The Final video in the this Great Seam Ripper series is by Pam Damour of the Decorating Diva. She shares some pretty nice uses for this tool. First she uses it to rip out a seam on her piping when matching the ends. She also shows us beginning at the 0.35 minute mark and the 1.22 minute mark, in the video, what the little red ball on the end is for. She is one clever lady and knows how to use this tool to its full potential. Please listen to Pam visit her site.
Watch the Video Below to see How a Seam Ripper Can Really Work!
Sarah S. Cureton
Nov 13. 2014
Sewing for 60 years and didn’t know that about the red ball. Thank a million.
Brenda
Apr 07. 2015
Me either & I’ve been sewing for at least that long too.
Barbara J
Apr 19. 2015
Have to agree, been sewing for 60 plus years and was just shown this two weeks ago. Sure makes ripping things out much faster.
Charlie
Jun 10. 2015
That’s wonderful! Why didn’t I think of it myself? lol
Laurie Miles Jones
Nov 13. 2014
The 3rd video was great didn’t know.that. thanks
Barbara Fultz
Nov 13. 2014
Before I read the explanation. I think it is to keep from poking hole in fabric.
Teresa Mitchell
Nov 13. 2014
I keep a seam ripper for deveining shrimp works great!
Brenda
Apr 07. 2015
What a great idea. Never would have thought of that. Sure going to try it .
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Apr 07. 2015
Brenda,
Thank You for the comments.
Keeping U N Stitches Quilting
Nancy Johnson
Nov 13. 2014
I do it like video one all my life but I will start doing it like video 3!
Carole Coffin Roberts
Nov 14. 2014
Once I saw video 3 I remembered that I used to do it that way but somewhere along the way forgot. Thanks for the reminder.
Barbara K. Lamb
Nov 14. 2014
After sewing all these years, it’s nice to learn something new. Never too old to learn.
Barbara K. Lamb
Nov 14. 2014
Me, too!
Vivian Kuntz Schnick
Feb 13. 2015
I use that little red ball quite often. I must confess it took me a long time to figure out how to use it.
Kathy Krelis
Feb 13. 2015
My mom taught me that 40+ years ago!
Sherry Grafton
Feb 13. 2015
I give up what is it for ?
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Feb 14. 2015
It’s shown in the last video 3. It’s there to protect from cutting your fabric as you slice between a seam.
Sara Grembowski
Mar 08. 2015
It is not in the Video 3 that I am watching. Says nothing about the little red ball. I was looking forward to that!
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Mar 11. 2015
Hi Sara, I can understand why you didn’t see it. It’s mentioned very quickly in 3rd video titled seam ripper. The red ball is mentioned at the 0.39 minute mark on the video. Hopefully this link will take your there and you’ll be able to see it. You might have to copy the link at the end of this sentence and paste it into your browsers address line. http://www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com/the-great-seam-ripper-controversy-just-how-do-you-use-a-seam-ripper/4/
Bea Farris
Feb 13. 2015
When I click on the see video it takes me to a place where I can look at online gambling. What’s that all about.
Arlene Davis Roberts
Feb 13. 2015
Well tell us what its for. I cant find out.
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Feb 14. 2015
It’s shown in the last video 3. It’s there to protect from cutting your fabric as you slice between a seam.
Darla Martin
Feb 13. 2015
Thanks for sharing
Susan Barkley
Feb 13. 2015
Great videos. Seam ripper is the first thing you should master if you are going to sew!
Phyllis Bianchi
Feb 13. 2015
http://www.amazon.com/The-Decorating-Diva-NOT04-Polished/dp/B0088RIMDE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423879458&sr=8-1&keywords=brass+seam+ripper
Tracy J Windsor
Feb 13. 2015
She doesn’t explain why the red ball to the inside! It’s to protect the fabric from ripping!!!
Louise Cox
Feb 13. 2015
This is my most used tool!
Janet Mobley Goodnite
Feb 13. 2015
I have had lots of practice using seam rippers.
Vickie Teaff Hays
Feb 13. 2015
Used mine today
Carole Bainbridge Farnsworth
Feb 13. 2015
I think it is called a “ripe off”
takes me to sign up for publishers clearing house…
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Feb 14. 2015
Thanks for letting us know the links to the videos were not very clear where to click next page. We made some changes so we hope it now gets you to the videos. Click on the large green Next Page >> and it should take you the video. You may have to scroll down to find the video. Thanks Again for taking the time to let us know it wasn’t working for you.
Diane Broomall
Feb 13. 2015
No, click on the word next
sharla
Feb 14. 2015
When I click on to watch the video first it takes me to a gambling site then I t dry y again and it takes me to watch other videos. None of which are about the seam ripper
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Feb 14. 2015
I think I fixed the problem. Thank You for taking the time to point out it wasn’t working for you.
Lisa Nelson Bowman
Feb 14. 2015
Louise Cox, what is it used for?
Nancy Chaffee Parker
Feb 14. 2015
Abbey ThomasBeth ‘Parker’ Robinett
Elsie McDonald McCutcheon
Feb 14. 2015
Don’t click on the picture, click on the title, ” The Great Seam Ripper …….”. The new page comes up and if you look down the page a little bit there is is “Click to watch Video 1 and then after that video you can click on watch video 2 and then 3.
Barbara Shaw
Feb 14. 2015
Place red ball down and seam ripper point on top. Ball allows the seam to open for a cleaner ripped seam. IT just flows as oppose to picking a stitch at a time. Third video is the one to watch..
Carol Williams
Feb 14. 2015
This is a spam post!!! Don’t waste your time
Joanne
Mar 08. 2015
This is not a spam. It has some really good information. All you need to do is figure out the right thing to click on and after that click on next page.
Cheree Gilliam
Apr 18. 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QzJo16Zre8
Sue Moritz
Feb 14. 2015
Your links are all messed up. I cannot link to the seam ripper video. After trying 5 times all I get connected to is Kelly Bluebook, Expedia, Sitecat and Infolinks and a variety of other crap. Thanks for nothing.
