I made my zigzag this afternoon - it was a quickie since all the half square triangles were already sewn. Only five more to go!
Despite my "Making Do" challenge, I decided that I really NEEDED a new seam ripper. I only have one and it's a puny, cheap one. While at the Georgia Quilt Show I spotted these Seam Fix seam rippers and decided to get one at $6.99. I thought I'd do a little review on it since I had to unsew a seam tonight and was able to make use of it so quickly.
The first thing I noticed when I took off the lid was the loooong spiky thing - is there a technical name for it? Anyway, it's so much longer than the cheap seam ripper I already own. It makes it so much easier to poke under a seam!
The lid of the seam ripper has a rubber bulb thingy (another technical term) that is advertised to pull out the loose ripped threads from the fabric. But would it really work? YES! I just rubbed it lightly across the threads and they came right out! No need to grab the tweezers or pluck with my fingers. Easy peasy! This was definitely a good buy!
I spotted these colorful socks at the show, too. Oh, I drooled over them! But at $20 per pair, I passed. Kind of wish now that I'd gotten some though.
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