You can remove this with something called a seam ripper, which is a handy $2 tool you can buy online or any local craft store (some grocery stores also sell one). Use the pointy tip to nick out a few stitches. On pockets, the red ball can protect the... fabric. Tiktok cornquiringshow more

Here's some basic info that you may not have considered if you're just starting to buy tailored clothing, such as suits, sport coats, and overcoats. 🧵

When you buy ready-made tailoring, the pockets and vents are often tacked down with stitching—usually white, but not always. This stitching, known as basting, is done so that the garment moves from the factory to your closet while holding its shape.

Before wearing the garment, you'll want to remove this stitching. Especially if there's a label on the sleeve. This label is only there so that people working in the distribution and sales process can easily identify the garment. It's not meant to be worn.

Most people don't wear suits or sport coats anymore. But you'll often see people leaving the basting on the vents of overcoats. If you don't have a seam ripper, you can remove this with a pocket knife, but just be careful, so that you don't rip the fabric.

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My mum called it a ‘quickunpick’.

I love cornelius, it's annoying that there are so few menswear focused sewing channels like him (for some reason sewing is considered a feminine hobby)

I didn't know what the little red ball was for and I ripped a bit of the fabric of my first ever suit 😭😭😭😭

I follow him on YouTube! I learned all sorts of sewing things from him

@LaurenDownSouth I’ve been using that for *years*.

Oh little seam ripper how many times have I jabbed your pointy end underneath my nail….

I once fought off a group of shiny suit salesmen w a seam ripper…

Love that you’re featuring Cornelius! He’s a total gem for home sewers

In Australia, we call it a quick unpick 🙂