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Feb 14. 2015
Hi, Sorry for the confusion. I think I fixed it and Thank You for letting us know it wasn’t working. Click on the Large Green NEXT PAGE and it should take you to the videos.
leslie
Apr 23. 2015
Hi, Wondering if you know how to get one of those seam rippers she has in the video? Seems to work like magic. Thanks
Annette Nielsen Ladle
Feb 14. 2015
You have to go to watch video and then keep clicking until you get to the 3rd one
Carolyn Coats Medendorp
Feb 14. 2015
Explanation of the ball end is on the last video. The first two videos are worthless but the last one is awesome.
Leslie Krabill
Feb 14. 2015
I work in a wiring harness factory and we use seam rippers to take off the braiding on a harness that might need a repair.
Valerie Constantine-Biber
Feb 14. 2015
I get to Kelly Blue Book, REALLY????
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Feb 14. 2015
I made some changes. I hope it helps. And Thanks for taking the time to let us know it was messed up.
Catherine Hudson
Feb 14. 2015
I saw all 3 videos. When reading the little intro it stated to click in a certain place (next page). I knew what the ball was for but wanted to make sure I was correct as I figured it out about 45 years ago. Yep! I was correct!!
Becky Macom
Feb 14. 2015
gee it doesn’t take me to the place about the zipper ripper I am taken to the kelly blue book ??????
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Feb 14. 2015
Sorry for the confusion. See if the changes I made Helps.
Mary Ledbetter
Feb 14. 2015
Yeah, whatever thou sewest that shall also rip
Keeping u n Stitches Quilting
Feb 14. 2015
keepnuinstitchesquilting says:
“Sorry for the confusion. See if the changes I made Helps.”
From: http://www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com/the-great-seam-ripper-controversy-just-how-do-you-use-a-seam-ripper/#comment-9330
Keeping u n Stitches Quilting
Feb 14. 2015
keepnuinstitchesquilting says:
“I made some changes. I hope it helps. And Thanks for taking the time to let us know it was messed up.”
From: http://www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com/the-great-seam-ripper-controversy-just-how-do-you-use-a-seam-ripper/#comment-9334
Keeping u n Stitches Quilting
Feb 14. 2015
Sue Moritz says:
“Your links are all messed up. I cannot link to the seam ripper video. After trying 5 times all I get connected to is Kelly Bluebook, Expedia, Sitecat and Infolinks and a variety of other crap. Thanks for nothing.”
From: http://www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com/the-great-seam-ripper-controversy-just-how-do-you-use-a-seam-ripper/#comment-9320
Keeping u n Stitches Quilting
Feb 14. 2015
keepnuinstitchesquilting says:
“Hi, Sorry for the confusion. I think I fixed it and Thank You for letting us know it wasn’t working. Click on the Large Green NEXT PAGE and it should take you to the videos.”
From: http://www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com/the-great-seam-ripper-controversy-just-how-do-you-use-a-seam-ripper/#comment-9336
Keeping u n Stitches Quilting
Feb 14. 2015
sharla says:
“When I click on to watch the video first it takes me to a gambling site then I t dry y again and it takes me to watch other videos. None of which are about the seam ripper”
From: http://www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com/the-great-seam-ripper-controversy-just-how-do-you-use-a-seam-ripper/#comment-9312
Keeping u n Stitches Quilting
Feb 14. 2015
keepnuinstitchesquilting says:
“I think I fixed the problem. Thank You for taking the time to point out it wasn’t working for you.”
From: http://www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com/the-great-seam-ripper-controversy-just-how-do-you-use-a-seam-ripper/#comment-9339
Keeping u n Stitches Quilting
Feb 14. 2015
keepnuinstitchesquilting says:
“Thanks for letting us know the links to the videos were not very clear where to click next page. We made some changes so we hope it now gets you to the videos. Click on the large green Next Page >> and it should take you the video. You may have to scroll down to find the video. Thanks Again for taking the time to let us know it wasn’t working for you.”
From: http://www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com/the-great-seam-ripper-controversy-just-how-do-you-use-a-seam-ripper/#comment-9344
Keeping u n Stitches Quilting
Feb 14. 2015
keepnuinstitchesquilting says:
“It’s shown in the last video 3. It’s there to protect from cutting your fabric as you slice between a seam.”
From: http://www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com/the-great-seam-ripper-controversy-just-how-do-you-use-a-seam-ripper/#comment-9357
Keeping u n Stitches Quilting
Feb 14. 2015
keepnuinstitchesquilting says:
“It’s shown in the last video 3. It’s there to protect from cutting your fabric as you slice between a seam.”
From: http://www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com/the-great-seam-ripper-controversy-just-how-do-you-use-a-seam-ripper/#comment-9359
Jackie Boehm
Feb 14. 2015
Guilty. Still have mine from 30 yrs. ago. YUP Need a new one.
Diann Paarmann
Feb 14. 2015
All these years–I could have beenusing that little red ball! Who knew???!!
Hamna Atif
Feb 14. 2015
exactly, its really something a sewer really dont know?
Hamna Atif
Feb 14. 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QzJo16Zre8
Pat Marzi
Feb 14. 2015
I did not know that!! Watch it!
Christine Kamprath
Feb 14. 2015
FYI Alison!
Barbara McGahee
Feb 14. 2015
Will watch
Linda Laird
Feb 14. 2015
DO NOT GO TO THIS WEB PAGE!!!!! I tried yesterday and got a virus on my computer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Linda Laird
Feb 14. 2015
I got a virus on my computer when I clicked!!!!! It’s a scam!
Nancy Alexander
Feb 14. 2015
Well do ya Nanetta Cook Trulock, Tanya N Derrick Moon?
Cherree Cox Collis
Feb 14. 2015
never did find videos… too many ads!
