Seem ripper the right way.
09-19-2011, 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie
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My friend said "Most people don't know the proper way to use a seem ripper". Did you know there is a proper way? I spend enough time ripping things out that I thought I had better learn the right way. Then I found there are several ways to this. What is the best way? Do you have a technique that works best? Maybe others might like to know too!
I approach my seams in different ways, depending on what I'm ripping and where I'm ripping. If someone wants to tell me I'm wrong, they better have a GOOD demonstration at hand.
09-19-2011, 03:56 AM
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Originally Posted by bjnicholson
My way is to cuss out the seam good and proper first. :twisted: Then I cut every 3rd or 4th stitch on the top and the pieces just pull apart when you're done!
I prefer this way as I think it least disturbs and stretches the fabric. Now I'm going to look at the You Tube video to see if I've been doing it right all these years. :mrgreen:
Yeaaayyyyy! Just watched it - clever me! :lol:
PS for paper piecing stitches I use a small rotary cutter - I think I learned that from our very own amma - who also taught me to PP. :D
09-19-2011, 04:49 AM
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Originally Posted by mythreesuns
09-19-2011, 07:57 AM
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Just had to use the good old seam ripper...was watching tv while I sewed, and sewed the wrong end closed, DUH. I guess I was doing okay, because no one came in and grabbed it out of my hand, yelling no no no. Lol. Anyone wants to criticize my method can take over the job of ripping for me, lol.
I DID pay attention to which end I was closing the second time.
I DID pay attention to which end I was closing the second time.
09-20-2011, 12:24 PM
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Holy smokes! I need to try this.
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09-20-2011, 12:28 PM
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[quote=Greenheron]
that's what I do. I cut one side, then pull the other. Often, after getting 3 or 4 cuts in, I go over a few inches, but the other side and am able to pull a whole section loose. I also use an old rotary blade if the stitches are beingreally difficult. Only when DH isn't looking. It drives him nuts to see me holding onto a rotary blade, although I've never cut myself this way.
Originally Posted by bjnicholson
My way is to cuss out the seam good and proper first. :twisted: Then I cut every 3rd or 4th stitch on the top and the pieces just pull apart when you're done!
that's what I do. I cut one side, then pull the other. Often, after getting 3 or 4 cuts in, I go over a few inches, but the other side and am able to pull a whole section loose. I also use an old rotary blade if the stitches are beingreally difficult. Only when DH isn't looking. It drives him nuts to see me holding onto a rotary blade, although I've never cut myself this way.
09-21-2011, 07:34 PM
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I would love to see the rotary blade method in action. My mother and aunt used the single edge razor blade or pulled the bobbin thread til it broke, then the top thread until it broke, so I learned those ways first. The I discovered the seam ripper and use it with the ball side underneath the seam. So I use the all depending on my mood and how long the stitches and the seams are.
09-21-2011, 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by jeanharville
I would love to see the rotary blade method in action. My mother and aunt used the single edge razor blade or pulled the bobbin thread til it broke, then the top thread until it broke, so I learned those ways first. The I discovered the seam ripper and use it with the ball side underneath the seam. So I use the all depending on my mood and how long the stitches and the seams are.
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