Unquilting

Sunny wrote:
Ok, I may be the only one who has ever unquilted a vast expanse of a
quilt because of a discovered problem that just couldn't be fixed,
appliqued over, hidden by excessive beading.

But maybe I'm not the only one.

If you've ever unquilted something, I'd love to hear your story. I
promise, I'll never tell a soul.

Sunny

I have a lap quilt that I started quilting from the centre (its
horizontal panels). I had used a new but cheap cotton sheet in pale blue
for the backing, but it faded dreadfully while I was still quilting (I'm
not very quick!). The effect was pink and blue marbled - yuk.

Now I have a better quality backing for it, and want to remove the old
quilting, put the replacement backing on, and requilt, and perhaps
finish the quilt!. But.... will the holes from the old quilting
disappear when it is washed at the end, or will I always have a
filligree effect?

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Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin

I've seen it done, but haven't dared try it yet!
I have it in mind for when I have to do several very long rows of
quilting - I'll have to feel brave that day!
(Nice to see you visible again, MsB)
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In message , Butterflywings
writes
Have you learned how to unquilt using the rotary cutter? I use the foot of
the SM for an extra hand. Put the fabric under the foot, hold the other side
UP a bit and rest my right hand on the SM open the cutter and very slowly
and carefully rip away. works a treat for me and is so much easier than my
trying to hold a seam ripper. I do open the first good inch by hand so the
SM foot has something to hold onto.
I don't trust my hands enuf to hold it up in the air like E Burns does
(where I first saw it being done). It's faster and SAFER for me than even
just a seam ripper.
Just be sure you have NO DISTRACTIONS I make sure I'm home alone or let my
fellas know that I'm OFF LIMITS for abit. they also know NOT to talk to me
whilst I'm cutting.........I have a tendency to 'drop things' altho, as of
late, I'm not as bad as I use to be.
You CAN do it--just one stitch at a time--like when you sewed it in.

Another thing I learned was to STOP when you make a mistake...fix it and
then continue on.......and to check your work OFTEN to make sure you aren't
making one humongous one.

HTH
Butterfly (by now you should be finished with your rip-it session, right? )
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Best Regards
pat on the hill

If you unpick carefully, Sally, then lightly spray the quilt, a gentle
finger smoothing should remove the holes (but it will only work damp I
think). Try a sample piece - small g
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In message , Sally Swindells
writes
I have a lap quilt that I started quilting from the centre (its
horizontal panels). I had used a new but cheap cotton sheet in pale
blue for the backing, but it faded dreadfully while I was still
quilting (I'm not very quick!). The effect was pink and blue marbled -
yuk.

Now I have a better quality backing for it, and want to remove the old
quilting, put the replacement backing on, and requilt, and perhaps
finish the quilt!. But.... will the holes from the old quilting
disappear when it is washed at the end, or will I always have a
filligree effect?


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Best Regards
pat on the hill