GRRRRR - broke it!
04-20-2012, 06:49 PM
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Okay $4 for the ripper, but the trip to Walmart cost me $101. LOOK! It's a LAW somewhere that when there's a clerk in the fabric dept one MUST buy fabric! I make cloth napkins for my church secret pal - since January they have been seasonal so for the next several months she's going to get blender napkins. AND my grandson is coming to visit tomorrow. My son is a single dad and the dear child shows up in some of the strangest outfits so -- a couple of shorts and t-shirts showed up in my basket. Face wash, sinus stuff, and a tiny little ice cream - Ben and Jerry's.... that sure was an expensive ripper!
04-20-2012, 07:44 PM
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I very rarly use a seam ripper. I like to use a pair of sharp pointed scissors to clip the thread every 3 to 4 stitches along the sewing line. I then flip the fabric over and the solid thread on that side will usually pull right out.
04-20-2012, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by patski
I have purchased 2 Fons & Porter rippers and both broke the first time I used them!!
04-20-2012, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by JanTx
Okay $4 for the ripper, but the trip to Walmart cost me $101. LOOK! It's a LAW somewhere that when there's a clerk in the fabric dept one MUST buy fabric! I make cloth napkins for my church secret pal - since January they have been seasonal so for the next several months she's going to get blender napkins. AND my grandson is coming to visit tomorrow. My son is a single dad and the dear child shows up in some of the strangest outfits so -- a couple of shorts and t-shirts showed up in my basket. Face wash, sinus stuff, and a tiny little ice cream - Ben and Jerry's.... that sure was an expensive ripper!
04-20-2012, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Tartan
I very rarly use a seam ripper. I like to use a pair of sharp pointed scissors to clip the thread every 3 to 4 stitches along the sewing line. I then flip the fabric over and the solid thread on that side will usually pull right out.
04-20-2012, 08:57 PM
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I use a seam ripper, but I slip the point under the top thread every 1.5 to 2", tip the point away from the fabric slightly, then apply light pressure to clip the thread. Then, like you, I pull the bottom thread out of the fabric.
No doubt it's still possible to slip and cut the fabric, but haven't slipped since I figured out this method after a disastrous slip.
No doubt it's still possible to slip and cut the fabric, but haven't slipped since I figured out this method after a disastrous slip.
04-20-2012, 09:13 PM
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cathyvv - that's how I do it too. Never have ripped fabric, but doesn't mean I won't. My grandmother used a razor blade, but we were mainly sewing clothes - pull that seam a bit apart and cut away.
04-20-2012, 09:19 PM
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I use a Dritz (I think--no markings on it). I never have one long enough for it to dull or break. Either my dog gets it & chews it up or I lose it. I'm to the point now that I buy 3 or 4 at a time. That reminds me--I have to get a couple more, lost 2 last week--no idea where they disappear to. 
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