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Embroidery machines: Does anyone know if the stitch erasers work?

I have a brother PE-150. I had a little "mis-hap" with a canvas tote bag. I've been using fine, sharp pointed scissors, with a little success. It is just very time consuming. I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with the "electric clipper" looking stitch erasers...or any other ideas to take out my stitches that were messed up! Thanks.

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1. I would use a seam ripper. The tip would slide nicely under the stitches and then just "rip" away. Good Luck.
2. Yes. They work just fine. They are a bit expensive, but they hold up pretty well. You may loose a small percentage even using the eraser and I, too, would recommend a seam ripper if that was enough to get you by, but if you are trying to repair many pieces or trying to remove a large amount of filled or layered stitches, there is nothing I have found to work better.
3. Yes, I own the Peanut Stitch Eraser and it does work. Barb
4. Yes,.stitch eraser really works.I have one.I really like it. It take the stitches out and does not make make hole in fabric.
5. We use Peggy's Stitch Eraser all the time in our commercial shop. Keep the item in the hoop, use it on the affected area from the BACK of the hoop so you're cutting off bobbin too. Then just take your finger and scratch the stitches off the front side. Works like a champ. Questioned a $79.95 price tag 10+ years ago but it's been well worth it and if ours breaks, we'll buy another quickly. On canvas bags, a very easy way to correct "mis-haps" is take a new razor blade and softly shave off the stitches from the back. Again, scratch with your finger on the front and voila! Good luck.
6. Yes they work. I bought one at the Craft show 3 weeks ago and it works beautifully. Remove stitches before you take the stablizer off.
7. I have a small "hair clipper" that I bought to remove stitches. It has been a while since I used it, but it did work well when I tried it. It was much cheaper than the ones that are sold as stitch erasers. I am sure that the stitch eraser has a slight difference to it, but for the price difference I am happy with what I have. Another thing to keep in mind is: Is the item that you are removing the stitches from worthy of the effort it takes to remove those stitches? If you are placing a cute design on an inexpensive t-shirt and make a goof, it would be much easier to just throw out the t-shirt and start fresh on a different one. Or better yet, just put a larger design over it!