Sharon Gail Barnett Estes
Feb 14. 2015
Yes
Donna Buzalsky
Feb 14. 2015
Impossible to get to the videos! Why can’t it be a simple and clear way to just click on it and there you are? It’s tricky and you end up somewhere else!
Donna Duke
Feb 14. 2015
I was able to watch all 3 videos.
Della Morris-Ward Haberle
Feb 14. 2015
I actually did know that bit of info about the li’l red ball. Used it many,m may times too.
Ruth Lloyd
Feb 14. 2015
It’s not a scam. Go down to the” red sentence” and click on the “green next page” It’s right there.
Ruby Vanhoozer
Feb 14. 2015
i didnt see the red ball ripper
Kathleen Casciello Sadler
Feb 14. 2015
i never knew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Char Owens
Feb 15. 2015
Love the brass seem riper. Where can I get one? Can a seem riper be sharpened or does it go into the circular file and purchase a new one? Never knew what the red ball was for.
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Feb 15. 2015
I’ve seen some specialty sharpening tools for small serrated knives that might work. We haven’t tried it, but it should work. This might work not only on the curved cutting part but the point as well. Try Copying the link at the end of this message into the address bar on your browser hit enter and see if you like it. Sharpens knives and if you’re really good or desparate it might help scissors? http://lansky.com/index.php/products/multi-shaprener/
Michelle Watson
Feb 15. 2015
I am not happy you got a virus but I am glad you are warning others. It looks like they all had a lot of problems with the link. I am so glad I did not click on it and especially glad after I saw your comment.
Pat Chuber
Feb 15. 2015
and to make it faster ripping…………
Rita Paxton
Feb 15. 2015
To keep it from cutting the fabric underneath
Beverly Hagan Freeman
Feb 15. 2015
I had no clue what the red ball was for until I watched this and I’ve been sewing for 50 years!!!
Delores Clower
Feb 15. 2015
Have several
Sue blankenship
Feb 15. 2015
Where can I buy the brass seam ripper.
Janet Carter
Feb 15. 2015
I know Bea, mine takes me to Kelly BlueBook site.
Marcia L Dupree
Feb 15. 2015
Thanks did not know about short end
Keeping u n Stitches Quilting
Feb 15. 2015
Char Owens says:
“Love the brass seem riper. Where can I get one? Can a seem riper be sharpened or does it go into the circular file and purchase a new one? Never knew what the red ball was for.”
From: http://www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com/the-great-seam-ripper-controversy-just-how-do-you-use-a-seam-ripper/#comment-9379
marsha hurley
Mar 22. 2015
Loved learning about the red ball but it also mentioned in the beginning about why not using battery operated. I didn’t see any mention of why not would really like to know.I have one and use it sometimes but mostly my good old seam ripper lol.
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Mar 24. 2015
Hi Marsha,
The why not use an electric seam ripper, was not a cautionary statement it was a heck yea why not use one! Sorry for the confusion. As far as I can tell there is no reason not to use an electric seam ripper. They work great especially for removing embroidery. I am attaching a couple videos on the electric seam ripper. Hope this helps!
https://youtu.be/z4dJfEPylYE
https://youtu.be/lOV0KT1cQoA
Thanks for watching
The Staff of Keeping U N Stitches Quilting
Keeping u n Stitches Quilting
Feb 15. 2015
keepnuinstitchesquilting says:
“I’ve seen some specialty sharpening tools for small serrated knives that might work. We haven’t tried it, but it should work. This might work not only on the curved cutting part but the point as well. Try Copying the link at the end of this message into the address bar on your browser hit enter and see if you like it. Sharpens knives and if you’re really good or desparate it might help scissors? http://lansky.com/index.php/products/multi-shaprener/”
From: http://www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com/the-great-seam-ripper-controversy-just-how-do-you-use-a-seam-ripper/#comment-9389
Keeping u n Stitches Quilting
Feb 15. 2015
Sue blankenship says:
“Where can I buy the brass seam ripper.”
From: http://www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com/the-great-seam-ripper-controversy-just-how-do-you-use-a-seam-ripper/#comment-9386
Mona Lindsey
Feb 15. 2015
I watched all 3 videos no scam my way or virus’s, don’t know what happened on your end
MaryEllen Hagerl
Feb 15. 2015
learn something new every day.
Sandy Vinyard
Feb 15. 2015
I was able to watch videos- look at the page it takes you to better – scroll down a little
Jeri Bray Paradise
Feb 15. 2015
Carla .. did you know what it was for?
Anne Leilani Gregory-Burton
Feb 15. 2015
I have several!
Tracy Rodes
Feb 15. 2015
Too many pop up ads, can’t access videos.
Sylvia Reyes
Feb 15. 2015
Thanks
Muriel Machovec
Feb 15. 2015
What is the red ball for?? Please tell!!
Sonia Waller
Feb 15. 2015
I still have 4 or5
Ree Moffitt
Feb 15. 2015
No click on the word NEXT
Ree Moffitt
Feb 15. 2015
Video #3 is the only one worth watching anyway.
Ree Moffitt
Feb 15. 2015
Watch video 3
Sherry Chatwin Ivie
Feb 15. 2015
Yep some guy that need a face job and a hair cut LOL
Consuelo Barrow
Feb 15. 2015
Yes i know what the red ball on tip is for I’ve used seam rippers for years.I lost my other one I had I need to get a new one.
Amy Karatz
Feb 15. 2015
Chiquita, Jenni – – watch the 3rd video. Did you know this?
Auntie Enn
Feb 16. 2015
I knew about the red tip without realizing not everyone did.
Jenni Prokopy
Feb 16. 2015
Amy no, I hadn’t seen it done that way, cool! Thanks!
Rita DuBois
Feb 16. 2015
Yes… I’ve known this for ever.
Hilda Kepley Gobble
Feb 16. 2015
There are just too many links on this site for redirection. I’ll be skipping the videos thank you!!!
Elaine Dorais
Feb 16. 2015
I love number 3 the best
Cris Longacre
Feb 16. 2015
No video just ads. When you click to see the video up pops ads. Scam.
