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Posted by Pat in Virginia on August 10, 2009, 4:20 pm
Yesterday the County Quilting Gremlin hit my house. (He's been making the
rounds here this month!) I sewed the wrong strips together in four sets, so
had to un-stitch 8 width of fabric seams. Tedious and boring task that
seemed to take longer than it should. Maybe some of you have a quicker
un-stitching technique.
Here is how I do it. I apply my seam ripper to the top thread, cutting a
stitch about every 3/4 to one inch; I do this along the length of seam. Then
I pull up the bobbin thread and bit by bit gently yank it off. I am left
with lots of tiny pieces of thread to pick out. As I said, this is a time
waster, so I would appreciate any helpful hints.
PAT, un-stitching in Virginia
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Posted by Patti on August 10, 2009, 4:46 pm
Do you use tweezers to putt the thread, Pat? or do you just use your
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fingers? I found (being quite well practised in the art >g<) that I got
on far better with tweezers - must quicker. If you remove the thread
from the side where you have cut the short pieces (just use a stitch
ripper to 'lift up the first stitch to give you something for the
tweezers to get hold of), the bobbin thread just comes off in one go at
the end.
.
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>Yesterday the County Quilting Gremlin hit my house. (He's been making the
>rounds here this month!) I sewed the wrong strips together in four sets, so
>had to un-stitch 8 width of fabric seams. Tedious and boring task that
>seemed to take longer than it should. Maybe some of you have a quicker
>un-stitching technique.
>Here is how I do it. I apply my seam ripper to the top thread, cutting a
>stitch about every 3/4 to one inch; I do this along the length of seam. Then
>I pull up the bobbin thread and bit by bit gently yank it off. I am left
>with lots of tiny pieces of thread to pick out. As I said, this is a time
>waster, so I would appreciate any helpful hints.
>PAT, un-stitching in Virginia
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Best Regards
pat on the hill
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Posted by Pat in Virginia on August 10, 2009, 5:31 pm
Well .... I forgot to use tweezers, but will try that this evening. I have
some nifty tweezers from my recent round of shoulder repair. I still hate
those bits on the front, but I guess there is no way out of that, eh? "As
you sew, so shall you rip."
Thanks, PAT
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> Do you use tweezers to putt the thread, Pat? or do you just use your
> fingers? I found (being quite well practised in the art >g<) that I got
> on far better with tweezers - must quicker. If you remove the thread from
> the side where you have cut the short pieces (just use a stitch ripper to
> 'lift up the first stitch to give you something for the tweezers to get
> hold of), the bobbin thread just comes off in one go at the end.
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Posted by J* on August 10, 2009, 5:54 pm
would those front bits come out easily if you had a bit of tape around your
fingers?
then just pat your way along that side picking up all the threads along the
way.
just a thot,
j.
"Pat in Virginia" wrote...
Well .... I forgot to use tweezers, but will try that this evening. I have
some nifty tweezers from my recent round of shoulder repair. I still hate
those bits on the front, but I guess there is no way out of that, eh? "As
you sew, so shall you rip."
Thanks, PAT
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> Do you use tweezers to putt the thread, Pat? or do you just use your
> fingers? I found (being quite well practised in the art >g<) that I got
> on far better with tweezers - must quicker. If you remove the thread from
> the side where you have cut the short pieces (just use a stitch ripper to
> 'lift up the first stitch to give you something for the tweezers to get
> hold of), the bobbin thread just comes off in one go at the end.
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Posted by Pat in Virginia on August 12, 2009, 10:21 am
Good idea Jeanne! I always 'Pat my way along' anyhow.
PAT in VA/USA
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> would those front bits come out easily if you had a bit of tape around
> your
> fingers?
> then just pat your way along that side picking up all the threads along
> the
> way.
> just a thot,
> j.
> "Pat in Virginia" wrote...
> Well .... I forgot to use tweezers, but will try that this evening. I have
> some nifty tweezers from my recent round of shoulder repair. I still hate
> those bits on the front, but I guess there is no way out of that, eh? "As
> you sew, so shall you rip."
> Thanks, PAT
>
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