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#21
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Thanks for the idea of "skinning" the quilt. But I took too long to decide on that backing; no way am I sacrificing it! And I'm already begun the ripping out. It just takes time and is boring -- all while I call myself a few names! -- but it can be done.
Thanks to all who commented, who understand, and who have wished me luck. It's encouraging to know I'm not quite mad -- or that others have been, too. Maybe it comes with quiltmaking!
Thanks to all who commented, who understand, and who have wished me luck. It's encouraging to know I'm not quite mad -- or that others have been, too. Maybe it comes with quiltmaking!
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This is exactly where I was. I couldn't stand it, so have to undo it. I am a "fixer" by nature (not always a positive trait!) so couldn't let it go, even though this is not an important quilt, in the grand scheme of my quilt making.
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Yep, I once ripped out every quilted stitch on a large double/small queen sized quilt because I didn't like the way I'd stitched it. I just used a regular seam ripper and cut a stitch every couple of inches and then worked the thread out. Took a while, but it was worth it in the end.
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I'd have been ashamed for anyone to see that quilt, if it does nothing more than reside on a shelf. So, no matter how long it takes, I'll be glad I did it. It can't look worse.
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Had to laugh. I was doing some unquilting on one of my own and the phrase that kept going through my head was "a moment on the lips a lifetime on the hips" only I was muttering it only took me 5 minutes to quilt this bit and almost an hour to unpick it.
#26
Yup, took it off the long arm, and when the mood striked me I would slowly start frogging when I was bored, it took me 7 months. It is done now and I’m glad I spent the time ripping it all out, I’m very happy with it now! At the end of the day it’s a personal choice, how much is your time worth? How much do you love the project? And would you feel better if you just tossed it. I feel your pain!
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I bought an old quilt in a second hand store, it was cheap because it had been done (badly) on a domestic machine. I picked out all the quilting, with plans of requilting it. Stitches were large so it wasn’t a horrible job. Never got around to doing it over so I sold the top for 3x what I paid.
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Yes! Finished the quilt again...just before Christmas and sent to a niece for a Christmas present and have not heard one word from her.
It was a friend who long armed it, one of her first quilts to do. Uneven stitches, inconsistent tensions. Never again. I have never understood how she could complete and return and never said a word about the poor outcome.
I loved the quilt, should have never let a rookie get her hands on it and I should have never rehomed it.
It was a friend who long armed it, one of her first quilts to do. Uneven stitches, inconsistent tensions. Never again. I have never understood how she could complete and return and never said a word about the poor outcome.
I loved the quilt, should have never let a rookie get her hands on it and I should have never rehomed it.
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