You probably have this one, in your desk drawer! A letter opener! Yep, letter opener! Today while opening & paying bills, I had a light bulb moment. Thought to myself" It wouldn't hurt to try it". So, I pulled some stash and sewed up this sample. Wahlah, it cut like butter.The best part they were free.

Ah! Ok. I'm new. What's this you are doing?

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It is a chenille potholder.There are several tutorials on here of different projects that you can make out of chenille. Just go to the search tab at the top of the page. hope this helps

I found it! I have never seen this done, so I'm glad you posted this!! Cute, fun idea. And I have the cutter!!

That's a cool idea. Hope the bank doesn't have a run on these cutters! Will have to check the office supply store for one.

Great idea, who would have thought it, except a crafter.

I have one from the phone company that I "liberated" when I retired! Thanks for showing the chenille technique. I was wondering how that worked.

What will all of the retail places think about letter opener request. Love to see the look on their faces. LOL

Great Idea!!! :thumbup:

i was thinking of buying one ,wow i glad i didn,t thank you for the great idea,you save me some money lol

if you canot find a free one you will see them where rools of gift paper i just seen one in a discount store this week

Glad I could help. I had an old one & a new they both worked the about the same.Anxious to see how it washes up.

it would only happen in America our banks are tooo stingy to give anything away,

You might try mortgage & insurance co.our county fair has goody bags and different vendors advertise on them.

I find these letter openers at about every business. If you don't see them ask if the business has them. I got one from the bank, insurance company, hardware store, and pharmacy. And they are very inexpensive to buy.

Thanks! I think I just found a use for those Harbor Freight carpet cutters too. Haven't tried it yet but looks promising.

Omg! You win the "I'm clever" award of the year!

I tried the Harbor Freight cutter for cutting batting from the roll and it did not work. I think because the blade is on the top and needs to be on the bottom to get the leverage to cut. Maybe I could turn it upside down next time?

don,t let the secert get out for what were using them for or they will sell out like FH blades just say opening mail lol

What a great idea! Thanks!

Mums the word everyone. ;) We don't want to let our little secret out, they might charge us double or something :-(

What a clever idea :D:D:D