Do you still have the first seam ripper you had in high school? In this video, Kelly Pederson Hanson talks about this invaluable little tool we all have in our sewing box, particularly that little red ball on your ripper. She also shows you some alternative seam rippers and methods that you will wish you had learned long ago.
Tags: quilt seams, quilting tools, seam ripper, sewing box
Heather Thomas loves creating unique scenes and decorations on her quilts with stamps. She teaches you how to roll neopaque fabric paint onto a bird stamp and then apply the stamp to your quilt.
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Using a fabric that easily frays is a great way to add texture to a quilt along the raw edges of a piece. Heather Thomas shows you how to make a fun frayed quilt using cotton gauze and a quilt as you go technique. Supplies While quilts are commonly made using cotton fabric- cotton gauze… Read more »
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That was painful to watch. It may be tedious ripping seams out,but that demonstration was the worst use of a seam ripper I ever saw.