Do You Re-do??
 

I was just wondering if any of you take something apart after it's finished, if you don't like it? I am trying to make all of these Christmas gift quilts personalized in some way. It may sound weird, but I've put most of the personalization on the backs. I was not happy with the back I finished for my daughter's. So, I have ripped some of it apart and I am going to applique a couple of ferrets onto it. (No, I am not into ferrets, but she and her hubby are ... go figure.) Am I the only one rethinking my choices and redoing my work?

I also re-do. Have a quilt I have been hand quilting and do not like the batting. Am taking it apart to change batting. You really should be into ferrets. They are wonderful pets. High maintenance, but great. They have no fear and will play with any other animal regardless of size. I had a huge lab, the ferrets would go to him and try to climb up his leg, or climb all over him if he laid down. My cat thought "he" was the mother and kept carrying them around. Hours and hours of laughing and fun.

I ripped apart 2 rows of a WIP this morning beacause I didn't like how it looked.

I also re-do. If I do not like I will never be happy.

I redo until I'm happy. If I'm not happy with something I don't see why the recipient will be happy.

i've ripped apart an entire king size log cabin quilt (quilted with binding finished) down to the individual blocks.

then i put the top back together, put on the borders, quilted it, and did the binding.

I also re-do. If I don't like the results, the thing is going to be bugging me forever... so I rip apart and start over.

I do alot of re-doing when I am pressing. It seems that I can find little errors at that time. LOL

Just finished ripping 192 Dresden plate wedges because they looked wonky. Do not think that I never finished a quilt without redoing.

Not too long ago, cut an appliquéd Cavalier King Charles Spaniel off its background because I thought the muslin looked chintzy, after satin stitching it without matching thread. Put it on a different fabric; used invisible zigzag. There were still little pieces of the original cream background. After it was washed, they looked like fur, and multiple people asked how I got it to look like real dog fur. Of course, I made up a good story!

Moral of the story: almost any mistake can be turned into something good.

I didn't like the borders on a quilt top I made and took them off. My DH thinks I'm crazy :)