Seam Rippers ... Under-Appreciated
12-23-2016, 04:30 AM
#15
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Such a cute story! I don't have my seam ripper from 8th grade, but I do have my seam guide, hand needles, pinking shears and 8" Wiss scissors from 8th grade, all with my name and Period 2 marked on them. The shears and scissors have been recently sharpened and work like new!
12-23-2016, 05:07 AM
#16
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I have two brass seam rippers that I value so much that I drilled and then screwed two small cup hooks on the lip of my sewing table and hang them there. My babies are always within reach. The cheap plastic ones are in a drawer in the sewing cabinet.
12-23-2016, 12:49 PM
#18
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This is my very all time favorite way to un-do the stitch. I bought a cheap blade seam ripper. You can't use it like you would your normal ripper. It works just as if you had a razor blade in your hand. You anchor one side of your fabric under your presser foot on the sewing machine. This is your third hand. You use your second hand to hold the other side of the fabric to stretch so you can see the little stitch. With your first hand, you take that sharp blade and pop, pop pull pop pull pop and it whizzes along. I have never damaged my fabric with this method. I love it.
12-24-2016, 12:18 PM
#19
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Ha!! Pretty cute Grampz!! I'll be sharing this with my guild...giving you the credit, of course! And, Jan...I like the little brown Clover un-sewer, too.... and I have several... sigh.... mine get plenty of work out!
12-24-2016, 12:43 PM
#20
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
This was cute. 
But those of you who still have your ripper from highschool....REALLY?!! How in the world do you get the reverse sewing done with that?
I don't LIKE reverse sewing, so I prefer to use the sharpest tool in the box. I replace my seam ripper as soon as I can't run the blade along a seam between the layers and get a quick rip without risking tearing a hole in one layer or the other. That may be once a year or every 6 months depending on how much reverse work I've been doing!
I buy the brown handled Clover seam rippers for less than $5, usually several at a time. That is as cheap as replacing needles.
Wow, I can't even imagine how dull a 20+ year old ripper must be! Do you sharpen it somehow?
Jan in VA
But those of you who still have your ripper from highschool....REALLY?!! How in the world do you get the reverse sewing done with that?
I don't LIKE reverse sewing, so I prefer to use the sharpest tool in the box. I replace my seam ripper as soon as I can't run the blade along a seam between the layers and get a quick rip without risking tearing a hole in one layer or the other. That may be once a year or every 6 months depending on how much reverse work I've been doing!
I buy the brown handled Clover seam rippers for less than $5, usually several at a time. That is as cheap as replacing needles.
Wow, I can't even imagine how dull a 20+ year old ripper must be! Do you sharpen it somehow?
Jan in VA
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