Sewing on a Shoestring: 24 Dollar Tree Notions You Can't Resist!
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- #dollartreefinds #budgetsewing
Here are some finds from Dollar Tree if you're new to sewing and don't want to spend much at first - or you just appeciate a deal!
Find all these here:
www.dollartree...
My tutorial on the lazy susan: • VLOGMAS! Day 4: Dollar...
☕️☕️☕️ Anytime you'd like to support the channel buying me a "coffee," you can do that here:
ko-fi.com/jens...
* * * * * * *
My Amazon Storefront, where you can find these things via my affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases at no cost to you.
www.amazon.com...
You can also find these tools in the list below:
My favorite sewing notions:
O'Lipfa 24" ruler: amzn.to/3zAVXiw
Olfa 24" x 36" cutting mat: amzn.to/2WgbCWW
Kai 9.5" dressmaking shears: amzn.to/3lRH6ew
Pilot Frixion Erasable pens (heat removes the ink): amzn.to/3zE6itX
Bienfang Tracing vellum, 36" wide x 50 yards: amzn.to/3Bj99JG
French Curve: amzn.to/2YTJzxc
Seam rippers and thread snips: amzn.to/2XRf5Mx
Lighted seam ripper with magnifier: amzn.to/3ubzfMM
Steam-A-Seam ¼" : amzn.to/3pxJz1g
Pattern Envelopes: amzn.to/3IB7LYf
Page protectors: amzn.to/3ccY1XU
Fitting books I use:
Fitting and Pattern Alteration: amzn.to/3GLYQDr
Patternmaking for Fashion Design: amzn.to/3KYePAO
My everyday machines:
Pfaff Performance Icon for regular sewing: shop.pfaff.com...
Pfaff 2140, no longer made but fabulous machine. Check eBay.
Juki M-2000 overlock: amzn.to/3CJ1vLF
Reliable Maven Iron: amzn.to/3JqhJxd
My fantastic Flexispot adjustable table: www.flexispot.com
72" x 30" basic table, white base with bamboo top
Stuff I use to film:
🎙️ Comica CVM-VM10-K2 Pro Microphone: amzn.to/3PSQmOQ
💡 Neewer Video Light: amzn.to/3RW6Yrk
I used a stand I already have but you can find the light with stand included here. This is a set of two lights with the stands: amzn.to/48OJLgX
📷 / 📱 iPhone 12 Pro Max
I use Final Cut Pro X for editing: www.apple.com/...
I love Audible for my audiobooks.
Try it FREE here and get 2 FREE audiobooks: amzn.to/46ShnJ3
Or give the gift of an Audible Membership to someone special! amzn.to/3RXtP5O
**************
My other channel where I talk about audiobooks: / jentalksaudiobooks
Thanks for watching!
Come find me!
Instagram: Today_in_Jens_Sewing_Room
Facebook: / jennyfilsonwesner
Goodreads: / jen-jen-talks-audiobooks
Please leave your suggestions below for your favorite "notions" from Dollar Tree!
I’m going for a diagnostic mammogram tomorrow and have been feeling pretty uneasy about it. I found some nodules in my left breast. (I had stage 0 breast cancer back in 2012. I chose to just have a lumpectomy. )Drs wanted me to have radiation or mastectomy. I chose to only have the lump removed.
Thanks for your prayer card. It’s giving me Gods promise of peace. So glad I watched this tonight. This prayer card was for me I believe. ✝️❤️
God is faithful and totally in control. I'm so grateful He spoke to you with this! I'll say a quick prayer.
It's so good to know that we have a Comforter with us through our anxieties. Thinking of you and adding you to my prayer list.
@@TodayinJensSewingRoom. Mammogram and ultrasound is normal. Praise God. Thank you Jen
@@Kakkydidit. Thank you. All went well! Hallelujah
@@dimples7334Amen!
Hairspray takes ink out of fabric. Great ideas!!!!😊
I'd forgotten! You're right and hairspray is definitely cheap at DT.
