Every REAL Seamstresses Right of Passage!

Just recently we posted a query on our J&O Fabric Store Facebook page asking our fans to share some of their worst sewing mishaps to date. While we expected the standard wrong sides put together and collars attached to sleeves issues, what we didn’t gander on were the amount of near amputations and close calls our stoic seamstresses were faced with as rotary blades skimmed finger tips and needles pierced thru flesh and nail. Makes one wonder just how safe is this historic hobby of many? So we took a little poll to see and this is what we found. All squeemish and faint of heart, vacate now….this could get kinda ugly!!

J&O Sewing Tip of the Week: the Seam Ripper!


Anyone who has ever sewn or attempted to sew a garment, slip cover, or even remove a button knows the wonders of the infamous…. ‘seam ripper’. Small in stature, but powerful in its effect, the seam ripper has no moving parts, yet moves quickly and somewhat effortlessly through seams erroneously done in haste. Featuring a curved blade on one side and a small ball point edge on the opposite to help protect against fabric damage, seam rippers are the next best thing to the ‘undo’ icon on the computer.