How to remove a stitched patch

It is a handy professional embroidery-stitch-removing tool to have; especially if you have to do this regularly. If you are a professional who runs an embroidery business this is a good investment. Mistakes happen. You have got to remove that mistake and that too fast. Time is money in business. This tool makes it all easier. It works on power with a rechargeable battery. It is used to remove machine embroidery stitches without damaging the fabric at all. It actually gets under the stitches, grabs the thread, and clip them.

You can also keep a number of cutting tools — seam ripper, small scissors, tweezers. A seam ripper is a great tool to have to remove embroidery that is not too dense. It just needs to be in top form. You will need a seam ripper that is sharp enough. A seam ripper is useless if not sharp for any job. First I turned the hat to the back of it. Then used the hair trimmer on the middle of the stitches in a back and forth motion, taking care that no extra pressure is applied to touch the fabric.

When you make small jerky movements across the stitches through the middle they get cut. That is how you get those stitches out. If you do not have the stitch eraser tool or even the hair trimmer you can cut satin stitch with a small blade careful ly and then use the seam ripper to complete the job.

But sometimes the lines are too thin to cut with the seam ripper or the hair clipper. Do you have a disposable razor at home? Keep the embroidery curved on your finger and use the razor to shave off the thread from the back of the work- just be careful that you are not overzealous or using extra pressure. Gently go back and forth on the embroidery till you have cut the thread. Stop when you see the stabilizer or the fabric itself. It will look like this when all the stitches are cut.

So much lint and fuzzy thread. Repeat at the opposite end of the stitching you want to remove. Work on the same side of the fabric as you rip the stitches. Move the seam ripper a few stitches away from the cut thread, within the section of stitching you want to remove. Use the seam ripper to pull the end of the thread out of the fabric. Most of the time, the thread on the other side of the seam will stay intact. If the thread breaks, move over a few stitches and start again. If you sew with quality thread , many times you can pull the thread, as if you were gathering the fabric , to remove the area of stitching.

Continue until you reach the end of the stitching you want to remove. Turn the fabric over. If the seam still appears to be sewn, rubbing the area will usually bring the thread to the surface of the fabric. If the thread remains in the fabric, use the point of seam ripper to lift the thread out of the fabric. Some seam rippers even have a rubbery textured end to help with this step. Cut the thread at the beginning and ending of the stitch removal. Remember that a seam ripper is not designed to plow through the stitching.

Sometimes the stitches are stubborn. Remain patient because pushing through those stubborn stitches can tear the fabric and make it unusable. While you can also remove stitches by opening the seam and using the tip of the seam ripper to cut the stitches in the seam line, this method is more likely to cut the fabric. If you use this method, pull the seam ripper away from the fabric rather than toward the remaining stitches.

It takes more time than plowing the seam ripper through the stitching but it's safer for your sewing. If a cut in the fabric does happen and it is not in a visible area, immediately use fusible lightweight interfacing on the wrong side of the fabric with the cut closed as much as possible. Waiting to do this step can cause the edges of the cut to fray and the cut will always be visible.

The cut will weaken the fabric no matter what, but in most cases, the fusible interfacing can mend the cut if it is inside the item you are sewing. After you remove the stitches, you'll most likely need to resew the section of stitching. Move the ripper upwards so that its little blade breaks the thread in two. Now take your magnifying glass or glasses and put them on so that you can see the threads more clearly.

Flip the right side out and remove the logo or graphic along with the threads. Use your lint brush to get rid of all unwanted pieces of strings that got stuck to your shirt. Bear in mind that if it is too thick or elaborate, the stitches are too dense and it will inevitably leave unpleasant marks on the clothing. It does not matter whether you are using a cheap hat embroidery machine or one of the most expensive machines like these — if the stitching is dense, it is beyond rescue.

However, if that is not the case, you can give it a shot! Now you want to find a white bobbin which is much smaller than the stitches in handstitched embroidery. Be very careful not to grab a stabilizer thread with it. This thread is located between the stitches and the actual clothing and you must not cut it because its purpose is to prevent damage to your clothing. After that, flip your shirt inside out and start pulling the embroidery strings with your tweezers.

Once again, avoid using gorilla force and stop if you feel some resistance. Use your lint brush for tidying up. This is perhaps even easier than the removal of handstitched embroidery from clothing but unfortunately leaves holes on the back which have to be covered with either another embroidery or with an applique. Just take your seam ripper, choose a starting point, slide the tool under the stitches and cut the embroidery thread.