Oh my, what handsome children. The quilt is just beautiful. What a treasure the two of you have created
Have you ever heard of using an eyebrow shaper for ripping. It is guarded blade that has slits. I put it between the quilt backing and batting to rip quilting out such as the original quilting and don't get holes in my backing. It is fast and easy and so far I have never gotten any holes in any tops or backings. I do rip between the backing the batting just in case.