remind me to check my work.

I have also sewn blocks to a quilt and realized later that they were upside down or sideways. I think we all do it, and we feel your pain.

earthwalker

Yep, applique if possible or rip out and replace.

dunster

Found it! http://tinksquared.com/ From the blog of cjtinkle, a member on this site.

Quiltngolfer

Rip it out and do over. It's not a very big section. You can do it! I love the suggestion of taking a picture of your quilt before quilting it. You really notice things like that in a picture.

nativetexan

Hey, I'd leave it. Humility sometimes makes a great quilt!

Sandra-P

Pretty quilt. Good luck no matter what you decide to do.

AudreyB

What I did (yes, you aren't the first to do this), was to applique a block on top. I then re-quilted it from the back so that I got the quilting pattern like the original. It wasn't hard. It wasn't noticeable. And I felt a lot better about it after fixing it.