Major Oops

So how does one make a quilt top and get it completely quilted before realizing she has left off an entire row?  I have no answer for that.  But I am living proof that it can happen.  I compeleted the piecing on this quilt top (so I thought), took several pictures of it and even shared those pictures on Facebook.  So I saw this quilt top in person, on line and in photos multiple times.

Did I notice anything wrong with it?  No.  So I layered it with the backing and batting and quilted the entire thing.  It wasn't until I was about to trim off the excess batting and backing so it would be ready for binding that I realized the bottom was different from the top and sides.  At first I thought, what a strange pattern.  Why wouldn't the bottom row be the same as the other outer rows?  Finally I looked at the layout diagram.  DOH!  An entire row missing.

So now what?  Do I try to add it after the fact or just leave it as is.  Leaving it would likely drive me crazy and remind me of my major oops every time I looked at it.  So I decided adding the row on was my best choice.  I knew the steps I'd need to take in theory, but I hadn't ever had to do any thing like that before so I was a bit nervous.

Ultimately, while it was a lot of work, time consuming and sometimes tedious, it turned out that it wasn't all that difficult.

I'm happy with the final result.  Here it is before I trimmed it and added the binding.