help, i need another way to do this...
#1
i've put together a bandana rag quilt and now it is time to snip all the lil areas to finish it. i snip for awhile then i have to stop due to it hurting my thumb with the scissors. it is 64 11x11 inch blocks so you can imagein the time i have to cut on this quilt. anyone have another easier way of doing this??
#2
rag scissors - they're spring loaded and have rather small blades so cut out half the action of cutting with regular scissors. Got mine at Hobby Lobby, but think Wal-mart has some, too.
Edited to add: Ebay has some listed too. I paid around $15 for mine.
Edited to add: Ebay has some listed too. I paid around $15 for mine.
#3
Originally Posted by JanTx
rag scissors - they're spring loaded and have rather small blades so cut out half the action of cutting with regular scissors. Got mine at Hobby Lobby, but think Wal-mart has some, too.
#7
Try these scissors by Heritage Cutlery. They are made just for cutting seams on rag quilts. They are very worth the money.
http://jhittlesewing.com/sewing/catalog.php Look under Heritage Cutlery for rag shears. Your hands will thank you!!
http://jhittlesewing.com/sewing/catalog.php Look under Heritage Cutlery for rag shears. Your hands will thank you!!
#8
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fiskar spring loaded 'nippers'
also...i draft help...pass out scissors to anyone sitting down and we all spread them out among us and clip/clip/clip.
also, i started doing some of the clipping as i go along...as in...
if i am making rows 8 blocks long, i will sew a row together, stop and clip the side (joined seams) then make the next row, clip the side seams, attach the two rows, clip the joining row...and i keep going, by the time it is all put together i only have the last joined row and around the outside and it's done...doing it that way means i do not have hours of clipping to accomplish when i really want to get it into the washer!
also...i draft help...pass out scissors to anyone sitting down and we all spread them out among us and clip/clip/clip.
also, i started doing some of the clipping as i go along...as in...
if i am making rows 8 blocks long, i will sew a row together, stop and clip the side (joined seams) then make the next row, clip the side seams, attach the two rows, clip the joining row...and i keep going, by the time it is all put together i only have the last joined row and around the outside and it's done...doing it that way means i do not have hours of clipping to accomplish when i really want to get it into the washer!
#10
thank you all, i went to walmart here in my town last nite and no such snips, they took out the big craft dept and i hate that. so now i will have to travel about 30 minutes to Joann's, but i am sure it will not be unfruitful nor unjoyful...SHOP !!!!. :)
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