Peggy's Stitch Eraser
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Peggy's Stitch Eraser
I was wondering if anyone has used this product. I know it is for machine embroidery, but I have been tod it can be used to remove longarm quilting stitches as well.
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Hi Dianne,
I haven't used that one...yet. Do you have a quilt to UN-stitch? I recently had to take out LA quilting on a 50x50 quilt that had a fold in the backing. I tried multiple methods and settled on the scalpel cutter. It allows you to get close and hook the stitches to break them along the quilting line.
Get between the batting and backing so the quilt front is saved. The backing was toast when I finished and replaced.
There may be other threads here about the trimmers but here is a recent one.
Frogging
I haven't used that one...yet. Do you have a quilt to UN-stitch? I recently had to take out LA quilting on a 50x50 quilt that had a fold in the backing. I tried multiple methods and settled on the scalpel cutter. It allows you to get close and hook the stitches to break them along the quilting line.
Get between the batting and backing so the quilt front is saved. The backing was toast when I finished and replaced.
There may be other threads here about the trimmers but here is a recent one.
Frogging
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I haven't used the Stitch Eraser but I have used the mustache trimmer. It works great and makes fast work of removing a lot of stitches. I use it every time I need to unsew a long seam. An like sewvicki said, it's not but about $10.00 US.
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I'm a veteran of lots of stitching boo-boos, and about the only thing that really helps me is wearing Mag-Eyes with the highest magnification I was able to find and be sure to have good lighting. (An Ott light with the magnifier attached would probably be better.) It might say more about my vision than otherwise, but being able to see precisely makes me more efficient and less likely to cut the fabric. I cut about every 3-4 stitches, fewer if there are sharp turns. Then I use tweezers to help yank the tread on the back.
You are looking at many hours of work, whatever method you use. My heart goes out to you!
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Oh my gosh, I just looked up Peggy's stitch eraser, I can't believe that I thought it was a liquid. Made me laugh when I saw that it was a shaver, an expensive one to boot. I just use the Wahl mustache trimmer for under $10 or an even cheaper Clover seam ripper. Since I have never had to take out embroidery machine stitches, I can only imagine that that is labor intensive.
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