Originally Posted by mhunt1717
I rip out machine quilting (and over applique) all the time! It is a pain, but always worth it to me!! I find it easier to pull the stitches between the backing and the batting. Good luck!
this is what I did too...less chance of slitting the front...I used really small scissors and snipped very carefully, you'll need to take the binding off and new backing and batting but its worth it, you'd never be happy with it...