Unquilting
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This poor quilt has been waiting since about May of 2012 to get finished. I started out hand quilting in each block. The stencil was not the same size as the blocks, and I did not care for it. Fortunately I had only done two blocks. Then I thought I'd just machine quilt the whole thing with straight lines. It started to get very lumpy bumpy. So then it sat for a very long time until I got it out today. I plan to take out every stitch and re-pin. Then I will hand quilt an all over feather design I have. It will take quite some time, but it will be worth it. I like these colors, and do not want to waste the fabric.
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Unsewing is not the worst thing in the world. Just be patient and pretty soon it will be apart and you can start over.
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You are right, it's too pretty to just let it be. I have been there done that. Just sit in front of a good movie with a good seam ripper and have at it. I use a sheet from one of those tape lint rollers to place all the little threads. I works like fly paper and traps them so they don't end up all over the chair and floor.
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PS Your handquilting was nicely done.
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You could also leave it and do another line (or 2) of echo quilting around the pattern. Very pretty!
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Oh it looks lovely so do please finish it.
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Very pretty and your hand quilting is too.
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great quilt. keep at it, I love it.
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I love the color choice of your quilt. Your hand stitching is very nice.
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I think it looks great! I really like the fabric & colors & your quilting is awesome
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I hope your seam ripper or whatever "unsewing" implement you choose to use doesn't take on a life of its own and do something bad to that lovely quilt top!
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It's a beauty, even before the quilting happens. :-) Your stitches are good and that will be one awesome quilt. Kudos to you for "unstitching." Please share when you're done.
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
(Post 7808602)
You could also leave it and do another line (or 2) of echo quilting around the pattern. Very pretty!
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Very pretty. Your quilting is great. One stitch undone at a time.
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Stick with it;you will be happy you did. Your hand work is lovely.
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A pretty quilt and quilting. But if you feel like you need to unquilt, it's not too bad. I've done it. Not actually fun, but not as bad as I thought it would be. It would be nice to save the good parts though.
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Joining the others with compliments on the colors and your quilting! Lovely. May I ask how you marked your quilting design, please? That is on dark colors so what shows up for you when you are stitching? I sometimes wonder about hand quilting from the back--if the back is a light color.
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Been there and had to do unquilting. I made a Hidden Wells quilt for my GGD. I did QAYG method and also was using the Glo in The Dark thread from Superior Threads. On the very first block that I finished quilting, for whatever reason, I decided to press it. Well the thread melted in many places and I had to remove it all. I did the FMQ and so stitches went from tiny to large. I did get it done. It is a slow process but sometimes you just have to do what you have to do.
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That is beautiful fabric. The quilting looks good to me.
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Can you leave the part that is quilted alone and take out the pins and re-sandwich it??? It will be a little cumbersome to handle, but you will not have to remove the original quilting and can go from there.
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Think of it as an enlightened fresh start.
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Originally Posted by illinois
(Post 7809729)
Joining the others with compliments on the colors and your quilting! Lovely. May I ask how you marked your quilting design, please? That is on dark colors so what shows up for you when you are stitching? I sometimes wonder about hand quilting from the back--if the back is a light color.
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Love your hand quilting !!
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