Don't you just love your SEAM RIPPER??????
06-15-2011, 04:05 PM
#51
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Originally Posted by emerald46
It is a love/hate relationship..lol. Then yesterday, I dropped Mr. Ripper on the tile floor and the tip broke off! I've never had that happen, so we'll be purchasing a couple of more today.
06-15-2011, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by carolynjo
To keep up with your seam ripper, try taping the barrel of a ball point pen(empty) to the side of your machine. Drop your seam ripper, sharp end down, into the barrel when you are finished with it. It can't walk away then. Good luck.
06-15-2011, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by stewyscrewy
Nope I dont use one. Ever.. I use a spent rotary blade and filet the fabrics just like a skinned fishy. I have even skinned whole quilts while on the longarm machine. Works great just angle your blade towards the batting and pull up and tight to the quilt top. Then just go pop pop pop and you pull up simple and fast.With out it on the machine just sit on the larger part or tucked between your knees and so same thing pop pop pop.
06-15-2011, 08:29 PM
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I have a love/hate relationship with my seam rippers. I've learned to appreciate them a little more after my last quilt. I was working on a t-shirt quilt with 1" sashing. I sewed a longer piece of sashing between two rows of t-shirt panels and found I somehow messed up...forget how I messed up, but it needed to be ripped out. Could not find ANY of the seam rippers I own. After trying to find one for a while I said "Screw it. I'll just get a new one when I'm at work tomorrow". Course when I got into work at Wal-Mart I found they were out of seam rippers, even though a couple days before I swore there were some. What I ended up doing was snapping a stitch out and pulling the stitching out with a pin. Took FOREVER!
Course I found the darn thing once I brought home a new sewing kit I found on clearence that had a seam ripper.
Course I found the darn thing once I brought home a new sewing kit I found on clearence that had a seam ripper.
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