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02-20-2011, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by emmy
02-20-2011, 05:56 PM
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Speaking of point turners, I recently saw a tip in a magazine for beginning sewers that I had bought for my sewing student:
To get a good turned point, don't put your needle down and turn your point abruptly, but take two stitched across the top of the angle and then turn your stitches downward and you will have a perfect point, not rounded at all, when you turn it out. I didn't believe it but it worked! Learn something every day!
Dana
To get a good turned point, don't put your needle down and turn your point abruptly, but take two stitched across the top of the angle and then turn your stitches downward and you will have a perfect point, not rounded at all, when you turn it out. I didn't believe it but it worked! Learn something every day!
Dana
02-20-2011, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Joanie2
You really don't want to use a stiletto or something too sharp because it could poke right through your corner point. I use something that is totally free-- when you purchase a gallon of milk that comes in a plastic container quite often the handle hold is not totally cut out. That little piece of plastic is a total gem that works perfectly and doesn't cost anything.
02-20-2011, 06:36 PM
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Linda go to the Quilt in a Day website. Search notions, on page 4 there is a bodkin. I bought one of these in Paducah about 8 years ago. It is a handy little sucker. There is also a wooden thing that looks like what you described.
02-20-2011, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Linda B
It's made from wood, is kind of flat, maybe 1/2" or so wide. I don't know how long or how thick, but it is used to push out corners when turning something right-side out. I've done notions searches on several sites and can't find it. Did I dream it up?
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