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Posted by KJ on August 10, 2009, 10:53 pm
I use an electric mustache trimmer to rip out long seams. It takes a bit of
practice but you can really buzz through a seam quickly that way! I wish I
could demo....basically I hold the trimmer against the stitching while
holding the seam open with one hand. If held at the right angle, you don't
clip any of the fabric and the seam "melts" away. heheheh.
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Kathyl (KJ)
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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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Posted by heidi (was rabbit2b) on August 11, 2009, 9:57 pm
Kathy, do you think this nose and ear trimmer (ugh!) would work?
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3D6043661&findingMetho=
d=3Drr
What kind do you use?
--Heidi
http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b
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> I use an electric mustache trimmer to rip out long seams. =A0It takes a b=
it of
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> practice but you can really buzz through a seam quickly that way! =A0I wi=
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> could demo....basically I hold the trimmer against the stitching while
> holding the seam open with one hand. =A0If held at the right angle, you d=
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> clip any of the fabric and the seam "melts" away. =A0heheheh.
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Posted by KJ on August 12, 2009, 12:18 am
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10729885 You need one
like this. With the little straight edge like hair clippers. I certainly
didn't pay this much though. Sometimes you can find them on closeout or off
brands and they work fine.
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Kathyl (KJ)
remove "nospam" before mchsi
http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz
Kathy, do you think this nose and ear trimmer (ugh!) would work?
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=6043661&findingMethod=rr
What kind do you use?
--Heidi
http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b
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> I use an electric mustache trimmer to rip out long seams. It takes a bit
> of
> practice but you can really buzz through a seam quickly that way! I wish I
> could demo....basically I hold the trimmer against the stitching while
> holding the seam open with one hand. If held at the right angle, you don't
> clip any of the fabric and the seam "melts" away. heheheh.
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Posted by Roberta on August 11, 2009, 7:47 am
Don't know if my method is any faster. I use a heavy-duty pin or the
point of the seam ripper (carefully) to lift and pull out a few
stitches until there's a tail long enough to grip. Then pull like a
gather until the thread breaks. with luck, one then has a tail on the
other side to repeat the process. One side of the seam usually gathers
a little more readily than the other. I like this method because I
Control the thread ;-)
All the experts say to clup every 3rd stitch or so, put a length of
masking tape over the clipped stitches, and pull off the thread on the
unclipped side. the tape is supposed to hang on to all the fuzzies.
Never worked that well for me, and still tedious.
My most helpful hint, if you have enough fabric, would be to use those
wrong sets for something else and just cut new ones.
Roberta in D
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:20:12 -0400, "Pat in Virginia"
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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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Posted by Pat in Virginia on August 12, 2009, 10:30 am
Roberta:
Your 'hint' about using the sets for something else resonates with me! I've
BTDT. This time I was using fabric for a Group Quilt, so did not have that
option. The fabric was purchased in Pennsylvania, so I couldn't just run out
for more.
In the end, in spite of my whining about un stitching, the top came out very
well.
PAT in VA/USA
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> My most helpful hint, if you have enough fabric, would be to use those
> wrong sets for something else and just cut new ones.
> Roberta in D
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> 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
>