sparkys_mom

I'm with you!!

MarthaT

I didn't read all the posts, so someone may have posted this hint. I'm an experienced ripper...and here is my way to "speed rip". I have a little clamp that I bought from a sewing supply that works like a third hand, to hold one side of your fabric. (But you can fasten one side of what you are "unsewing" to anything stable if you don't have a clamp.) Then hold on to the other side of the seam with your free hand (the one not holding your seam ripper), pull it tight and pick away at the seam with your seam ripper. You'll have to keep moving the fabric in your clamp as you go along, but keeping that seam tight and pulling it apart exposes the stitches and also pops several stitches at a time since you are holding everything taut. I learned this from my mom who used to pin a skirt that she was hemming to her own skirt, holding it tightly so she could hem faster. But I found it works for ripping too! :-) Happy ripping!

lelia

Hello "I seriously screwed up! " Unless it was something very important I would have just left it in and sewed a fancy stitch over it so it could not reallly show. I did that once where I sewed ever other piece of fabric wrong side up. I just covered it up with a patch of the same material I mess up on. I used a star from my cookie cutters. Any more for me it just takes too much time to "unsew" something that big. I would have just went for it and let the threads fall where they may! Just me....

Geri B

Do not waste your time ripping, as everyone has said, redo the pattern, no one will know except you and it might be an improvement on the original pattern!!!!! It is called "designing"

maryp

I would just try to rework it another way

rntravelerpat

You have the whole top sewn together,right? So find something in your stash that contrasts/looks good with the top,then cut your borders and some appliques from that-say stars or circles or butterflies,fuse them with heat n bond light and scatter over your quilt top,add borders and you have an original,one-of-a-kind quilt top! i went to a class at AQS nat quilt show called "the fudge factor" and the teacher showed ways of using applique to hide mis-matched seams,etc. It really started me to thinking. When you applique with fusable,you need to stitch around the edges with your machine to make sure they don't come loose-I use a fancy stitch,but you could raw-edge as welll. Good luck!

nanzone

I think the "piano key" border is a good idea and another fabric for the sashing. You might come up with a pattern you like better.

ratz29

Hi Momto4,

I'm from Weston. maybe we should get together some time.
Vicky

Sadiemae

I usually don't mind unsewing that much, but 40 strips is just too many!

MadQuilter

That is my thought too. It sounds like your subconscious is telling you to change it up. Often the best creations come out of an original oops. But, if you decide to rip, I wish you patience. Remember - ripping when sleepy leads to holes in the fabric so don't add insult to injury.