Amy Karatz
Feb 16. 2015
I can’t believe I’ve never known this. I feel so dumb.
Deni Kosciulek Cary
Feb 16. 2015
Seam Ripper Tips
June M Williams
Feb 16. 2015
I get sick of trying to watch videos, very disgusting, if you wani it watched quit making us jump through hoops.
Cora Peck Pandy
Feb 16. 2015
Using that method make it easy to tear fabric!!!!Be Careful
Gigi Shoaf
Feb 16. 2015
crummy – click on a highlighted word and it send you to junk sites — blocking from my facebook
Kelly Haptonstall
Feb 16. 2015
Kate Christman I think this is you hahaha luv u
Robin Green
Feb 16. 2015
tried to watch the videos but all I got were popup ads
Jennifer Wall
Feb 16. 2015
I had no idea!
Frances Blanchard
Feb 17. 2015
Been sewing for yearssss, just learned something. Thanks
Joan Graham
Feb 17. 2015
This little tool and I are great friends and have been for many a year…
Betty York Dockens
Feb 17. 2015
What an irritating sight. There was so much advertising the actual videos were hard to find. Skip this one.
Debbie Tucker Gee
Feb 17. 2015
Always been my motto… “You rip what you sew”
Pamela J. Williams
Feb 17. 2015
Too many things to click on is the problem – don’t click on the highlighted words in the paragraphs or any other pics or hyperlinks – click on the green “Next Page” link toward the bottom of each artcle. They’re numbered incorrectly, but they’re all there.
Louise Rich
Feb 17. 2015
need new seam ripper, I have broken all of mine
Shirley Robbins
Feb 18. 2015
watched the 3 videos, but see nothing about the battery operated one. Curious because I love mine. I use the regular seam ripper for short runs, the battery one for long seams
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Feb 18. 2015
There’s a link to the battery operated seam ripper where it says CLICK HERE right after the Want to see a battery operated seam ripper? Just Click on the Click Here in Green and it should take you there. If not here’s the link. Copy and past it into your browser. Hope this helps! http://www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com/battery-operated-designed-to-please-instructions-are-included/
Laura
Feb 27. 2015
Thanks. Love the reminder on how to use the ripper this way.
Sometimes I chant the mantra “The seam ripper is my friend!”
Sometimes!
Stephanie
Feb 28. 2015
Seam ripper for ripping out stitches for seams looks easy enough but what about taking out stitches from quilted or part quilted quilts. Sometimes I have machine quilted but then I need to pull out some thousands of stitches. Getting between stitches as in the video isn’t possible is there another way to do this easily with a seam ripper.
Val
Mar 07. 2015
I would have liked this so much better if someone had proofed it and caught the incorrect use of “its.”
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Mar 07. 2015
Noted and Corrected. Thank You for taking the time to let us know.
Ollie Christensen
Mar 07. 2015
Where can I buy your lovely and beautiful seam ripper? It does look like a bling bling for sewing and I would love to get myself and my mother one for Easter gift?
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Mar 08. 2015
Hello Ollie Christensen,
That seam ripper can be purchased at Pam Demour’s webite I have included the link Below.
http://www.pamdamour.com/stiletto.html
Best Stitches The staff of
Keeping U N Stitches Quilting
Connie
Mar 07. 2015
I have been sewing since I was 5 years old…now 64 and I never knew what the little red ball was for. Guess you are never too old to learn.
Donna H
Mar 08. 2015
Where can I purchase the brass seam ripper?
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Mar 08. 2015
Hello Donna H
That seam ripper can be purchased at Pam Demour’s webite I have included the link Below.
http://www.pamdamour.com/stiletto.html
Best Stitches The staff of
Keeping U N Stitches Quilting
Marie
Mar 08. 2015
i never knew! Thank you……do you think our teachers didn’t know, either?! God bless!
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Mar 11. 2015
Dear Marie,
I have purchased many seam rippers in my years of sewing and I do not ever remember seeing any instructions for them. Kinda like a hammer, here it is just use it as you see fit! Using the ball tip as a non damaging guide may have been the original design intent, and manufactures may just assume you know how to use it Like the hammer. Isn’t it interesting the basic seam ripper design hasn’t ever changed, at least not in my lifetime?
So Glad you found this helpful!
The Staff of Keeping U N Stitches Quilting!
Judy Peck
Mar 14. 2015
Couldn’t operate without mine.
Dixie Ball
Mar 14. 2015
Who knew? I’m happy I do now
Gail Ian
Mar 14. 2015
I don’t know that!
Joelene Didora
Mar 15. 2015
I’ve known that since I started sewing when I was 10 yr’s old .I’ve been sewing for 50 yr’s. and my mother taught me a lot of tricks about sewing and that was 1 one them.
Karen Coleman-Gill
Mar 16. 2015
Thank you!
Linda Lee
Mar 16. 2015
You have got a Malware virus on your PC .. Nothing to do with this .. You need to download a Malware removal tool to get rid of it.
Cheryl McKalvia
Mar 20. 2015
Ashley Mckalvia there are a bunch of tips.
Rhonda Hodson-Baker
Mar 20. 2015
Teresa Farmer we are not the only people who wonder about the red ball!
Rebecca Clift
Mar 20. 2015
Annette Kerner x
Anita Sneed May
Mar 20. 2015
I have about 10 of them.
Linda Martin Howard
Mar 21. 2015
My br$#%&!@* seam ripper and stiletto are best friends.
Marcia Kammann
Mar 21. 2015
Makes me almost anxious to have to rip my next seam!
Nita Hearn
Mar 21. 2015
There is a battery seam ripper,and they are brilliant.the little ball on the end of seam ripper is to stop you from ripping in the actual material whilst the other side rips the s$#%&!@*ches.( if that makes sense )
Carole Shardlow
Mar 21. 2015
3rd vid shows the proper obvious way… First 2 you might as well use any old pin or needle to unpick.
