Your mom and grandmother must have been/are extremely proud of you smiling from wherever they are. I have been a sewist 52 years and still searching for new tips. Lip balm is a great tool!
Thanks for the tip. My mother and sisters sewed. we were fairly poor, so making clothes was something of a necessity. Mother had an old singer she bought for two dollars at the Goodwill store. Today, I have a Brother Project Runway computer machine that cost more than Mother earned in half a year. And every time I use it I always think of Mother and sisters making such pretty dresses and blouses with that little Singer. What amazing skills they had. I always wondered who taught Mother how to sew. She was raised as an orphan and so had no Mom to teach her. She told me, "Oh, I just learned it little by little." Funny how necessity can be such a great teacher. Recently, my older sister found a Singer of the same make and model and had it reconditioned- She sews on it just for the memories.
Thank you, I'm 61 and have been sewing since I was 5. It just shows how wonderful it is to have folk pass on gems of knowledge even if it's something as simple as threading a needle. My Mum taught me a lot but didn't know this particular trick. Amazing!
Thanks for the tip regarding the lip balm, I am really going to do this as I get really frustrated when my thread ends up in loads of knots. I have known for years regarding how to thread the needle from the spool, this also applies to wool.
I love that you still think of your mother and grandmother when you thread a needle. My 4yr oldgrandson has asked me to teach him to sew. I'd like to think that he will have the same memory of me. Thank you for sharing ❤
My goodness. I have been sewing for 50 years. This is the first time I have heard about this technique. My life could have been so much easier. I plan to use both the tip and the conditioner. I love that you have honored your grandmother with this video. The women who came before us have contributed so much to our lives.
Great tips, thank you. To thread a needle hold it over something white so that you can see that you are threading into the rounded side of the eye not the flat side (as already suggested) and then moisten the EYE of the needle NOT the thread. It also helps to snip the thread at a 45 degree angle. Another hint is to thread a number of needles onto your spool while your eyes are fresh. To easily thread a sewing machine needle, pinch the thread so that it is horizontal to the needle, run it down the groove at the front of the needle and it will then pop straight through the eye. It takes a bit of practice to hold the thread horizontally but once you get this right it will thread every time. If you are finding the above difficult it could be that your thread is too thick for the needle you are using.
Thank you soo much! My grandma was the first to teach me how to use the sewing machine, and now I use it almost daily. With your inspiration, I shall think of her and pray for her soul everytime I start sewing. God bless!
I very recently tried this and found that it is much easier to thread a fine needle this way. Yes it sews beautifully too. I watched your video just to see if there might be something for me to learn. Great to pass on info for others.
A great idea, I can't wait until my granddaughters are old enough to start quilting. Sometimes it's the simplest of things that stay with us and mean the most. This is what I have to look forward to. Thank you again! 💕
This is such an easy and simple and effective method. Other videos tell you to use a hot iron or something...which, while maybe effective, is not a simple solution! Thank you!
This is so helpful. Thank you! I have eye disease and struggle with needle threading in general, so every tip is greatly appreciated-including from those in the comments. 📣💞
great tip as well as the lip pomade ... i also recently read to bring the needle to the thread, not the thread to the needle, its very subtle but it does help keeping the thread stationary instead of the needle stationary. Nevertheless at 75 I now understand when as a young person my mom would ask me to thread needles for her, I have a very difficult time now without extreme magnification, which really does help because I do beadwork.
@@louisevannorden2001 wow Louise its been 4 years since I wrote that ... still knitting, painting and caring for my outdoors at 79. Thanx for your reply and yes I have lots of needle threaders of various kinds.
thank you for sharing the best way to thread a needle & to remember something good at the same time. I learned to sew from a stranger so I don't have that great memory except to be grateful someone took the time to teach me.
The first person who taught me how to sew was my late grandmother. I can resonate how you feel when it comes to sewing. We will keep thinking of our loved ones
Great video , i actually discovered this by accident , another good tip especially when threading sewing machine needles is hold something white behind the needle , like as small piece of material or paper , makes the eye much more visible !.
Thank you for the great tips! I will use these when I am hand piecing and hand quilting. But most importantly, thank you for sharing the stories of your memories. I do this too!!!
I used to use a spinning wheel for wool and knew that it twisted, hence to "other" yarn to ply it "Straight", I did not know this trick for embroidery or sewing thread. Thank you so much for your effort to show this on video
When I was little, I would help my mom mark her hem with a hem marker and straight pins. You really don’t realize how much you learned from your mom until you get a lot older.
great advice this will help me greatly when smocking and hand embroidery where the thread gets twisted and you have to keep untwisting it to keep sewing i usually end up cutting the thread and wasting a lot of my embroidery cotton i hated having to waste so much thanks for the video
I love this tip and am thinking of my mom too .. I am a spinner and knitter... my mom grew up in Dublin in the 1930s and her grandma sewed for work.. even though she was blind .. my mom threaded many needles of varying colors , in order, for her Granny Lawlor ....😀
I'll evoke your mum and granny too! Thanks for sharing! I did not have the privilege you had, of learning to sew from them as you did, but now that's an emotional scene to "feel" Thank you!😍
How clever! I will start doing this today. I buy beeswax thread conditioner and use it a lot; but it isn’t in my small travel sewing & repair kit. But my soft beeswax based lip balm is often in my pocket while I am traveling. Great tip! Thank you.
