Tartan

I quilted the outside of a feathered wreath on a quilt top. Looked good, then I quilted the inner ring. The feathered wreath was great but I ended up with an A cup in the center. Why does it always take so much longer to take out quilting then to put it in? Note to self, always do the inner ring first!

DOTTYMO

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

Tiggersmom

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

ManiacQuilter2

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

quilterpurpledog

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.

PaperPrincess

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.

my-ty

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!

GramE

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

Doggramma

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

Tartan

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]