Most frustrating quilting notion!
05-08-2013, 01:01 PM
#61
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Western Arizona
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The tool I regret buying was a binding tool. I do better without it!
As for seam rippers: I love the SeamFix one. The blade itself is smaller than most seam rippers. It is bright colored so I can find it easily. Large enough to fit in my hand. A rubber band works to keep it from rolling.
As for seam rippers: I love the SeamFix one. The blade itself is smaller than most seam rippers. It is bright colored so I can find it easily. Large enough to fit in my hand. A rubber band works to keep it from rolling.
As for seam ripper, I totally love my stainless steel one that is so sharp I stabbed myself under my L index fingernail the other day & I bled like a stuck pig. It's still healing over.
05-08-2013, 01:12 PM
#62
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Genoa IL
Posts: 428
What quilting tool did you buy that drives you crazy? I treated myself to a new seam ripper, the Fons and Porter seam ripper and this ripper is driving me crazy. I wanted a large ripper, as I am always misplacing it - and I normally love their products. Well, the handle is totally round, it rolls off any surface that I put it on. And the ripper nose (the pointy thing) is so thick that it has a hard time getting between the stitches. Ugh, I am glad that I used a 50% off coupon for it. Waiting for the next coupon to buy a brand one. Any suggestions? Not a happy
camper right now.
camper right now.
05-08-2013, 01:19 PM
#63
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Genoa IL
Posts: 428
I just bought the Seam-fix one and love it! It does have a round handle that comes apart like a pen. The opposite end has a large rubber-like tip that you use to rub back and forth to take all those millions of little threads that have been ripped out. So now, I don't have to sit and pick out all those little cut threads after ripping a seam! I just had to rip out two, 60" sashings, today and, boy, did that rubber thingy work good!!
05-08-2013, 03:05 PM
#65
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Fairfield, OH
Posts: 3,694
I too have a Fons and Porter seam ripper. While it works well it drives my insane that it is perfectly round and rolls away and on to the floor. I put a little bead of hot glue down the side of it to stop the rolling.It occasionally peels off and I just reapply it. I also have a lighted one. Sounds wonderful but it isn't. Very awkward. The only thing it is good for is ripping black fabric. But my bright sewing light works better for that .
05-08-2013, 03:14 PM
#66
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Pawcatucck, CT
Posts: 80
The rubber and trick is so simple and I never would have thought of it, just one of the many reasons I love this site.
05-08-2013, 06:18 PM
#67
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 183
I've used some small, cheap seam rippers in the past, but they seemed to disappear as if they were desserts for termites. I've switched to Clover and am very happy with them. They aren't huge but are big enough so I don't lose them all the time.
05-08-2013, 07:33 PM
#70
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 30
I too had problems with different seam rippers. My favorite is one that looks like a scalpel, sharp point, but here is where the fun kind comes into play. I use the battery operated one once I get the seam ripped just a little, then switch to the battery operated one. It literally eats the seam. I do like it and it rips very quickly.
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