Glue sticks are great when matching under arm seams and crotch seams. You don't have to sew over or move pins that cause the fabric to shift. They are also great for tacking seam allowances on slippery fabrics.
Great tips - thanks!
Loved this, great items for crafting.
A lady who sews in days of old was called a seamstress. ❤
Thank you for all the fun ideas. Also, for wonderful idea for asking for God's help. God bless you. 😊❤❤
Thank you for your ideas and the scripture💕
Thank you! Great ideas!! Love your prayer cards too!
Hi Jen, I have the rotary cutter mat and the markers. What fun at Dollar Tree!😅
Great idea. And great price. In my sewing room
Lots of great ideas!
Thank you my sweet friend! 😊
Great tips Jen. I found chop sticks at dollar tree. I use them for poking corners. I use the ponytail holders in place of rubber bands…they tend not to get gummy. I find parchment paper and wax paper for pattern tracing and pattern hacking. SOME of the scotch type tape…. Works great and inexpensive for pdf patterns…. Some are difficult to cut. Many of the items also make great pattern weights. Loved today’s prayer card. ❤
Chopsticks! I never thought of that! I just got hair scrunchies yesterday and it didn't even occur to me that you could use those for rolling up scraps. And I know better, because I've had the rubber bands gum up over time! DUH. Agree about the Scotch tape. The actual Scotch brand is good but their Jot brand, not so much. You are inspiring! I think I'll do a "don't buy this at Dollar Tree" video too!
For organization, cover cardboard boxes with gift wrap and label using those colored index cards. Can coordinate with room decor and have all matching, if you like. It’s a way Not to BUY stuff and also help the planet by not using more plastic. Live simple and it’s a win/win.
very very informative, thanks
I use a hole punch on my pattern pieces to make it easy to mark dots. I have some vintage patterns and the difference in the thickness of the paper is quite something. Newer ones are so delicate.I trace or reinforce with freezer paper.
Great idea!
DT also carries fat quarters. There are rolls and folded squares of fabrics. You can use a tablecloth that has cotton on back on your wall for your quitting blocks on to check your quilt. If you need lace, there are tableclothes that look like lace. Good substitute. DT has lots of goodies‼️
Great idea on the tablecloth!
Great ideas thank you
Thanks for watching Robyn! Hope you're warming right up down there.
I use the paint brushes to clean nick nacks ,small pieces with soap and water
Hi Jen, very enjoyable video - thank you! Did you make your own prayer cards, or are they available to buy without having to print them out - they are so comforting and you read them beautifully❤.
Thanks Josie! I got mine at Dollar Tree (go figure) and some others at TJ Maxx. I would never have known about them if not for Robyn @RobynsLoveofSewing - I don't know if you can get them online but you probably can.
Thanks for your relply!
Joanne has 40-60% off a reg priced item using a coupon ALL the time. Just get on their email list and scroll to the bottom of their emails. The only way to buy that item you want but can’t afford!
where did you get your r2d2 pin cushion
Mari @inspiredleather made it for me. She had some on her Inspired Leather website for awhile, but she may not anymore. You can always message her from the site and see if she can offer one special made for you. I love mine!
What makes you say...thats not us, we are sewers. I am both. I sew and have since in my 20s. Im now 74 and continue to sew. I also picked up paper crafting 4 years ago. So i do this and embroidery, needle felting, among several other hobbies such as watercolor.
Oh I just meant that my channel is all about sewing - people come for the sewing. But we're all crafters to some extent and you are definitely multi-talented!
I want to see how you make those turn tables, PLEASE!
The link is in the upper right hand corner and in the description box
You are an artist! Beautiful! We love Halloween. We sit on the porch and wait for the cute little goblins.
You are a sweetheart and these are such good ideas… but the tooth sucking at the end of sentences is a lot. I hope this doesn’t hurt your feelings, just an observation.
Yes Jesus is our salvation!