Thank you so much for teaching the way your Grandmother and your mother taught you. I will only use this method from now on its funny I always think of my mam when I sew too xxx
Needles that are made for hand sewing are "Punched" out by a machine. If you are having trouble threading a needle, it often helps to turn the needle around and thread it through the opposite side of the hole.
snow fleas Ah, yes! I am glad you thought to post this fact. I often do turn the needle around if I am having trouble threading it, but hadn’t given it much thought.
snow fleas What a great tip! I always say you learn something new every day. Thanks for sharing. What i recently learned is when we moisten our finger to run across the thread, instead swipe your moistened finger across the back of the needle eye, then thread. Wa la!
Thank you for sharing this tip. I love that threading a needle gives you memories of you mother and grandmother. I have simple little tasks that do the same for me with my lovely mum, time long gone now but cherished. 🌹
Vicki McGrath My gramma was a seamstress and started me sewing when I was little. I still have the small wooden stool I sat on by her knee. Sewing by hand or mending always reminds me of how much I loved her.
I am a 62 yo grandad and it was nice when you, as a senior yourself, said you remember your grandmother telling you that trick. A lovely thing passing on such skills to the next generation lest they be lost.
Great tip. Thank u for sharing. In Morocco they do a lot of hand silk embroidery they twist every single thread by hand and depending on the work they twist 4, 6, 8 or 10 threads and before starting they pass a sort of wax along the thread. Same principle.
I started sewing when I was 8. I recd. more than 1 grand champion ribbon in 4-h clothing. I hold a masters degree in Home Ec.have taught for 25 years.....and have never seen this before....I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks!
Threads... I feel the same way. My aunt taught me how to tie off the knot when I was done. I think of her every time I do that. Also, my grandmother taught me to run the needle thru my hair to keep it going easily thru the fabric. Same thing. 👍
Applied my z-plasty knowhow in clothes and denims ..the threads dont glide smoothly...thanks for lipbalm and not cutting from the spool tips...two thumbs up from me.
Yes - but is it also the direction the spool is turning that also has something to do with it? I noticed that when you are pulling the thread off the spool that the spool is turning counter-clockwise -- or does that matter as much as knotting the end that was freshly cut that came off the spool?
Simple but necessary step one :) Learned the same, except there was always a small block of beeswax in sewing basket. Well worn with thread tracks , but loved .
I look forward to trying this out, though I am skeptical. When you cut the thread from the spool end, then turn it back to the needle, the spiral of the plies is identical. For this tip to work it would have to be something to do with how the thread is wound on, or manufactured and I don't see the immediate connection there. It is the case though, that the way the thread is to be threaded is the way the same thread from the same spool is threaded to a machine, you can't cut into the spool and thread from the spool there. My tip is get the right thread and the right needles. I bought 1000 betweens direct from the UK to get the same needles tailors use when hand sewing suits. They are rather small but have an eye that is very easily threaded. I also bought the correct thimble, and the correct thread, an most difficult was finding true basting thread where I live. All told you can set up with the best gear for hand sewing and it is a lot cheaper than the cheapest new sewing machine.
Ive always pulled from the spool. I learnred myself i would fight less with tangles and knotting! Great tips! I would like to share a tip I ecently learned... most of us would lick our fingers to moisten the thread. Instead, when you lick your fingers, run your moistened finger across the back of the needle eye, now thread. Wa la!!
Your mom and grandmother must have been/are extremely proud of you smiling from wherever
they are. I have been a sewist 52 years and still searching for new tips. Lip balm is a great tool!
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Thanks for the tip. My mother and sisters sewed. we were fairly poor, so making clothes was something of a necessity. Mother had an old singer she bought for two dollars at the Goodwill store. Today, I have a Brother Project Runway computer machine that cost more than Mother earned in half a year. And every time I use it I always think of Mother and sisters making such pretty dresses and blouses with that little Singer. What amazing skills they had. I always wondered who taught Mother how to sew. She was raised as an orphan and so had no Mom to teach her. She told me, "Oh, I just learned it little by little." Funny how necessity can be such a great teacher. Recently, my older sister found a Singer of the same make and model and had it reconditioned- She sews on it just for the memories.
Thank you, I'm 61 and have been sewing since I was 5. It just shows how wonderful it is to have folk pass on gems of knowledge even if it's something as simple as threading a needle. My Mum taught me a lot but didn't know this particular trick. Amazing!
Thanks for the tip regarding the lip balm, I am really going to do this as I get really frustrated when my thread ends up in loads of knots. I have known for years regarding how to thread the needle from the spool, this also applies to wool.