Leonella Melvin Coffey
Mar 22. 2015
I have them they are handy to have if u hemp up short and that help you take out the hems
Paula Woods
Mar 22. 2015
Tonyx
Lynn Welton Zimmerman
Mar 22. 2015
Kris Winkler this is what I was telling u
Theresa Ann Bennett
Mar 22. 2015
To protect you from stabbing. Yourself
Kris Winkler
Mar 22. 2015
I have one in my sewingroom, will have to try it sometime-would be nice to say I never have to “unsew” but that would be a lie!
Phyllis Stallings Campbell
Mar 22. 2015
I can use the red ball if I am unsewing a seam in a garment, but I suppose because of my s$#%&!@*ch length, I do not find it that easy to use the red ball down. For some reason I wind up putting a tear in my fabric. To unsew I sometimes just put the seam ripper in and cut about every three or four s$#%&!@*ches. Then I turn it over and pull the still attached thread all the way out. Something else important. Seam rippers do need replacing. I borrowed one from a friend one time and it would not cut. It was at least half her age and belonged to her Mother. It’s alright for a keepsake but replace your seam ripper.
Barbara Scott
Mar 23. 2015
Christina Milanes-Vanell Amy Nicole Sean Oscar
Sara Lyons Sargent
Mar 23. 2015
Amen
Sara Lyons Sargent
Mar 23. 2015
Me too, now I get to use it the correct way.
Donna L. Slaght Davis
Mar 23. 2015
Learned something new.
Judy Wood Dickson
Mar 23. 2015
http://www.pamdamour.com/proportional-scale-clone.html This is Pam’s link to where you can buy the ripper she has and/or watch the video showing the little red ball use.
Judy Wood Dickson
Mar 23. 2015
http://www.pamdamour.com/proportional-scale-clone.html This is the link to Pam’s site. She had the video posted there as well and she sells the gold seam ripper as well.
Mary Callaway Aubuchon
Mar 24. 2015
never could get there it took me everywhere else
Debby Pearson
Mar 24. 2015
Very good
Pauline Turner
Mar 24. 2015
Nonsense, it’s just an advert campaign for Laura Ashley….The ball is to protect you from cut the fabric when charging along in a hurry.
Patricia Hatfield
Mar 24. 2015
one of my best friends
Jody Smiley
Mar 25. 2015
Hard to believe there are people who don’t know…I forget some don’t sew
Leslie Volaric
Mar 25. 2015
Used them to cut button holes.
Mary K Hershkowitz
Mar 25. 2015
Clip every 4th s$#%&!@*ch on one side, then turn to back side and lift and pull that thread. Much faster and cleaner.
Kath Mensforth
Mar 25. 2015
I don’t think it’s appropriate to use Jack and Ripper as a $#%&!@*le for this. 13 women lost their lives. Think of the families
Kim Latimer Payne
Mar 25. 2015
Worked it out for myself a long time ago
Karon Weisensel
Mar 25. 2015
VIRUS ALERT!
Gaby Gabyhaze Serpas
Mar 27. 2015
Duh
Esther Archuleta
Mar 27. 2015
I have an expensive and a cheap ripper. the cheap ripper works better, the blade is sharper.
Judy Blair Berry
Mar 27. 2015
I alway used it as the guide and go to ripping ..
Betty Brewster
Mar 27. 2015
I watched this when someone else posted….it sure makes ripping less painful.
Helen Mayes
Mar 27. 2015
watch the 3rd. video. I didn’t know this
Sheryl McGowan
Mar 28. 2015
Have bee sewing for over 50 years…..no one ever mentioned the proper use of a seam ripper
Pam Ross
Mar 28. 2015
I’m so fuggin tire of the waste of time posts….
Never able to get them
Dorothy Mann
Mar 28. 2015
ONE OF THE BEST GADGETS EVER INVENTED!!!!!!!!!
Tammy Humpula Engler
Mar 28. 2015
I was taught the little ball was so that it didn’t catch the material and rip itin places you don’t want ripped.
Gloria Winkelman Stiltz Hansen
Mar 29. 2015
The first one needs a new seam ripper..
Chris McNeil
Mar 29. 2015
My gosh!! How did I not know this?
Sandi James
Mar 29. 2015
Been using my ripper like this for years, so much quicker.
Barbara Gentry-Tourney
Mar 29. 2015
This is what I was share in at guild in February.
Linda Brown Bartlett
Mar 29. 2015
Every time I try and watch these videos, all I get is ads what a rip off. I have tried numerous times and have never gotten to a video. I have wasted a lot of time!!!!
Sharon Fox
Mar 29. 2015
Ya cd not see the right thing either.
Nita Hearn
Mar 30. 2015
Try the battery ones,great.
Nikki Hartline
Mar 30. 2015
My little red ball has been gone or a while.
Karen 'Griffith' Yates
Mar 30. 2015
I had know idea. Great videos.
Sara Fabre
Mar 30. 2015
I can’t believe anyone would ask this question
It’s common sense surely
Sarah Babin
Mar 31. 2015
So self explanatory
Kaye Peters Ammerman
Mar 31. 2015
Can a seam ripper be sharpened?
Kris Franklin
Apr 01. 2015
I figured this one out 30 years ago. N by the way, a Cheap one works just as well as the costly one!
Christy Woffinden
Apr 01. 2015
I learned something today
Linda Wright
Apr 01. 2015
This ripper is so last year ….
Edna Laliberte
Apr 02. 2015
Need a gold one now,after seeing this.
Gail Skaggs
Apr 02. 2015
I have one, and yep that is what it is for to keep from ripping the fabric
Carol Newton
Apr 03. 2015
Neat!
Maria Bell
Apr 03. 2015
Well I for one disagree for the most parts here. But I have 50 years of sewing quilting and for sure have done my share of unseeing!
Deanna Truelove
Apr 03. 2015
I sure did….that little red ball is the best ever
Judy Brown Ridgway
Apr 04. 2015
The video from Hamna Atif works great ladies.
