Thread: Un-sewing

Nope.

LOL

Gosh I don't know if I've ever made a project that didn't require some correction - I just consider it part of the process.

If you were a writer would you expect never to have to revise your work?

If you were a carpenter would every nail go in straight?

If you were a mailman would you never deliver a letter to the wrong house (my mailman sure does it a lot).

If you were a programmer would every program work right the first time? (Mine rarely did.)

If you were... well, you get the idea. Ask DH if he ever has to re-do something in his work or hobby and wait for a truthful answer. Then give yourself a break and enjoy the opportunity to sit down and fondle your fabric while you use the ripper.

Almost every quilt I make, there is at least one block I have had to undo. Here is the latest one that I goofed up. Fortunately, it was only the one block. Can't see the wrong side with batiks.

I call myself "Stitchnripper" for a good reason. But, I find ripping stitches somehow relaxing. I don't normally mind. I quilt for my own pleasure and am never in a hurry, so what's a few seams to rip. No big whoop.

I did alterations for quite some time. It cured me of my dislike for the seamripper - because no matter what I did - unsewing was almost always the first step to a successful ending!

It's the best way to end up with a great finished product, being willing to try again if something ends up off.