Originally Posted by Sadiemae
Originally Posted by bamamama
Originally Posted by sylviak
When I remove stitches, I start by clipping the first stitch on the top if it's not at the end of the stitching. Then I use a pair of small, pointy tweezers get under the next stitch and pull it through. Then I use the tweezers to gently jerk the top thread and bring the bottom thread to the top. Clip the bottom thread. Continue to use one point of the tweezers to remove the stitches. After several stitches, pull the bottom thread to the top. Continue to remove the top thread and pull up the bottom thread until you have removed the portion of stitching you want to remove. DON'T just remove the top without bringing up the bottom thread unless you feel like crawling under your frame with a flashlight to find the bottom thread to cut it! I know I have too much stuff under the frame and I also have trouble getting up once I'm down! Hope this helps. I have a Voyager/ Hinty Stretch frame.
LOL... I found out tonight that I can no longer get up very easily any more either when I tried to look at the bottom of the quilt. Great advise. thanks.
I have been told by some quilters that they place a large mirror under the quilt, so that they don't have to get down to see the back of the quilt.
I tried the large mirror thing and couldn't get the lighting right. I use a large hand mirror. However, if you are just doing a part of a row, bringing the bottom thread up means you don't have to look at the bottom ...everything is done from the top. No taking the layers apart. Of course, if you're going to take it all out, the skinning thing might be a better choice.