littlehud

Yes, we have all been there a time or two.

trupeach1

I didn't do that but it was almost as bad. I made a queen size quilt, all hand pieced and after if was done I hated it but I loved the fabric and didn't have anymore so.........I ripped the quilt apart each and every block that was made and then I decided what block to make using all the cut fabric pieces and now it will be a picnic quilt. Did I explain this correctly????????

OraLee

I understood that just fine. A picnic quilt is bettr than no quilt. Next time I think things out a bit becore I do something that stupid. Maybe!!!!!!!!!!!!

fun2quilt

Nope, the opposite. I started hand quilting a queen/king size quilt and don't like it, so I will be taking all the hand stitching out and machine quilting it, eventually. :?

Pamela Artman

Yeah, I've done that. I started a king size quilt, did a terrible job, ripped out all the machine quilting and sent it out to be quilted! Then I thought I'd start with a table runner. I thought I'd quilt around the leaves and flowers in the fabric... I did such a terrible job, I ripped it all out and just did some SID. I need a lot of practice!!!

Jingle

No!!!! I've never done that and won't. When I learned to machine quilt, I never looked back. Hand quilting is toooo slow, I FMQ all my quilts and love it.

lakequilter

I have one in my sewing room that has stitching in the border I don't like and haven't had the nerve to start removing it. It's a beautiful quilt so I need to make that my next tv watching project.

KarenBarnes

Yup the quilt I did for my son's wedding (avatar) I thought it would be so much easier to just quilt by machine but it just wasn't going very pretty so I took most of it out and then hand quilted it! It would have been faster to just hand quilt the entire thing! It also would have looked even better!

summerstorm

I had to give up hand quilting but I have ripped entire pieces out, on several occasions more than once. The quilt on my bed and the one for my GD.

Usually now If I have problems, I rip after a row or so. A suggestion, do a small practice piece, say placemat size. Use cotton batting, fabric and thread. Toss in in the washer and dryer and see how it looks. I was amazed at the flaws covered or at least camaflouged by this.

Blessings,

Sharon

bstanbro

I picked out every stitch of my first attempt at fmq. The second attempt was much better. It wasn't so bad picking it out. I didn't mind, but it was a small wall-hanging.