I always enjoy a good Dollar Tree notions video! I use the Jot scissors for cutting paper and such in my sewing/craft room. I'll use a heavier utility scissor for cutting zippers, plastic and vinyl. My KAI scissors are only used on fabric!!! 😊 The little rotary cutting boards are great for putting between your fabric and pattern pieces when you need to punch out hole on the pattern piece so you can mark your fabric with an erasable pen. You can cut the boards down to 3"x3" pieces, getting several from 1 cutting board. Round the corners (give them a slight filing with a DT nail file to smooth) and they are ready for using to protect your fabric when poking holes in pattern pieces! I have a ba-zillion plastic bins in blue and green to keep various sewing projects materials together like quilt patterns and fabrics, garment fabrics and patterns, along with all the necessary thread, zippers, buttons, etc. They make excellent project bins and the side vents allow fabric to breathe and not mildew. LOVE 'EM!!! They stack well and don't fall over like zipper-lock bags. In the pet aisle, you can buy a dog leash and use the strap for bags and hardware for bag making and such. The glasses section has cords for hanging your glasses around your neck, and the cord can be used for making button loops for garments and bags, as can the hair elastics in the beauty aisle. In the stationary section, you can buy computer banner paper and use it for project pattern pieces (instead of taping together printer paper). And kids scribble pads (news print paper pads) are great for anything you need scrap paper for in a craft/sewing room. I recently bought a role of medical tape at DT to use as removeable tape, but it doesn't release cleanly or easily. Bummer. The plastic bathroom trash cans are great for putting in several areas in the sewing room for fabric scraps, threads, plastic wrappers, etc. And I use non-metallic pipe cleaners for getting into the small crevasses deep inside my sewing machine. They work great grabbing and hanging onto lint so you can get it out of your machine bed. I recently found and purchased a wrist pin cushion in the crafters section. Identical ones are 3x more expensive on Amazon or Temu. It has a hard backing, so the pins won't go all the way through the pin cushion and into your wrist. Ouch! Those are my DT sewing/crafting notions!
Dori you are a PRO! Thank you so much for all these!
BTW, Jen: I love your lazy Susan made from DT items. Brilliant!!! I need to make one very soon. Good to know re: DT plastic hooks and IKEA peg boards. I had wondered.@@TodayinJensSewingRoom
Hmmmm I used their paper tape for 3 years. Have they changed it? Cuz the tape I used was great in place of washi tape. I havent needed any because I bought like 6 rolls last time.
Buy the medical PAPER tape…it’s low tack. Should be in the same area🥰
@@CreativeTrish Thanks!
The gift boxes are so fun to use. For instance, i have one box for safety pins, and I glued one pin to the top of the lid so I’ll know what’s in it.
Great idea!
Hi Jen, Did you know I always check for your new video only to hear your prayer at the end- Thank you. I truly needed your prayer today! 💕
Irma that is so good to hear. I'm honored that God used me to encourage you!
I haven’t been to the dollar tree in a while. I’m definitely going to have to give it a visit.
Just keep in mind you're only paying $1.25, so that might affect the quality 😂
I use dollar tree pipe cleaners for cleaner cause you can bend them to get into small places in your machine
I got a few sewing notions from Tmu and they work out great the only problem I have is they take so long to get to my place
Shall I tell you what I use for rubber bands in the sewing room . I take leftover strips of stretch fabric cut narrow strips and tie up the packs of fabric.
Great idea!
Thank you for telling about our wonderful savior JESUS 🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰
A few you may not know........ 1) 3-pack eyebrow razors to use as seam rippers when Upcycling/ recycling 2). Any Fat Quarters for quilts,,,,,, almost always 100% cotton. 3) Mini/regular clothespins to hold fabric & patterns together. 4) Soap bars can be used as markers for darts, seams, etc.
Thanks!
Thank you, Jen for these helpful ideas for organization and storage. I purchased several smaller size containers that have dividers in them to organize my huge button collection. Then I labeled the top with the colors. Now I don't have to rummage through a huge container when I only need one button!
Great idea!
