Interesting use from the tool box.

No, but after reading your post, I will have some type of small hammer soon. Thanks for the info.

Although it seems like a good idea ..it would compact the fabrics so hard that I wouldnt want to long arm it...breaking a needle is no fun..sure can mess up a machine

ROFL.......I'm still laughing, sorry :D :D :D I needed a good laugh this morning! But I'm off to buy a hammer!

more like beating them into submission!!!

My two favorites are the Quilter's FabriCalc (love that thing) and the SideWinder (winds thread on the bobber). I think that it is feasible to assume that if you use it it's NOT a gadget - it's a necessary tool! I do not consider my ergonomically designed Fons and Porter seam ripper a gadget. Mine is dull. It is a necessary tool to my sewing. Same goes for rulers. I have a bunch - they are gadgets. My Omni Edge is a tool. That and a purple steel ruler with rubber on the backside so it won't slide all over the place. Whatever we use is different than whatever we have. I have a few rulers here I don't even know how to work them. That's a gadget. But isn't it fun to have those sitting on your work table and while you are sewing away, your eyes go to it and say "Why did I need that so bad. I don't even know what it does, how it does it or why it does it! But I had to have it."

But then in a moment of sanity, we will figure out what it does and wonder how in the world did we ever get along without it! Edie

I used that technique for years, learned it from reading about fine tailoring. My seams on hemmed jeans last longer than the jeans. It has no more effect on the fibers than pressing hard with the iron.

Me, too. Beat it into submission. :lol:

Thanks, that thing about the fibers had me worried for a moment, but then it is a soft type hammer and designed for this. They did have a firm but well padded board to use with it. I already had that.

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I am a Wacker.