Quilting Heidi Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 With lots of whine and a bowl of chocolate.:P:P:P Seriously if it is a small area then I use my little sissors and hold onto the top thread give it a pull to expose the bobbin thread and snip them, then pull, then snip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelleywa Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Well something went wrong when I started this post, it was sent before I finished it!!! It was interesting reading the other post about clamping backing and/or batting, and as I've just frogged some feathers that I accidentally stitches flowing in the opposite direction to what I SHOULD have done, it got me wondering how others do their frogging. My method? I pull up the top thread and hang onto it with tweezers if tiny, fingers if a bit longer, then pull up the bobbin threads and snip carefully at the base to cut them. I continue in this fashion,pull , snip, pull, snip and it's quite quick. If I can't find the end of the top thread, I gently lift a stitch on a pin and snip it to start the process off. I think this method is because I was a nurse for a long time and having scissors and tweezers ( forceps) in hands remind me of doing dressings and taking sutures out!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelleywa Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Heidi, you answered before I'd even finished and you use the same method as me!!!Only I daren't add the wine and chocolate, I'd either be asleep under the table or swinging from the ceiling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Hummm..............never thought to add Chocolate.............I whine plenty though. Hate to frog! I do it the same way though.............pull, snip, pull, snip. I discovered this quite by accident one day. Works great - most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmland Quilter Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 I use the same method but I'm wondering what you use for tweezers? I have several "thread tweezers" from Clover. They will really grip those short threads but they are a little stiff. For some reason trying to grip and hold short threads is hard for me to do. After ripping for alterations (another money making hobby at this time which I hope to eliminate Yuk hate it) I use the thread tweezer to pull out all the threads. I love Clover products. Their rippers are the greatest. Stay sharp and no rough spots. Have to order online...all the stores around here carry mostly Dritz - not my favorite line of sewing supplies. Now if I could just eliminate all ripping and frogging from my life;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 I don't frog I skin. That is if it's a large area. If it's a small one I snip every other stitch and pull the bottom thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 I usually use what seems to be the normal way, pull and snip, unless as Bonnie said, it is a large area, then I skin, and I'm doing that on some backwards feathers, myself. Not fun, either way. If I get chocolate, my hands wouldn't be pulling threads. As for the wine, 2 oz puts me solidly under the table. LOL, I look as silly as that sounds, too. ROFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plally Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 For tweezers, I use hemostat clamps. Works really great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda S Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 If I have a large area (say like a block) to frog, I'll take my seam ripper and break the stitch about every 5", pull out a couple of threads to each side of the cut stitch. Then, I reach under the quilt and find the loops of bobbin thread this will create. I grab hold of them and RRRRIIIIIPPPPPPPP! Makes all the treads on the top pop right off. No time to sit and pick at each stitch -- time is money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrna Ficken Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Shelley , I do it the way you do. It's fast and work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 I try to avoid it:P:P:P But sometimes it finds me...LOL:P:P:P:o:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Well, I've been frogging all darned day today. Note to self: Always remember that the angle of the laser effects the outcome of the panto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Well, I do a lot of "whining" while I am frogging.... and after I'm done I need a glass of wine! Seriosuly though... if it's just a little frogging and I want to keep my tails long (like if I need to tie off the ends), I use my dental pick thingy to get up underneath the top stitches and pull. This pulls out a few stitches at a time and then I can tie off. If it's a lot of frogging, like a huge area, I do like Bonnie and skin. Or I snip & tug, snip & tug... like the others do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitomi Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Yes, dental hook. I learned that one early on. Hee hee!!I spent 6 hours with that darn dental hook!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseCity Quilter Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Frogged the same row of a panto three times the last few days :( machine troubles... If the area is small, I do the same as Shelly, but if the area is large I skin. Really think it would be nice if they put a reverse sew button on our machines........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Ribbit..ribbit...i snip and tug as heidi described. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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