I sometimes use pdf patterns that I purchase, download and print. I keep several dollar tree or Walmart purchases in my room to use with those patterns. Glue sticks manjeri putting the pages together easier and faster than using tape. I use cheap colored pencils to mark alterations and cutting lines. Cheap rotary cutters and scissors are great for cutting out the paper patterns. I keep a couple of pairs of cheap scissors in the sewing room - you never know when you need to open packaging or cut something other than fabric! I also like to buy the zip top freezer bags at dollar tree. I find it helpful to keep things together in project kits using these bags.
Being a Big 4 girl I hadn't remembered how great glue sticks are for PDF patterns and that little rotary cutter is fantastic for cutting them! Thanks!
Temu sells alot of sewing things.
Love your ideas.. I use the pens and brush holder to hold all of my scissors. This is my favorite!
I gotta make one of those lazy susans. Inise mypen/brish holder you gave me all the time. Its become a necessity in the sewing room. Havent been to dollar tree in a long time. Looks like theyve gotten some fun stuff I need to check out!
Be carerful. It's like going on Etsy for fabric 😂
@@TodayinJensSewingRoom yes highly dangerous!
where did you get the R2D2 pincushion I love it
Great ideas! I have to look at those boards that are similar to IKEA.
I think they're just like anything at Dollar Tree - sometimes you can find them, sometimes you can't. But if you can, they're a great size if you don't know how much pegboard you want. And cheap! They also have other things beyond just hooks, like little containers and shelves that will attach to the boards.
I was at Dollar Tree the other day. I got a pin cushion with a solid bottom and a piece of elastic so that you could put it on your wrist or around your machine (of course I can’t find my bag so I’m not sure if it’s long enough to do that, but you could easily add elastic to make it long enough). I also got double sided, washable, fabric tape. I wanted to see how well it worked. You can use this for so many things! And I got permanent fabric glue! It might be called craft glue, but it also works on fabric. They had two different fabric/craft glues and Mod Podge.
A few other things you can get from Dollar Tree is 1/4in elastic in various colors (I don’t know if she went over this in the video because at some point I zoned out for a bit). I don’t know how much you get, but it looks like quite a bit! But you may have a locally owned store like I do that sells elastic by the yard anywhere from .20 cents to .40 cents a yard, but my store only has black and white. You just have to think about things like that. Sometimes it looks cheaper because it says $1.25, but in the long run, is it really?
Also, as a sewist, when you’ve been working on a project for a long period snacks are great to have on hand! And you can’t go wrong with $1.25 snacks!
I didn’t know they carried a mini cutting board! It’s so cute! And I could use that! I also have never seen or noticed Velcro! But how much do you get? I normally get it from Hobby Lobby. They have 5yards of black or white for 4.50 and then they have a yard of all sorts of colors for 1.99.
Lately I go into the Dollar Tree and I have to stop and do the math to see if it really is a better deal because it can seem that way when it’s really not. Like you can get a pack of 12 sharpies in rainbow colors for $7.97 from Walmart. A fat quarter is $1.25 when Joann has a new section in their store where they have cotton fabric that’s always $2 a yard and will definitely be better quality than the Dollar Tree! I saw a minky fat quarter the other day at the Dollar Tree, but did the math and realized that it was just under the cost of getting a full yard from my local store that carries dead stock and products from companies that go out of business and I’d much rather give my money to them than the Dollar Tree and that way I get way more options. Their notions and needles are also really cheap and the store I shop at. It’s called Mill End if you’re ever in Reno or if you live here. It’s a great store! When I see “sew for cheap” type videos no one ever talks about dead stock stores (new sewists may not know what that is and may only go straight to Joann or hobby lobby unless they have a fashion district like LA). A family friend in her 50s or 60s that was kind of teaching me to sew had never been to Mill End (I’m not sure if she’d even heard of it and the store has been here for so many years).
Wow, wow, wow! So much great stuff here! I agree that you really do have to do the math to some extent because not everything is a great deal at DT. Thank you so much for all your suggestions and tips!
Amen
I use a piece of washi tape to clearly mark the wrong side of my fabric after I cut it out.
