So here's a step by step to using the "reverse sewing instrument"--the stitch ripper. Sometimes, as the name suggests, you just have to rip the stitches a few at a time. But sometimes you get lucky and this trick works.
Pick up the bobbin thread--the underneath thread:
Gently and firmly pull it out--you don't want to break the thread. The seam will gather up as you pull until the bobbin thread comes right out:
Then when you turn over to the other side, there's nothing holding the top thread in, and it just lifts off:
If you try it from the other side--the top side--the stitches will lock and you won't be able to pull them out. Sometimes they lock anyway, in which case you have to go back to ripping out a few stitches at a time--usually that's best done by pulling the seam apart and slipping the unpicker between the layers of fabric. You do have to be careful not to catch the fabric with the point, which is why it's nice if this little trick works for you.
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spoken like one who has plenty of unsewing experience!
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