rubia

OMG. The seam ripper got away from me and tore the background fabric!!!

I'm using a blanket stitch to applique this star onto the background fabric. Something went wonky and I had to rip out a couple inches.

What am I going to do?? I don't have any more fabric. I'm almost done with the applique. I planned on doing an outline of the star for the quilting. Do you think I could adhere the top to the batting with batting spray and stitch it and it will be okay? I'm so sick over this!

Daylesewblessed

I don't know what the rest of the design of your quilt is, and from the picture I can't really tell how much of the black fabric is ripped. I have a quilting friend who seems to have this problem from time to time. She has gotten to be an expert at mending by adding an applique right over the rip. She commonly uses stars, but her most creative was a lightning bolt that started a few inches from the edge of the quilt and wrapped around to the back side. It added a very nice design touch and did the job!

Good luck with your challenge!

Dayle

jaciqltznok

ouch...good luck..I would try using a fusible behind that tear with some dark fabric..then hope the quilting will camoflouge it enough!

lfstamper

Can you make a bigger star to applique? Hard to tell from the pic.

dublb

Can you add some appliqued curved lines to make the star look like it is falling or streaking across the quilt?

Candace

Ditto. Remove the current applique and put another, larger one in its place to cover the rip.

rubia

The star is huge and cannot be moved. I cut some of the dark camo fabric and used basting spray to attach it to the back of the quilt and hold the fabric in place as I finish the blanket stitching around the star. He has some patches I might be able to use if they don't look odd. Otherwise, I'm going to have to quilt it into place and hope for the best. I can't believe I let this happen.

rubia

This will give you an idea of the size of the star:

sharon b

I feel your pain {{{{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}}} sounds like you came up with a good plan - will keep my fingers crossed for you that it works

Tartan

Do you have any combat or shoulder patches you can selvage? If you do or can find some, applique one down by hand over the boo boo and scatter a few more on the background to make it look like you planned it. Opps re-read you post and I see you do have some patches. They would look great put on.