I hope you had a sumptuous and love-filled Thanksgiving :)
I missed out on turkey myself because it's not a holiday typically observed over here in KL.
But I do think it should!
Because we should always be grateful for the little blessings.
Right now, I'm grateful for this handy little tool in my sewing box...
It's a medical clamp.
Yup, I have surgical tools in my sewing room.
This little gadget is just great for turning collar points.
And it's really good for clamping 2 pieces of cloth together when you need both hands to work on something else.
It is by far my favourite 'non-sewing' sewing tool!
Here's a video I made of this little guy in action:
It's obvious I need practice in taking better videos!
But as it's my first one ever, I shall forgive myself, learn from it, and move on...:)
Anyway...
You can get one of these clamps from any medical supply store, or ebay for that matter!
This one was given to me by my father, who found it in a second-hand kiosk by the road side in Singapore.
And it cost him all of $2!
Just make sure the needle-nose of the clamp is curved rather than straight, and it is as pointy as you can find them.
Wishing you a blessedly thankful day!
I use my hemostats all the time, too! Straight and not pointy, but I use it more for stuffing skinny doll bits and pulling/turning long skinny things out that chopsticks fail at. So useful! That said, I must get one of them curved pointy ones, too, if they can do corner points of collars. And other acute angles.
ReplyDeleteIs that what it's called? I saw so many version when googling for the name that I figured a generic name did not exist :).
ReplyDeleteThanks for the clarification, LiEr!