How to Properly Use a Seam Ripper Without Damaging Your Fabric

 

However, you need to be especially careful.

 

Regular scissors are usually much harder to maneuver underneath a stitch without catching the fabric.

 

For anyone who sews regularly, a seam ripper is inexpensive, compact, and worth keeping in your sewing kit.

 

Honestly, it’s one of those tools you don’t appreciate until you desperately need it!

 

How to Maintain Your Seam Ripper

A seam ripper doesn’t require much maintenance.

 

Keep the blade clean and dry, and store it somewhere where the sharp point won’t get damaged.

 

Don’t use it for cutting things it wasn’t designed to cut.

 

And if the cutting edge becomes noticeably dull or damaged, replace the tool rather than

trying to compensate by applying more pressure.

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