Chasing Hawk

Wow! I never had to do this yet (knock on wood). I have however ripped out seams from clothing, handbags etc more times than I would want to count.

cathyvv

Now that I think about it, yes. I was in a thrift store and saw a cute little girl quilt for sale - very cheap. So I bought it. At home, I discovered that the flannel backing had shrunk - apparently it was not pre-washed - and the quilt was bowled. As a newbie to quilting, I had no idea that the backing was just one of the problems...

After removing all the quilting, I realized that there was another reason for the "bowling". The borders were all cut 1/2 inch too short on both ends for the center of the quilt. So that meant it also needed an additional 1" for each border to "un-bowl" it. It was some time ago, but I think my solution to that was to make cornerstones fit into the border.

It turned out cute, but I learned to leave the 'project' quilts I find in thrift stores behind. It was donated to a charity and I am sure it found the right little girl to love it. Thinking about that made the effort worthwhile.

Friday1961

Okay, thanks. Mine is sandwiched with spray adhesive and I'm not taking it apart......(I hope!). I'll probably just iron it, maybe using starch, before the re-quilting. Right now I'm pretty sick of it, so it may not get re-quilted for awhile.

Friday1961

To Cathyvv: Your thrift store purchase made me laugh. It reminded me of something my boss used to say: "You've stepped in blood" meaning you sometimes find yourself involved in something that becomes much larger than you ever wanted or intended!

I'm still trying to figure out why I didn't know better than to quilt this as I did. It's not as if it's my first rodeo. But at least I've learned something: think it through before you even thread the machine!

quiltingshorttimer

just last week unfortunately! I had customer quilt with 10" borders, planned lots of intricate Welsh designs and the borders were wayyy too wavey. I picked out for a week, sprayed and starched,ironed, took off 3 borders and re-did and then quilted--piano keys and corner motifs!

hobbykat1955

In the middle of ripping 1/2 a quilt quilting I did with my walking foot. The main quilt was Irish Chain, the backing a wedding ring fabric. So being a novice back when I made this I was just outlining the wedding rings and got 1/2 way done. Then I grew tired of it and put away for yrs. Now I'm not a novice anymore and looked at it and decided it had to come out and done right from the Irish Chain side...I do a bit each day...no rush it sat for yrs, what's a few more.

sandy l

Yes, queen size log cabin, that was 5 years ago, and quilt top, batting, and backing are still stored in the closet.

WMUTeach

Yes, indeed I have picked out all the quilting I did on a quilt. It was one of my first 5 or 6 quilts and I had spent so much time laying out the quilt that I did not want to leave it as it was. I pinned my three layers but did not know how important it was to make sure the back was absolutely wrinkle free before pinning. I had many, many wrinkles on the back after quilting. Lesson learned: use painters tape to keep the back taunt and flat when layering, use spray baste and look at the back before you start quilting.

I am pleased to say that this over sized throw is still one of my favorites because it is a scrappy that is almost completely from the stash of a quilter who passed away. And.....I made the effort to make it as perfect as my skills at that time allowed. So glad I made the effort to pick out all of those little stitches.

romanojg

I'm about to do that in a few weeks. A friend of mine has done the stitch in the ditch and now has decided that she wants to take it out and have it long armed. So I'm driving over an hour to her house and help her rip it all out. Its one of my least favorite things to do but what are friends for.

trolleystation

If it is any consolation.....we have all been there.