The Sewing Place
The Emporia => Fun with Fabric => Topic started by: Marniesews on September 27, 2021, 00:48:10 AM
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We live a quiet life these days so I suppose this classes as fun. ;)
I'm trying to drum up the enthusiasm to make a laundry bag for my granddaughter going off to uni but I got side tracked into making some gripper cloths for opening recalcitrant jars as she has quite small hands and struggles with some kitchen tools - her excuse for pinching her mum's tin opener, supposedly the only one she can use reliably.
I used some odd yellow fabric that is somewhat rough and synthetic feeling and some firmish fusible woven interfacing bought at Immanuel's last month for £1pm. I got it for bag making but this is its first outing, initial signs look good. The gripper is the rubber mesh non-slip stuff that Ikea sells and it does seem to work very well. The binding is neon orange stretch satin bias, it was still out after adding it to a net overskirt last week. At least she'll spot them stuffed down the bottom of a box when she needs one.
These were just meant to be prototypes but I decided she wasn't bothered how imperfect they were. Things must be good if this is the main thing I'm worrying she may be short of! 0_0
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51522020309_343bcd7d28_n.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2muPPCZ)
They might make quite a good little stocking filler to use up the odd unwanted patchwork square?
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I too have small (but not freakishly Trumpian small) hands with little strength ... I use a rubber glove kept under the sink for such purposes.
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I too have small (but not freakishly Trumpian small) hands with little strength ... I use a rubber glove kept under the sink for such purposes.
Good tip @Iminei , must try a rubber glove. I have various opening gadgets, but I still find some types of jars and bottles tricky. :D
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I also use the rubber glove technique. My hands are small but the main problem is the arthritis now.
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wow it never occurred to me that we could sew them.
I have a rubber cone shaped thing which works well - I think it was 99p in one of those discount shops.
Mine is red but it looks like this.
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I've asked the postman to get lids off things a few times! :)
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My wife has a technique that works...
She gives it to me...
But on those days when my arthritis is being difficult I use one of those rubber things in the picture.
WD