Un-sewing
 

I've been quilting for several years but I'm still a novice, and like many of us I sometimes goof up, well today was no exception and I was grumbling in regards to having to un-sew some stitches and my husband asked me... have you ever made something you haven't had to un-sew? Of course I wanted to give him a snappy answer but instead I just said "no" in a very silent voice. After I thought about it for awhile I decided how depressing to think you are going to start on a new project of sewing knowing full well you are going to spend time taking it apart, lol. So has anyone out there ever made something they didn't have to un-sew?

Are you kidding?? I've had to rip out many different spots in each quilt I've made in the last 30 years. It's just part of the process of quilting.

I am in the process at this very minute of deciding whether or not to un-sew a project....or get more creative with it. I can't think of any of my projects that haven't had some unsewing!

Just part of the process, nothing to beat yourself up over. None of us are perfect, we all have those parts in Every project that doesn't go quite right-- right down to 3 perfect binding miter corners & 1 messed up one.

I unsew for a couple of reasons -

Sometimes my seams are wonky

Sometimes I just changed my mind about what I did and want to do something differently

I just accept ripping as part of the project. I have a seam ripper mounted to my dsm, and a Quick Ripper handy in the drawer by my dsm for big ripping jobs. Then I just don't dwell on it. Just like the eraser on your pencil, or the delete button on your keyboard, it's just part of the process of creating.

Yes I have. But that is because when I realized the mistake I was just too lazy to take it out and pretended I wanted it that way.

The only project - quilts; other craft sewing; home dec sewing; garments - that I have NOT had to unsew was just the other day when I was turning under raw edges on a rectangle of fabric to make arm covers for the recliner!

Nope.

:) LOL