Tips and Tricks to Sew Corners

Scissors are always handy in a sewing room BUT they are not the tool to push out a corner. If the scissors have nice sharp points that would poke out the corner, odds are those sharp points will poke right trough the fabric leaving ripped corners.
There are notions made specifically for turning out corners but my favorite was a "stuffing tool" came in a bag of Polyfill many years ago. When that "tool" got lost or broken I simply bought various sized dowels which I sharpened with a pencil sharpener. Do NOT sharpen the dowels to a pencil point sharpness! a dull pencil point on the end of the dowel works perfectly for turning out a corner. Having a variety of dowel sizes on hand is convenient for working with different weaves and weights of fabric as well as dealing with the variety of angles which make up corners on garments and home decorating items. Plain dowels are inexpensive... and since half the length of a dowel is more that sufficient for a turning tool, consider sharing the other half with a sewing friend. A bamboo skewer has a very sharp point but can be used by filing the point flat with an emery board or nail file.