Sheryl Adams Robison
Apr 04. 2015
Judi McKee is spot on! After seeing it I knew it was to protect from damaging the fabric indide or underneath. Any seamstress should understand without explanation.
Janis Ipsen
Apr 04. 2015
Tried to listen, but no sound and had volume way up
Jana Themom
Apr 04. 2015
Join the club. It’s inevitable.
Darleen Cèrvo
Apr 05. 2015
Mandy Fisher I never have seen #3. Handy to know this!
Bette Aubry
Apr 05. 2015
I am guilty of still using the same seam ripper I used as a kid. 50+ years lol. Maybe I should look at upgrading.
Alyson Courtenay
Apr 05. 2015
Very useful item. Unpicking revolutionised!
Janet Taylor
Apr 05. 2015
Thought I was going to watch something I didn’t know, is that not what it’s always been used for confused????
Shelia Bench
Apr 06. 2015
I never knew that , thank you !
Margaret Tonner
Apr 06. 2015
I’ve always done that ,was shown it that way many years ago !!!
Christina Upton
Apr 06. 2015
This is what i was talking about Gail Johnson x
Gail Johnson
Apr 06. 2015
“Yes” you learn a new trick now and then!! Xx
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Apr 06. 2015
Thank You Gail For your Comments!
Keeping U N Stitches Quilting
Heidi Wasfy
Apr 07. 2015
The ball is stop it cutting or peircing the material as u cut through the s$#%&!@*ches
Paulette Adele Booth
Apr 07. 2015
They made videos?
Twigg Obrzut
Apr 08. 2015
wow, the things you learn on the internet. all my wasted time. lol
Nancy H Bradford
Apr 10. 2015
Now I want that pretty seam ripper…and lifetime warranty !!! Good instructions.
Florence Rawls McKay
Apr 10. 2015
I would like to order the br$#%&!@* one she showed, but the shipping is $8. That’s a rip off. Maybe Joanne’s has one. I’ll check.
Gayle Metdepenningen Kush
Apr 10. 2015
Never got to the actual vidoes due to redirection links.
Judy England Baggett
Apr 11. 2015
Never knew about the red ball…been doing it wrong forever!
Alice Morrow
Apr 11. 2015
like it.
Pauline Carter
Apr 11. 2015
I thought anyone knew this!
Vic Doyle
Apr 11. 2015
If you are looking at how to videos you aren’t necessarily a ‘seamstress’ which implies a higher level of sewing knowledge. Self explanatory is not a given in such tutorial videos. The tutor should $#%&!@*ume viewers are total novice to sewing.
Bunny Brosman
Apr 12. 2015
Wow!! I’ve been seeing for 50 years and didn’t know that!!!
Penne Seefelt
Apr 12. 2015
I did know about the red ball, thanks to my Mom! I also know of another use for the seam ripper: if you are ever unfortunate enough to have an ostomy of any kind, it is perfect for t$#%&!@* the wax seal.
Vivian Jones Larson
Apr 12. 2015
wtf! all these years!
Susan Phillips
Apr 13. 2015
Not only did I learn what the little red ball is for (after 50+ years of sewing) but learned how to join corded piping
Caron Lafferty
Apr 13. 2015
Amazing and Yes I do need to replace my 30 year old seam ripper xx
Janet Weathersby Thompson
Apr 13. 2015
I only got a commercial when I tried to watch
Ruth Dearen Salley
Apr 13. 2015
My “junior high Home Ec” (aka middle school FACS) students have been asking about that red ball! So glad to have an answer for them!
Virginia Marley
Apr 14. 2015
Yes, great tool
Lisa Burk Burns
Apr 14. 2015
Alieen Reed, I didn’t know this about the ball, did you?
Alieen Reed
Apr 14. 2015
I knew the red ball to the inside
Beverly Amin
Apr 15. 2015
My mother taught me the use of the little red ball when I was 9. It’s great
Jolene Faye Pierce Rehm
Apr 15. 2015
As you sew, so shall you rip
Yolande Boutin
Apr 15. 2015
Outil indispensable quand tu fait de la couture j’enai fait pendant 23 ans très beau métier …
Mary-Jane Brown
Apr 15. 2015
In the 1960s it was called the quick unpick
Marg Lunn
Apr 16. 2015
60 years old and still learning….love it…thank you…:)
Karin Van Buskirk
Apr 16. 2015
Another mystery solved!
Tracy Woodham
Apr 16. 2015
Connie Gocher Was Todd Sharon Robert Fulford Megan Meg Tozer x
Sandra Banks
Apr 16. 2015
I just found out at 45 yrs old
Deborah Adams Powell
Apr 18. 2015
Seriously? I did this when is was 10 years old; the link is terrible and getting the videos to play was NOT worth the effort. Hint: as you would reasonably suspect, the ball goes inside the seam to keep from ripping your fabric. You know, like the old packaging used to tell you when you bought the non-gold, non-sewing “jewelry” kind (by Dritz) in your local Woolworths. Ahem…(grumpy old lady steps off her soap box and sheepishly backs off the internet)… :-/
Pat Leask
Apr 19. 2015
Great tip indeed – just getting to the videos through all the annoying advertising on these sites is rather annoying!
Marg Menzies Harrison
Apr 19. 2015
Been doing this for years & thought everyone knew what both sides are for!! (and no, I am not a seamstress – just a regular housewife!!)
Deborah Barger Fiscus
Apr 19. 2015
Can’t get the videos to load. What’s the red ball for..
Elaine Wilkins Williams
Apr 19. 2015
Thanks. I’ve had some mess ups with the SR.
Dorothy Hinman
Apr 20. 2015
Must be thick if u dont no how yo use one
Rachel Flood-Picek
Apr 20. 2015
Sandy Orrico for my fellow ripper !!!
Paula Dominique
Apr 20. 2015
Red ball down: it won’t pierce the fabric but rather move smoothly beneath the s$#%&!@*ches to be ripped.