That is a great idea!
many good ideas, but Jen stick to the subject you get very "chatty" and that is distracting
Ah, but you ask the impossible! 😂
Be sure not to have your magnifying glass near the window as the sun can hit it and it can cause a fire. Always put the magnifying glass in a cloth bag or in a drawer for safety's sake. Loved the video ideas. Thank you.
I have the small cutting mat and the small rotary cutter from Dollar Tree! I use them in my small to-go zipper craft bag for when I travel to my daughter's appointments. I sit in the waiting room (she is almost 23 years), I cut Hexies paper shapes and fabric shapes while sure is in her appointments!! They both are great!!!
I became familiar with Dollar Tree's crafting aisle as children's librarian and "story time lady." If I remember correctly, They have some things like ribbon that you may need once in a while. I know I picked up some odd fat quarters for a craft.
Thank you for this video. I came on to hear tips on sewing hacks. But needed to hear your message. ❤. I just needed to hear that today. God bless
Their fat quarters are great for small projects like potholders mug rugs doll dresses. Nice way to save money for Christmas and birthdays etc.
Oh I loved watching this even though I live thousands of miles away from Dollar Tree! That mini cutting board is so cute 🥰 and the dolly sized dustpan and brush 👏🏼. We do have Poundland but basically nothing in there is £1 any more 😂. I will certainly keep my eye out for any of the things you showed in future though. Thanks for sharing your budget ideas ❤ x❤
Poundland - same with DT - they now have a DT+ section where things are up to $10. None of mine have that but things are still not $1 but $1.25. So I think it's happening everywhere. Next time you're here we'll have to go. xoxoxox
I am using the “brush caddy” for my heat-erase” pens,snips, pencils, fabric turners, etc.
I use that make up brush to brush off crumbs after I use my air fryer.
Thanks for this, loved the rotating tray, just great.
Everything sewing is expensive….but so much fun!
AMEN
Thank you for this video. Great ideas!!
I find so many great ideas at the dollar tree
Love the scissors for paper cutting
Thanks for sharing craft ideas
I glued the little cutting mat on the bottom the plastic lazy Susan that I made from two round plastic tray-like plates from Wal-mart. It spins beautifully and because it hangs off the edge by about 1/4” it acts like a handle to rotate the mat when trimming. Most rotating mats are very expensive but this ran me around $7.
I did the same! I used 2 cutting boards and it works great!
Thank you so much.
Wow… came here for just a supply list, and left tearing up from the scripture you read. Thank you 😊 ❤
I’m definitely gonna subscribe!
That is so cool! I love it when God works that way. And welcome! Glad you're here!
Never saw rotary cutters there
They're hit and miss one DT to the next, like most things
Do you have a ghost? 😂😂😂 A small cup on your sewing table was on its side and righted itself 😮😂😊
Yes, and it's called Editing. Editing the Friendly Ghost 😂👻
🎉 I get the pipe cleaners to use clean out the lint from bobbin area in my sewing machine
Great tip!
Love the turn tables. All great ideas, thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much! 😊
I always get some wrapping paper for pattern tracing/hacking. I love that it has the grid on the back. Also rolls of brown paper, super sturdy. And the bigger Manila envelopes for storing patterns. Magnets to glue to the bottom of a little dish to keep pins and needles.
I thought about including wrapping paper - but I wasn't sure if it was gridded and you can't see thru it. Doesn't matter though, it's still a great option for tracing paper! I hadn't thought about the manila envelopes but that's a great idea too. Thanks!
@@TodayinJensSewingRoom I stick with lighter colors and last time they actually had plain white (with the grid on the back) which is perfect 👌
Well done, n thx😊
Most welcome 😊
Great ideas! Thanks
Love all these great tips. Thanks.
Glad you like them!
Your video popped up in my feed and I am very glad it did. The dollar tree ideas are awesome but even more awesome (if that is proper English) is your ending to your video. Can never get enough prayer card readings these days and did you know that the dollar tree has prayer cards in a tiny little tin? Love those too. Count me as a new sub right now.
Awesome! Thank you!