Originally Posted by She In PA
A few years ago a new quilting friend had given me a gift and it was a sewing birdie. I had never seen one before. Some sewers call it a third hand. Mine looks kind of like a bird and clamps onto the table. then you put the one side of the fabric in the birds beak (kind of) and hold the other side and you can rip the seam out. I now have looked them up and there are antique ones that really look like a bird. I use it a lot.Anyone else have one?
I don't know what you have .... but it's sounding an awful lot like clamps you can get in a hardware store.
Could you please show us a picture of yours? and how it works?
Thanks!