Penny Yocum
Apr 20. 2015
The little ball was so you didn’t gouge the fabric. I was the Queen of the ripper in school. Lol
Patti Millar
Apr 21. 2015
Time, indeed, to get a new seam ripper!!
Vera Royce
Apr 21. 2015
I use a mustach n beard trimmer it takes out seams in a heartbeat – love it
Lynne Odean
Apr 21. 2015
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Garver
Apr 22. 2015
Anybody got a slick way to sharpen these devils? Im in upholstery and they get dull fast, have tried a chain saw file, works somwhat.
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Apr 22. 2015
We’ve used a TRI-SEPS Serration & Knife Sharpen to good effect. It’s by GATCO Sharpeners. They make a Ceramic and a Diamond Sharpener. We’ve only used the Diamond but the Ceramic should be OK. Only use it on the angled side of your stitch ripper. Do NOT use it on the flat side of the curved cutting notch.
Good Luck!
ArleneRay Radbourne
Apr 22. 2015
I am 67 years old and have been sewing since I was 13, and this is the first time I have seen this little trick. I’m sure now it will be so much easier when I try to take a seam out.
Jane Irwin
Apr 22. 2015
Well who knew…..I will be using the red ball side now!
Katherine Todd Grenier
Apr 22. 2015
Site takes me every where BUT where I want to go!
Deborah Pombo
Apr 23. 2015
I guess we were doing it upside down.
sandra
Apr 23. 2015
you learn something new every day!! TY
Darleen Cèrvo
Apr 23. 2015
Mandy Fisher have you seen this trick?
Betty Scroggins
Apr 23. 2015
Wish I knew all that when I was sewing. Awesome
Pam Culyer
Apr 25. 2015
Had one of these for ages
Fran Glazer
Apr 25. 2015
Thanks this you tube video was very thorough
Sandra Miller
Apr 26. 2015
Instead of the automatic version. I use a bobble remover it works a treat
Mickey Morgan Van Pelt
Apr 26. 2015
Amazing!!! Sharing for sure…..
Myrna Pelton
Apr 27. 2015
I keep a seam ripper in with my tools too…just a quick jab into the locking end of a plastic zip-tie & it becomes reusable again
Pat Tooley-Wainman
Apr 27. 2015
Yes I had one very handy.
Sally Hargreaves
Apr 27. 2015
She was stating the obvious. Use my seam ripper like this all the time. The red ball prevents the blade going into the fabric.
Patricia Cruden
Apr 27. 2015
Wow! Why didn’t I know this? Thanks Christina Cruden for sharing
Brenda Domer
Apr 29. 2015
i do the third one all the time i usually have to do frog sewing rip it rip it rip it
Blanche Jarrett
Apr 30. 2015
These are perfect to take out stiches from hems, etc. But be carefull ,make sure thr sharp edgr gets right under the stich so it doesnt accident prick tne material itself, cause it could cause a tare or a fray..like fuzzy on the material. I love using this for it.
Rosario Ruiz Herrera
Apr 30. 2015
I wish my Home Ec teacher would have told us about the red ball! I could have saved myself valuable time and avoided frustration all these 13 years!!!!
Well, now, I KNOW!! Thank you!!!!!!!!
Janet Walker
Apr 30. 2015
Thank you, 60 yrs old and have been using the seamripper w/the red ball up all these years!!!!!
Sandra Taylor
May 02. 2015
had this little tool for years
Carol Schneider
May 04. 2015
It protects the fabric
Catherine Matlock
May 07. 2015
great video, informative
Ann Gardner
May 09. 2015
Who knew indeed, I surely didn’t…..I had a seam ripper, but seldom used it….
Estella Parker
May 10. 2015
I teach sewing and I always tell my students that the seam ripper is their best friend.
Marcy Bruhn Drechsler
May 11. 2015
Mom used a ripper all the time when she was sewing, mending etc.
Heather Leavers
May 12. 2015
I can’t believe people didn’t already know what the red ball was for.
Glenys Gordon
May 12. 2015
guess that means we all have to go out and buy a new ripper as I’m sure my blade wouldn’t be that sharp anymore, but great tip !!
Jean Martin
May 13. 2015
is this a scam?????
Pam Tanner
May 13. 2015
I just bought a new seam ripper last week with the little ball. None of mine had the little ball.
Kylie Grainger
May 13. 2015
yes taught in high school by my first home ec teacher , so wish she hadnt transfered out
Gaylene Adams
May 28. 2015
@[717601058:2048:Megan Lockard] watch all three videos…
Kendra Bednarczyk
May 28. 2015
@[100002767101744:2048:Donna Eyford]
Debbie Zawacki
May 29. 2015
I didn’t realize that either. I just used it on each s$#%&!@*ch…geezer
Vickie L Briggs
May 29. 2015
Very rude. Been sewing for awhile and have managed to use a seam ripper with out hurting myself. I did have Home Ec in high school. Was never taught this.
Brenda Wymer Berry
May 29. 2015
No project is complete until you have removed at least one seam
Ruthie Marsh
May 30. 2015
@[100000046383801:2048:Kjrsti]
Kjrsti Gardiner
May 30. 2015
Ty @[724713168:2048:Ruthie Marsh]
Cecile Kauffman
May 30. 2015
you learn something new every day, been using that thing for 50 years and now I know what the little red ball is for…..lol
Marsha Shepherd
May 31. 2015
@[100006552270338:2048:Jane] needed this in Mrs. Ray’s cl$#%&!@*!! @[100000680661042:2048:Judy]
Lena Boyd
May 31. 2015
Always have one.
Lois Kaldheim Underwood
May 31. 2015
do you know this @[100007869431338:2048:Judi Nickels]
Barb Amburgey
May 31. 2015
My seam ripper is so old it doesn’t have a red ball.
