Unquilting
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Unquilting
I quilted the outside of a feathered wreath on a quilt top. Looked good, then I quilted the inner ring. The feathered wreath was great but I ended up with an A cup in the center. Why does it always take so much longer to take out quilting then to put it in? Note to self, always do the inner ring first!
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I understand your plight. A couple of months ago I unquilted some feathered wreaths on a quilt I was doing. It took me a full week of all my sewing time. My problem was that I had used a color that was such a contrast that it destroyed the look of the quilt--to much. The farther I had quilted the worse it looked. So, I ripped. I am glad I did it. Now, I like what I am doing for the quilting color and pattern I am using. I had used white and now I am using colors. What a difference. And, of course, saving the quilt was a saving of a lot of money I had already spent for the fabric. So, I applaud you for being willing to go one step backward- now you can go forward again.
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I've read somewhere that 5 minutes of machine quilting will be an hour of unquilting! I lucked out yesterday. The reason I had to unquilt was my upper tension was off so the bobbin thread was just sitting there, easy to just pull out and I noticed after only a few minutes.
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Got the wreath all picked out and quilted a different design. Was going swimmingly until.....yep quilted in a bit of the backing. Luckily I can trim it close and then pull the fabric out of the stitching thread by thread. SIGH [ATTACH=CONFIG]544390[/ATTACH]
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