bobbi Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Well, I just SKINNED it! Yup! I had originally attempted to quilt it freehand on my DSM, and it looked like a kindergarten project. It's almost completely apart, it's taken a couple of months of evenings (the tension was horrible, so there were large stitches as well as tiny tiny ones) and I'm now down to ripping out the stabilizing lines... Can't wait to get it on the long arm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted June 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Here's a pic of what the stitching looked like... I forgot to take one while the stitching was actually IN the quilt, but here's the indentation of it! LOL I always loved the quilt top, just not the quilting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted June 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 I'll post again when it's finished... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 You are a very brave gal! Good luck with all that frogging!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anette D. Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Looking forward to seeing the LA finished product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Ribbit, ribbit. :P:P I hope your frogging party goes quickly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisae Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Oh, Bobbi, you give me hope for a couple of tops my friend quilted when she first got her longarm. The tops are still good but the quilting has issues. Maybe I will skin them and requilt. I'm anxious to see how yours turns out....pretty top! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carol rubeck Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 That gives new meaning to the phrase, "hand-work". I know 'frogging' isn't what I'm talkin' about when I say I like to do hand-work while watching TV! Now if you have a binding for me to do, I'm all over it. It is going to be beautiful when you get it finished.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Have fun !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyfox Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Recently, I had a quilt that I took the whole backing off. Problem was I had used water solutuable thread in the bobbin when I pieced it. Unfortunately, I did not remember that until the quilt was pieced and quilted.Took about 15 years to finally suck it up and start frogging it. Big job, big mess... BIG lesson. I still have not finished renewing the bad spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb2bie Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 I recently ripped apart a wall hanging that I quilted a few years ago when I first started long arming with out a stitch regulator!!! I'd never bound it because I wasn't happy with it so now I can start over!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Bobbi, a helpful suggestion for you after you have ripped all of this out.... take the quilt top and spray it with starch all over and let it sit to dry, then press. It will make the fabric stiff again and much easier to manage loading and quilting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Great tip, Shana. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted June 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 YES! Thanks! Shana, that IS a great tip! I thought I'd share a pic of my "skinning" tools... But first here's what I did... I had (on my domestic) attempted to quilt hearts in the center of the blocks with some sort of little feather on the ends. It was awful... I took my Amish thread picker and picked out all the stitching for those from the back of the quilt. To do this you have to be prepared to destroy the backer as well as the batting. (not that it WILL happen, just plan on it) The stitching was all cattywampus, with tiny tiny stitches as well as long missed stitches. It took about 3 weeks of evenings to do 2-4 motifs an evening. I then took off the binding, frogged the SID that was around each 12" block, and it came apart really easily. My point is that on this particular quilt, there wasn't a lot of stitching so it was not hard. Here's my tools! I won't be able to post a pic of the finished quilt because I have customer quilts to do! YAY! When it's done I will post... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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