Cheryl Ann Boyd
May 31. 2015
Great info
Brandi Silver
Jun 01. 2015
@[1379799468:2048:Marci DeGroot] I’ve tried video 3 (the only one you should bother watching) but have ended up tearing cloth.. I’ll be trying this again tho
Marci DeGroot
Jun 01. 2015
If I could ever find at least one of the two seam rippers I own when I need them, this would be helpful :D.
Brandi Silver
Jun 01. 2015
I’m the same way, then I find them all at once
Arline Stotko
Jun 03. 2015
Indeed I do.
Joanne Giles
Jun 03. 2015
I used one yesterday!! Had it for 40 years. Very handy.
Ilene Holm
Jun 03. 2015
wow, just wow! @[100000232373601:2048:Linda Holm]
Carole Ferguson
Jun 04. 2015
I can’t find the videos for se reason
Kathy Barton
Jun 05. 2015
Doing it all WORNG wow thanks for information
Haidée LaPointe Grishman
Jun 05. 2015
@[1064733575:2048:Cindy Robichaux Nixdorff], @[1308111602:2048:Deborah Hingle Fournet]
Judy McCaulley Beach
Jun 06. 2015
I still have my seam ripper from Junior High. Lol
Karen Pitt
Jun 07. 2015
@[100002024073784:2048:Evelynn James Knight]….. remember this …… lol
Sherry Ebey
Jun 07. 2015
I learned something lol
Linda Henderson
Jun 08. 2015
When I click on link, I get women before and after fat belly photos??????
Anne Weir
Jun 08. 2015
Been using one for 50 years
Pamela Thompson Krans
Jun 09. 2015
Thank you
Effy Amez
Jun 09. 2015
@[1250928979:2048:Doreen Boyd Kennedy]
Darlene Whitehead
Jun 09. 2015
@[100004061985138:2048:Darlene Whitehead]
Judie Vinson
Jun 09. 2015
Seam ripper is also good to get hair, threads, etc from vacuum cleaner rollers!
Shannon Regier Ferguson
Jun 09. 2015
@[100000495576390:2048:Lou Ella Maschmeier Regier], did you know this about the red ball!? If so, why didn’t you tell me???
Lou Ella Maschmeier Regier
Jun 09. 2015
Wow! I’ve been doing it all wrong!
Kathy Sircy
Jun 09. 2015
Thank you!
Netta McVeigh Strickland
Jun 12. 2015
Cool
Roxanne Elliott
Jun 12. 2015
See this @[564545431:2048:Debbie]??? lol
Debbie Jacobs
Jun 12. 2015
How cool is that!!
Jackie Anderson Lucas
Jun 14. 2015
Needed one of these the other day
Sarah S. Cureton
Jun 14. 2015
A smalll nose trimmer that men use will work also a
Sarah S. Cureton
Jun 14. 2015
Or a mustasche trimmer. Sorry bad spelling.
Cathie N Herb FossBenedum
Jun 15. 2015
I have been sewing for years never knew this now I am going to try it.
Julie Corwith
Jun 15. 2015
I have a couple. Work great
Bernadette Cyr Plourde
Jun 15. 2015
I knew how and it all common sense
Gennifer Graham
Jun 15. 2015
Did you know this @[506631662:2048:Angelica]
Angelica ScratchNsniff
Jun 15. 2015
Yes, yes I did. I also know it hurts like $#%&!@* when you gouge a chunk of your skin on it! Lol
Gennifer Graham
Jun 15. 2015
$#%&!@*oo no!
Susan Pace
Jun 16. 2015
This is why we used to take home ec cl$#%&!@*es – you actually learned this stuff!
Norene 'Renie' Luchau Schlader
Jun 17. 2015
I never knew that! Genius!
Hilda Emeribe-Nwankwo
Jun 17. 2015
@[649541879:2048:Madonna], check this out. That red ball is actually useful. I always wondered why it’s there.
Lora Frymoyer
Jun 18. 2015
Whatever ever works for us
Louise Waldeck Arnett
Jun 19. 2015
There should be two little red balls!
Margie Jones
Jun 22. 2015
Well I’ll be darn! @[100008086486575:2048:Marian Eberle-Hayner] do you have a br$#%&!@* ripper? Sounds kind of funny, huh? But do you have one? And did you know about the little red ball deal?
Marian Eberle-Hayner
Jun 22. 2015
If i knew that it was buried deep in my brain! Thanks for info very neat!
Marie Souza
Sep 09. 2015
Wow! Amazing
Sharon Boyer
Sep 09. 2015
Couldn’t live without mine all there years. Used it just last week when the new slacks I bought had the pockets sewn shut. Most I use to to fix my sewing mistakes. I have two in case I misplace it.
Sally Crites
Sep 09. 2015
Oh my
Marion Sills
Sep 11. 2015
Didn’t know what the little red ball was for till now.
Earline Williams
Sep 12. 2015
I had one for many years, and still do
Katie McCardle-Neely
Sep 12. 2015
Have one just like it, have had it for years!! Worked in a sewing factory and had to have one!!!
Alice Welch Crutchfield
Sep 13. 2015
Usful information.
Maisie Beauregard
Sep 13. 2015
I am 78 yrs old and have been sewing since I was in high school and I just a few months ago found out what that little red ball on the end of a seam ripper was for.
Margaret Martin
Sep 14. 2015
I learned to sew 40 years ago (though I haven’t done any in probably over 20) and I did not know that about the red ball
Connie Verbeck
Sep 15. 2015
UGH, the third video won’t load!! This means I never know what that little red ball is for!! LOL.
Sandra Wright
Apr 23. 2016
Megan Klinkovsky video 3 shows that pretty brass seam ripper I gave you for Christmas.
Megan Klinkovsky
Apr 23. 2016
Cool!
Cathy Parnell Vance
Apr 23. 2016
They could have had a sharp seem ripper and someone that actually used it properly for the video.
Arlene Moore Galovic
May 26. 2016
I just watched a tutorial on this and it really works! Saves sooo much time! Never knew before the proper way to use it! You need have to be careful though or you can cut the fabric.