Well, This Isn't Good

Remember this quilt? It is called Sewcialites, and was a sponsored sew-along hosted by Fat Quarter Shop last year. Each week, we made a new block, either in the 3", 6" or 9" size. I started out making 9" blocks and abandoned both the size and my chosen fabric collection after a couple of weeks. I switched over to making 6" blocks and a different color way. 

I kept up with the sew-along, even though I didn't have much time to sew from March onward since I was traveling to another city to care for my father on the weekends. And the weekend was when I mainly found time to sew. 

So that is my finished quilt top (minus the border) above. You may notice little blobs of blue painter's tape on some of the blocks. Why ever for?, you may ask. Well. Somehow I managed to pick up the wrong cream solid for those large half square triangle alternate blocks and sew them into the quilt. And as you can clearly see, they stand out, and not in a good way.

Of course, this bothers me tremendously. I thought briefly of donating the top to the charity organization I recently discovered, but decided not to. I spent a lot of time making those blocks, some of which were quite challenging. I was happy with my technical achievement with the blocks and was reluctant to throw them away. Also, it was practically the only quilt top I almost finished in 2021.

So, what to do? I got my hands on the proper background cream and have decided to take the quilt apart, remake those large half square triangle alternate blocks and put it all back together again. 

So, I've made a start.

Tell me, what would you have done? Take it apart as I am doing, give it to someone who would never notice or care, donate it, or leave it in permanent UFO status?

Have a great weekend everyone!  Wish I could give you each a seam ripper and a quilt row, but I guess I am in this pickle on my own.

Comments

[Jeanie]

I would have done exactly as you are doing:). It's a lovely quilt top. You should enjoy it and all the work you've put into it. Sew on!!!

[sue s]

I know how you feel. I just spent 3 days doing and re-doing a block that I just kept measuring wrong. But I couldn't leave it! And now I feel so much better about the whole thing. I think there are a couple of good ideas here- let Eva help, or take it to your Dad's.

[Robby H.]

I confess that quilt might have had a little "time out". When I got done pouting I would fix it. At least the problem blocks are fairly simple and likely will go quickly. For me, if I notice something once, it has to be fixed because I'll see it every time. Hope you're halfway there already!

[Marie Woodhouse]

Wow reading all the comments, makes me laugh as I would also rip out the HST and only add the new background fabric and reuse the coloured fabric. It really has turned out beautifully Nicole!
Love your sense of colour and style, it will be a keeper in my books. Love the entries for Chocolate chip cookies, when you microwave the butter is changes it chemical compound and it may have cause the cookies to flatten, but usually more than one thing has gone incorrectly. So the next batch will be a winner! Keep going and stay strong in you decisions.

[Lynda]

I would have taken the quilt top apart too. It would have bugged me too much. One day I'll sew my blocks together - hopefully this year :)

[Patricia D]

I would have removed them as well. Fortunately it was just the hst's that had to be redone. A job to redo but worth it.

[Marlene Clausen]

What would I have done? Not taken them apart! Not that I'm not critical and have taken rows and blocks apart to fix a tiny HST going the wrong direction. But, in the photo, they aren't even noticeable. Even if more so "live," they are limited to the perimeter and look like a design choice. If it bothered the heck out of me, I would have given it a mild tea-dye bath and finished it from there. Your quilt, your choice, just saying what I would do.