Seem ripper the right way.
#11
Originally Posted by deedum
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!
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You mean your friend didn't show you the right way? Surely she must know, since she knows that most of us don't know it. So is she keeping it secret, like her secret recipe? LOL (For me, whatever works, and sometimes it ain't pretty.)[/quote]
Oh gee, when my friend said that, I didn't have the heart to say" oh, I didn't know there was a right or wrong way". So I thought I would ask my quilter friends here :)
Oh gee, when my friend said that, I didn't have the heart to say" oh, I didn't know there was a right or wrong way". So I thought I would ask my quilter friends here :)
#14
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!
#15
I've never seen it done this way, but it looks so much easier and quicker than all the other ways I've tried. It makes me want to make a mistake just so I can do this. Thanks for posting this, mythreesuns! I'm also looking forward to everyone else's responses to how they rip seams.
Originally Posted by mythreesuns
This is how I was taught to do it..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5XK-eEpAaQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5XK-eEpAaQ
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For long seams, I use the foot of my sewing machine to hold one end of the seam, then hold the end toward me with my left hand. My right hand pushes the ripper toward the machine. Because the fabric is held tight, you can just zip through the seam quickly. For smaller pieces, I would rip them out like in the video.
#17
Originally Posted by wuv2quilt
Originally Posted by leatheflea
Oh she must be a QPO(quilting police officer), no laws or rules here. I use mine how ever the need calls for it to be used. Some time I rip, tear, pick, sometimes I use my toes and teeth to help hold the fabric. Wonder if thats ok in the the book of rippers?
#18
I didn't know that was a certain way either, although after watching the video - I realized 90 percent of the time I do use it that way -just because you don't rip your fabric and it makes you feel good when you do long sections all at once on the second step.
I have a story to tell - At a recent retreat I had to use my ripper several times and after awhile I would just announce that I had another date with "Jack", at first it took people a while to ask me what I meant, who was Jack? "Jack the Ripper" - so by the end of the retreat the ladies in my corner of the room had named all their rippers different names -- some based on their male or female colors and you would hear announcements everytime they had a date with Antonio (he was classy), George(plain and reliable) or Jacques (cause he was lavender) etc. It added fun to our retreat.
I have a story to tell - At a recent retreat I had to use my ripper several times and after awhile I would just announce that I had another date with "Jack", at first it took people a while to ask me what I meant, who was Jack? "Jack the Ripper" - so by the end of the retreat the ladies in my corner of the room had named all their rippers different names -- some based on their male or female colors and you would hear announcements everytime they had a date with Antonio (he was classy), George(plain and reliable) or Jacques (cause he was lavender) etc. It added fun to our retreat.
#20
Years ago, we were taught to "rip" every 3rd stitch all along the offending seam. Then pull the 2 pieces of fabric apart. The seam just disentigrates, but you are left with all those lovely micro-pieces of thread.
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