Archive for January, 2010

I use my Havel’s Sewing Snip-Eze for almost everything.  I use them as a seam ripper, a thread cutter and as a little tiny finger to pull the bobbin thread loop up once it’s been threaded on the machine.  So, I’m not surprised when they get dull.  It can happen within a couple of quilts’ time.  Especially if you have to unsew part of a block or row. 

The dullness used to make me sad.  But now, to alleviate that sadness, I use two different snips when I’m working on a project.  (And I try to be good about using an Ultra Pro Seam Ripper - which won’t get dull due to all the extra blades.)  Enter the Dura Snips.  They’re on a neck strap so they’re always close at hand.  I use them to snip thread and starter pieces of fabric.  The Snip-Eze are still my tiny fingers and my sometime seam ripper, but they don’t dull as quickly now that the Dura Snips take on the “heavy duty” snip cutting.

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