The seam ripper! This nice little tool helps you rip out ALL of the mistakes you make.
I was working really hard on my dress last night, and suddenly realized that I had messed up. So I whipped out my handy dandy seam ripper, and tore out all of the messed up parts. “Fixed” the pieces, trying to closely follow all the instructions… but guess what! I messed up once again… so I had to seam rip all of it apart. After two tries I figured it was time to call in the big guns, mom. Then I drove the whole 5 mins to momma’s house and she figured it out!!! We pinned the two pieces and I went home and sewed the pieces together! Mission Accomplished! :)
THE ART OF SEAM RIPPING:
- Find the seam the needs to go away
- Pull out your handy dandy seam ripper
- Slip the pointy end of the tool under one of the stitches
- Push until the string rips
- Do this to every 3-4 stitches
- Pull the fabric apart carefully
- Pull all the string out and throw it away
* Be very careful that you aren’t cutting the fabric as you seam rip
* Don’t pull or stretch to much during the process, it makes the stitch holes bigger and ugly.
GOOD LUCK!!!
