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Notions: Bodkin

Posted by: on: June 18, 2009

bodkin

This is a favorite notion.  I have several of them because they are very inexpensive.  This is used to thread elastic or string ties through casings.  When you sew children’s clothes, you use a lot of elastic.  I used to use a safety pin on the end of the elastic, but it is so much easier to push a bodkin through a casing than a safety pin (even a large pin).   I always use another bodkin on the trailing end of the elastic (or a safety pin) so that if the trailing end of the elastic accidentally slips into the casing, it can be EASILY pulled back out without having to start threading the elastic all over again.

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