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Q: I have a hand appliqued quilt that is on a black background. I started to hand quilt it but I'm not happy with the look. It is also very difficult to quilt through the layers. I used a black scrim batting. Can I take out the stitches and possibly use another thinner easier to hand quilt batting? Do you recommend that I continue on with what I have? I've put a lot of time in the applique and I don't want to damage the quilt now. I also would hate to just stuff the quilt away as a UFO. Can you help me?
A: I would pull the stitches out. Any batting with a scrim will be extremely difficult to quilt through. My favorite batting for hand quilting is Hobbs Heirloom. It is cotton with a little polyester so it won't come apart. It does not have a scrim and it is not needle punched. Either of those will make it harder to hand quilt.
My theory is the little (even though it seems like a lot) time you spend now will be worth all of the years you will look at the quilt. I have pulled out quilting stitches on two quilts now and they re-quilt fine. The only problem I had was with the backing fitting again, but these were quilts that were entirely finished, shrunk beyond belief, and then I un-quilted them and started over with layering the tops.
Happy Quilting!
Penny Halgren
www.How-to-Quilt.com
