You go from the backside & cut the bobbin stitches & sort of scratch across the front to clear what you've cut. If you did not get it all, flip it over & work some more. You hold the trimmer bottomside upwards & work with it's teeth. There is a brush to clean it up & oil to lubicate the blades. I bought a Wahl that works on batteries or corded. There is nothing more aggervating than working on a project & the battery going dead. I paid about $20 for it at Target & bought a back up, stashed away, at Big Lots, same theory but it has a vacuum, for about the same price.

I have saved several projects by having it.

Thanks so much for the info. I've been tempted to try my husband's mustache trimmer but, on second thought, better go out & buy one to use just for my embroidery mistakes.

Maryann

I would definitely go for the mustache trimmer. If you have a large section to take out, it is a definite time saver. If you have just a few stitches, unsew with the needle to pull the stitches out.

You will find that you get a lot of fuzz from shaving threads. I use tape, sticky side out around my hand like a lint brush, to get rid of the fuzz and some loose cut threads too.