TIP: after embroidering and trying to tear the stabilizer off neatly without pulling the stitches, I found a handy tool in my sewing box. A wooden iron, it helps the fingers a lot.
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6071Hmm, I have something similar to the wooden iron. It is used to poke out corners on pillows, etc. I wonder if it would also work. Well, I guess I need to try it to see if it works.
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85867If any of you scrapbook & have Creative Memories things, they have a tool to lift things like letters off pages & place on your picture page..I can't remember it's name..and I use that all the time to remove tear away! Has a flat surface on one end and a pointed on the other.
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743289I was curious also and came up with this.
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by crafter2243
23 Jun 2010
I am afraid you would have to have some really big gaps between your teeth. Hi, hi
109774Thanks for explaining what a wooden iron is...never heard of one.
29648never heard of a wooden iron.sorry
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by margiepink
23 Jun 2010
A wooden iron is a really nice piece of wood, abt 6" long and slanded, if you wish to make a crease just use the wooden iron, the crease stays in especially if you want to hoop in the middle of a piece of fabric or whereever. It can be purchased at JoAnn Fabrics/Crafts.
by meganne
23 Jun 2010
Any old straight edge will do this, you don't have to pay for one. I usually fold my material then, holding one end in each hand, I pull the folded material down firmly on the edge of my table or sewing cabinet, or desk, just whatever is close to at the time.
And for adding pressure, when pulling tearaway from a design, I just grab my real iron and hold that on the design, it's great because the back of the iron is a straight edge, the sides are good on curves and of course the point is handy for holding corners, and because it is heavy you don't need as much pressure to hold it down.
HNR, Meganne
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