Taking quilting out.

if your bobbin thread was a cotton and the top thread a rayon you can turn the monster back side up and pull the cotton thread off - this will break the rayon as you go :-) and other wise it's hello seam ripper wanna come rip with me?

...and we've all been there and done plenty of that. Work from the back anyway in case you have a slip with the ripper. You have what I had for my birthday. I hope you are better soon.

Taria

Jessamy wrote:

Maureen, meet seam ripper - ripper, meet Maureen. There is no easy way to do it.

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:06:20 -0600, Taria wrote (in article ):

Yuck. to both the crud I have and the ripping. Unfortunately, I used cotton for both top and bottom. The only upside I see is that I can be curled up in the quilt while I'm working. Should help to pass the afternoon, I'm I'll be already for a nap if so inclined.

Maureen

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:12:36 -0600, Boca Jan wrote (in article ):

I was afraid of that!

Maureen

Howdy!

Nuh-uh.

R/S

Work from the

I should have said all of us that have machines do that.

I rip plenty with piecing myself. Heck I am trying to hem a pair of suit pants and have had a devil of a time for some reason. I did find my favorite seam ripper though. Taria

Sandy Ellis> Howdy!

So sorry you have the galloping crud, Maureen! Cuddle up on the couch with your frog-stitching work, and watch a lovely old movie or listen to some good music. If you imbibe, I can tell you that hot water, lemon, honey and/or a shot of good rum will not only help the throat and the cough, it will make the ripping go more pleasantly! I survived a long bout of walking pneumonia (and continued to work) with that magic formula. Just don't overdo the rum.

Howdy!

Okay, I will admit to ripping out some machine stitching in curtain hems (straight-line sewing is about all I choose to do) and when a quilt block jumps out of line or goes its own way. Will also admit to not machine quilting ('cause I don't want to) or foundation paper piecing ('cause I don't have to) and to not doing much applique' ('cause I don't need to). ;-D

And there was RuthQuilt1 that a bunch of us took out the machine quilting, god it was a chore! The rippers were not the quilters that time. ;-)

The most stitch-ripping I've done has been to take apart clothes or other fabric items to re-use/recycle the fabric.

Rayon thread... nope, not a bit of it the house.

We are never going to make you machine quilt if you don't want to Sandy. YOu just don't have to. I have taken a couple of classes and will fpp once in awhile but I will never enjoy it. (never say never though) Taria

Sandy Ellis> Howdy!

Sandy, that's just what I was thinking of - Ruth1 - what a job that was! Hope to NEVER have to do anything like that again and I did just a little part of it!

Maureen, there are ways of ripping out the stitches and then there are other ways.... try this: on the back mark a section, also mark the same area on the front with chalk or something (even safety pins that go all the way through). In the designated area, on the back 'break' a stitch every inch or inch and a half (depends on the tension and length of your stitches). At one of the breaks, when ever you get tired of snipping, grab front and back and pull, *gently*, apart. On the front find the extra long stitch you just created and lift it and gently pull on the thread. The whole area you have snipped should come out in seconds. Honest. repeat as needed.

I teach this method to students who need to unstitch seams and so on. They are always amazed. and there are no teeny tiny pieces of thread to deal with.... only the long ones from the front and the 1"-` 1/2" pieces on the back.

Pati, > Well, I finally have my monster quilt tied. The problem is, that I changed

On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 01:13:51 -0600, Pati Cook wrote (in article ):

Thanks. I've done only a little of the ripping, so there is still plenty more to try this on.

Maureen