Back to sewing

I was able to remove the stitches relatively quickly.  I learned a new way of removing stitches.  A fellow quilter from Machine Quilter's Resource recommend I watch a video from you-tube.  You-tube is a great source for learning new things.  The technique I used is called skinning-the-quilt.   You take the top and pull it away from the batting and snip at the threads from below the top.  The recommendation was to use a razor, the rotary cutter or the tool that is used in the video.  I am not sure what it is called but it looks like a seam ripper but it is flat with a blade like tip.  This process, I found was much quicker than doing it from the top.  Thank you DebbieHQ for sharing that video.

So, I am back to quilting my quilt.  WooHoo!!

Frustration and more frustration

I was able to squeeze out enough dark fabric for my mystery quilt.  And then, I was concerned about my light fabric and I was able to squeeze enough of that out too.  So I am safe on the mystery quilt front.

Now onto my more frustrating issue.  I still have that king sized quilt on my frame.  I am quilting a pantograph on my log cabin quilt.  In between rows, my friend notices that there is a pin in between the layers. Which layer I am not sure, but it is there.  We discuss where and how I will remove this pin and then I position the needle for the next row and start to quilt it.  Well, guess what, it was not the right spot to start quilting.  The current row is somewhat intermingled with the previous row. 

So not only do I have a pin I have to worry about removing from two or three rows previously quilted, but I now have a whole row of quilting I have to rip out.  ERRRR!!!

Carl asks, will you be happy leaving it the way it is?  Of course not.  It really isn't that obvious on the front but when you look at the back, it is definitely obvious.  I just can't see leaving it the way it is.  Thank goodness this is my quilt and not a customer's or a friends quilt.  I guess it is time to start frogging.  Rip it, rip it.

Another one...

loaded.  I finally got one of my king sized quilts on the frame.  I am using Quilter's Dream Blend for batting.  I have never used that brand of batting, so I am looking forward to the results.  I've had this one on the frame for about a week now, but it is so hard to go downstairs during the week to do any quilting.

I am in charge of sending out the instructions for the mystery quilt to my guild members.  Usually I have the mystery quilt completed before I even mention the fact that I am going to run the mystery quilt program, but this year I wasn't able to make it due to other obligations.  Well, I am currently in the process of making it along with the members.  The instructions called for 3 yards of dark fabric and I know that I had at least that. Well guess what?  I am a 3" strip short.  I can not believe this. I hope there is some way I can possibly piece some pieces together to make what I need or maybe I can  find some scrap pieces somewhere.