Notions: Point Turner

Posted by: parksbirdpatterns on: June 27, 2009

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This is a very simple tool, but I use it a lot.  If you make anything that has a corner (even something as simple as a pillowcase), you need some way to push the corners out and make them sharp.  This does the trick.  It also serves as a button SHANK maker.  A button shank is the height of the thread between the button itself and the garment.  It allows for the width of the fabric with the button hole so that it is not so tight that the button hole cannot move under the button.   You would use the high shank if making a jacket or something with thick or heavy fabric and the low shank for blouses or lighter weight fabric.