Welcome Barb and YES!!! I'd rather cut it off. I've no patience for that much seam ripping Sometimes that's easier to do, good luck and I can promise there's no one that makes perfect quilts, cept for God so we get to make all the others!! And oh yes, we are our own worst critics as many have said. To us we see every single mistake, but if you show it to anyone that does not sew, all they see is your love put into a beautiful quilt you took the time to make for them.

Good luck from Arizona