Considering buying some products - are they worth the money?

I have both the Clickit and the silent setter. I actually like and use them both. The silent setter is a little harder to use with thicker eyelets, mainly the metal ones. It takes a little more pressure with those, but most of them work beautifully with just a little push. The clickit is good for all types and works really well. Just one punch and the eyelet is set. I've never tried the chizzelit, so I can't help there. I would love to try the mini sewing machine though...

Hope that helps some..

Amanda

I have the sew crafty, don't really care for it. Maybe mine is defective but you have to hold the button in to keep the machine on. Then you only have one hand ( the left one) to feed the paper in. Not easy for a right handed person to stitch a straight line.

When I want to stich something together I break out my regular sewing machine.

Lenora

I have the Chizzelit. It's really neat to play with. I distressed a couple buttons with it. I wanted to bring it to the Barn, but couldn't find it when I was packing. Imagine that! LOL

Hello Karen, I have the Chizzelit tool (with 6 tips). I have only tried it for applying chalk onto embossed areas which works very well - it would be difficult to do it so neatly by hand. I also tried the sanding tip on some textured cardstock, but did not like it very much (the effect was "too regular" for me) and went back to my old method (= asking my husband to do it for me using sand paper).

I have full size sewing machine. One tip for you, no matter which sewing machine you decide to go for - don't sew an area with glued items underneath the stitching (such as mats of paper glued to background cardstock which you want to frame with stitching) especially if using a double sided tape or another glue which is very sticky. The glue gets transferred everywhere in the sewing maching and messes it up. Solution: don't put your glue under areas you plan to sew, but everywhere else (such as do not put the glue all the way to the edge if you plan to stitch near the edge); stiching will help to make your items "stick" on the page anyway. (I learned this the hard way when doing my latest layout - my sewing machine needs "de-gluing", thorough cleaning with something that will solve the glue and a new needle.)

Klara

My last sentence should, of course, read "something that will DISSOLVE the glue".

I have the Silent Setter and I use it often. Sometimes you might have to stand up to set a difficult eyelet. I still use the old hammer set once in a great while. I also have tried that small sewing machine. I think it is hard to maneuver the paper with one hand while operating the macine with the other. I have a regular sewing machine I can use. Linda

I love my silent setter and my chizzlet.

I agree that the silent setter doesn't work so well on thicker eyelets.

chizzlets are worth it. look for the one with the tips that are included.

I've heard a LOT of people say that that mini sewing machine is a useless piece of junk... so that's off the shopping list. Fifteen dollars down :P And from what I hear about the silent setter I wouldn't be able to make it work, so that's crossed off the list too... and the chiselit is said to be a good idea but not powerful enough to do the jobs they've made it for. I'm not a big fan of distressing anyway, so I think I'll give that a miss too...

The clickit on the other hand is getting rave reviews (I went and looked at the reviews at joanns.com to see what other people thought) so I might invest in that.