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.
