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07-28-2010, 09:46 AM
#51
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Originally Posted by PatriceJ
my aim is so lousy a hammer wouldn't do me any good. everything would be flat except the points and intersections. :lol:
07-28-2010, 12:01 PM
#52
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Originally Posted by lab fairy
Sounds like a version of a tailor's seam clapper. Wooden pressing sticks are also useful for narrow seams. Both of these items have been around the garment sewing industry for a long time.
For the seriously cheap, take a 5-6 inch piece of 2x4, sand it well, and use the narrow side for your clapper. Handle is optional, although recommended if you do this a lot.
07-28-2010, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by knlsmith
Where, how, why would you use a hammer? or other pounding device?
07-28-2010, 04:35 PM
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Can't you see our grandmothers, great grand mothers etc, just looking down and laughing at us and thinksing we used scraps of clothing that was worn out and a needle, thread and a thimble. LOL
07-28-2010, 04:44 PM
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I learned that at LQS many years ago but with a regular small hammer. I keep that and a small wooden cutting board right near the sewing machine. It really works and I use the technique often but very gently.
07-28-2010, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by quilter41
Have any of you seen the wooden mallets that they are selling to hit your joining points with. I saw them a a quilt show. No I didn't get sucked in. They were $10 and I thought DH might have a better idea. It seemed to work for the people demonstrating it, but I still was in doubt. DH said to go to Lowe's and buy a white rubber mallet and it would work for this purpose. I looked at Lowe's and they were out of them, but only $4.97.
Seriously, my family has called me 3 times in the last week in the middle of the night to go to the hospital. I think I'm getting slap happy. Definitely not getting any sewing done!
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