Unquilting
 

Because the person undoing is not a machine. Good luck with the undoing I hate that job and try so hard to avoid it.

Instead of taking it out could you quilt a close grid in the center to make it lay flat?

I clip every 5th stitch from the back then the thread comes out easier on the front. We have all made mistakes when quilting.

I understand your plight. A couple of months ago I unquilted some feathered wreaths on a quilt I was doing. It took me a full week of all my sewing time. My problem was that I had used a color that was such a contrast that it destroyed the look of the quilt--to much. The farther I had quilted the worse it looked. So, I ripped. I am glad I did it. Now, I like what I am doing for the quilting color and pattern I am using. I had used white and now I am using colors. What a difference. And, of course, saving the quilt was a saving of a lot of money I had already spent for the fabric. So, I applaud you for being willing to go one step backward- now you can go forward again.

I've read somewhere that 5 minutes of machine quilting will be an hour of unquilting! I lucked out yesterday. The reason I had to unquilt was my upper tension was off so the bobbin thread was just sitting there, easy to just pull out and I noticed after only a few minutes.

Sigh. Been there ... done that. When I am unquilting, I try to focus my thoughts on how much better it will be once I am finished.... and not on how long this is taking!

My exact thoughts! I try to watch a movie I've been wanting to see.

Unfortunately it needs to be done sometimes. It always feels good when it's done though.

Got the wreath all picked out and quilted a different design. Was going swimmingly until.....yep quilted in a bit of the backing. Luckily I can trim it close and then pull the fabric out of the stitching thread by thread. SIGH [ATTACH=CONFIG]544390[/ATTACH]