New seam ripper!!
02-09-2017, 10:06 AM
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Love your work dina. I do replace my seam ripper ever so often. I have a few around here and there too. It makes it easy to grab them as you need them. This last christmas my secret santa sent me one that stands in a holder to cut the block chains quickly. It is pretty neat. The gal got it at the Huston Texas quilt show. I did almost stab myself in the face until I got used to it sitting on my desk. Those sewing rooms can be dangerous! LOL...
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I got another Fons/Porter....
02-09-2017, 04:07 PM
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I own lots of seam rippers, but must tell you this event from yesterday......I stitched on a quilt binding and then realized it was on the fabric too much, so started picking out the seam, turned the quilt over to the back side to pull off the bobbin thread, I had wound my bobbin with 100% polyester Glide thread because it is so strong, and then to my surprise when I pulled on the bobbin thread, it popped off very easily and no more stitch picking for me on this quilt - just have to be certain to make a good secure knot on the end.
02-09-2017, 04:11 PM
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02-09-2017, 04:26 PM
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I love your pattern and the colors. Bargello is one of my favorites because there are so many variations. Years ago Olfa made a razor seam ripper that was only about 3/8" wide and when the razor became dull you just broke it off and another razor was pushed up in place. I now buy mine at Home Depot or Lowe's and my latest one was made by Kobalt. They're much cheaper than the Olfa version and seam ripping is a breeze.
02-09-2017, 07:03 PM
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I've been sewing since I was a teenager in 4-H--more years than I care to admit! And it wasn't until just within the past year that I learned what that little 'wad' is for on the long end of a seam ripper. Leave the piece as is (not pressed open), insert the long end into the seam so the stitching is between the 2 sides of the ripper next to the cutting edge and away you go. That little 'wad' is for keeping the ripper right there in the stitching line and you can unsew in a lot shorter time. So far I've had no problem with it nipping the fabric but I'm careful, too. Sorry this isn't a better explanation of how to do it but that little piece of plastic on the one side of the ripper is there with a purpose in mind! (This idea has been around for a long time apparently, just like the tabs in the end of the aluminum foil box--didn't know it was there for a reason!)
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