to make a rail fence baby quilt? Apparently stunningly hard if you are working with your treasure of a new machine :oops:

Cut the strips, pieced some last night and work on some this AM. OK? SO? On the Viking Sapphire they give to a 1/4" seam...and it is 1/4" perfectly. BUT you have to choose quilting stitches, then pressed the number for the 1/4" stitch.

GUESS WHAT, did that last night. But this morning full of ideas, just sat and sewed. DRATS!!!!!!! things were not the right size! Took me so long to releaize what I hadn't done.

I did sit with my very so nasty beasty seamripper for a long time! Coffee helped!

Julie

How frustrating. I hate my seam ripper. But I still seem to spend a lot of time with it. LOL

Ugh! I spend alot of time with mine too!

Julie, you are not alone! Your seam ripper can be your best friend, sometimes you spend the most time with her. . . . :roll:
Last nite I had to rip out some paper piecing that I was doing, now that sucks!! I cut the last strip centimeters too narrow, and I don't have any more of that fabric, so now I will have to be so very careful when I piece it all together.

My seam ripper is my best friend.

I love my seam rippers. I have several that keep each other company when I'm doing things right. When I'm not, we have a party ;-)

Aren't new machines wonderful? My Bernina has many bells and whistles, the only problem is...operator error! There is always a learning curve and a support group is great, if you have one for your machine.

I have a Viking Sapphire too. I leave myself notes right on the machine to remind me to reset it. :)

My seam rippers have special names. My best one is called "The Reverser" LOL. Then I have "Rippit" and Ooopsy. WE all need them and gotta have them. :)

The names I scream at the seam rippers I have are not printable on anice site like this! Because usually a foul mood has taken over my body and mind. :hunf:

But nothing works like a SHARP NEW ripper!

Julie

Ouch!! Better luck next time!!

love the names :)

One of the reasons I prefer the simpler vintage machines. No buttons to remember to push! :-)

I definitely have a love/hate relationship with mine lol

And I am called "Stitchnripper" because I am intimately familiar with all my seam rippers.

Mine is Jack the ripper :lol: :lol:

I have a post-it stuck on mine to remind me to reset the needle position when I turn the machine on. I have a Janome 6600

This brings up a good question. A matter of preference I suppose. What is the correct way to use a seam ripper?

I like the Jack the Ripper line!

I aso use my ripper family for a stileto and removing PP paper. I don't rip out seams, I un-sew them! It "seams" kinder :D

Peace to all

Bummer !

I even learned how to sharpen my seam rippers! They got so much use.

Since I use the 1/4" foot with a flange I don't use it so much anymore.

ali

I have done the very same thing more times than I will admit here. I've even left myself a sticky note right on the sewing machine where I can't miss it, and then I forget to read it when I come back and turn on the machine. I feel your pain!!! Don't you want to just kick yourself in the head!

I think these new machines should go back to where ever you were when you turned them off. You shouldn't have to reset them every time you turn them on. Do you hear me, sewing machine companies? If some company did that I would buy their machine. I have to stop and "try" to remember what my settings were all over again. My seam ripper and I are on very good terms most of the time. Apparently she doesn't like being kept in my sewing box because she makes things happen that make me get her out of the box. Naughty girl!

I know when I turn mine off I have to reset it before starting again. It goes back to the default setting. I'm finally learning to check before I start to sew. I don't know how many times I've forgotten to reset it and had the needle hit the presser foot. I have to move the needle over to use the 1/4" foot. LOL

Coffee always helps....and chocolate! :)

I bought a very nice seam ripper.. for a gift to my hubby..his official job in the quilting world is "Master Ripper" that's his contribution!!

Now why didn't I think of that???

Some one on here had the same prolem, up all night working...the come to find out oops, it happen, i have done it its not a good thing

I bought two boxs of them because they like to hide from me. I spend so much time looking for them.

I bought this electric seam ripper. Works great and fast. It looks like a miniature electric haircutter. It's made by WAHL Home Products.

I call mine "Jack".

On the Viking Sapphire they give to a 1/4" seam...and it is 1/4" perfectly. BUT you have to choose quilting stitches, then pressed the number for the 1/4" stitch.
Julie[/quote]

Wow, what they don't come up with! I would love to have that stitch!

did the same thing with my new bernina
great minds think alike.
lets get to the good/fun sewing part

Doesn't your machine have a memory button? I have a Janome Horizon, when I set up a particular stitch and turn the machine off, that same stitch remains when I turn the machine on again. I can also store stitch combinations on memory.

Worked in an IT dept. PEBCAK meant problem exists between chair and keyboard - Could it be PEBCAM problem exists between chair and machine?

Counted my seam dippers recently when I reorganized my studio. No one needs 13 rippers! Ugh, no excuse for not having one anywhere I sit,? Ha!

I also learned the hard way that when you turn off your computerized sewing machine, everything goes back to the default settings. So when I'm using a different stitch/setting and don't get finished, I put a post-it note on the machine with the special settings so I won't forget to set things back when I start sewing the next time. It works.

I get highly suspicious of anything that can do whatever it wants without telling me what it is doing - - or have to be told every move to make to ensure correct outcome. I think I suffer from control issues or something!
On the other hand, your recent experience suggests I may just have more wisdom than I ever considered myself to have! LOL <wave>

Glad you had the coffee to help you get through it!!!

Last month my Secret Pal sent me a seam ripper with a big smiley face on it! Makes the job a little less yucky.