Originally Posted by Bonbonary
For long seams, I use the foot of my sewing machine to hold one end of the seam, then hold the end toward me with my left hand. My right hand pushes the ripper toward the machine. Because the fabric is held tight, you can just zip through the seam quickly. For smaller pieces, I would rip them out like in the video.
Wow.....great idea Bonbonary......I never thought of using the machine as my gripper when you need a third hand.
I do use the small rotary cutter as someone else also mentioned.....couldn't be without it now that I was shown to use it.....but gotta be pretty careful.
Pat