I love that you still think of your mother and grandmother when you thread a needle. My 4yr oldgrandson has asked me to teach him to sew. I'd like to think that he will have the same memory of me. Thank you for sharing ❤
Simple, easy to understand for beginners such as myself; and it comes with a beautiful personal story. My favorite type of storytelling
My goodness. I have been sewing for 50 years. This is the first time I have heard about this technique. My life could have been so much easier. I plan to use both the tip and the conditioner. I love that you have honored your grandmother with this video. The women who came before us have contributed so much to our lives.
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This method was the first thing my sewing teacher thought us 40 years ago, that and also no longer than 18 inches. Brings back memories.
Me too! It’s lovely that your grandmother’s knowledge is being spread worldwide to future generations. We live in England.
Great tips, thank you.
To thread a needle hold it over something white so that you can see that you are threading into the rounded side of the eye not the flat side (as already suggested) and then moisten the EYE of the needle NOT the thread. It also helps to snip the thread at a 45 degree angle. Another hint is to thread a number of needles onto your spool while your eyes are fresh.
To easily thread a sewing machine needle, pinch the thread so that it is horizontal to the needle, run it down the groove at the front of the needle and it will then pop straight through the eye. It takes a bit of practice to hold the thread horizontally but once you get this right it will thread every time.
If you are finding the above difficult it could be that your thread is too thick for the needle you are using.
All fabulous advice! Thanks so much 💞🙏🏼
Thank you soo much! My grandma was the first to teach me how to use the sewing machine, and now I use it almost daily. With your inspiration, I shall think of her and pray for her soul everytime I start sewing. God bless!
I very recently tried this and found that it is much easier to thread a fine needle this way. Yes it sews beautifully too. I watched your video just to see if there might be something for me to learn. Great to pass on info for others.
I'm 64 and been sewing every I was 9yrs and just learn something new, with that I'm 👍subscribing and 🔔
Your grandmother and mother would be so proud of you. Thank you for sharing your tips. 🌫️💜🌫️✌️🙏☮️☯️💫
Great tip and I love that she learned it from her mom and grandmother, and now she is handing it down. Awesome!
A great idea, I can't wait until my granddaughters are old enough to start quilting. Sometimes it's the simplest of things that stay with us and mean the most. This is what I have to look forward to. Thank you again! 💕
I learned that trick from my mother many years ago. Excellent thread tip and glad you have passed this along to others who sew.
Thanks for the tip. Will share with friends. So sweet, remembering your mother and grandmother. Said with so much love.
well done !
not only is it smoother sewing, the conditioner also acts like a waterproofing agent, so no wrong turn there.
1000 thumbs up !!
Brilliant idea! Thank you, Ruth, for sharing this tip!!
This is such an easy and simple and effective method. Other videos tell you to use a hot iron or something...which, while maybe effective, is not a simple solution! Thank you!
This is so helpful. Thank you! I have eye disease and struggle with needle threading in general, so every tip is greatly appreciated-including from those in the comments. 📣💞
great tip as well as the lip pomade ... i also recently read to bring the needle to the thread, not the thread to the needle, its very subtle but it does help keeping the thread stationary instead of the needle stationary. Nevertheless at 75 I now understand when as a young person my mom would ask me to thread needles for her, I have a very difficult time now without extreme magnification, which really does help because I do beadwork.
@@louisevannorden2001 wow Louise its been 4 years since I wrote that ... still knitting, painting and caring for my outdoors at 79. Thanx for your reply and yes I have lots of needle threaders of various kinds.
Great tips...it brings thoughts of Grandmother AND my Dad who was a Tailor.
thank you for sharing the best way to thread a needle & to remember something good at the same time. I learned to sew from a stranger so I don't have that great memory except to be grateful someone took the time to teach me.
The first person who taught me how to sew was my late grandmother. I can resonate how you feel when it comes to sewing. We will keep thinking of our loved ones
Great video , i actually discovered this by accident , another good tip especially when threading sewing machine needles is hold something white behind the needle , like as small piece of material or paper , makes the eye much more visible !.
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Robert Carey - That's a good tip. I usually move so that I have a lighter background that will help me see it better.
i only recently discovered a needle threader. makes it easier than picking up the needle. I probably wasted hours of my life threading needles.
Yup, a needle threader will work too. : )
Wow! I have been quilting for years and have never heard either one of those tricks. THANK YOU for sharing.
Thank you so much for this video. My thread kept getting all tangled up. A little lip balm on some new thread and problem solved.
Thank you for the great tips! I will use these when I am hand piecing and hand quilting. But most importantly, thank you for sharing the stories of your memories. I do this too!!!
I used to use a spinning wheel for wool and knew that it twisted, hence to "other" yarn to ply it "Straight", I did not know this trick for embroidery or sewing thread. Thank you so much for your effort to show this on video
What a lovely thought behind a practical tip!
Thank you so much this! Reminds me of sewing, embroiderying, and crocheting with my dear Mother.
hello, you bright up my day, i have come to so many experience of having the tread all twisted together, thanks.
When I was little, I would help my mom mark her hem with a hem marker and straight pins. You really don’t realize how much you learned from your mom until you get a lot older.
great advice this will help me greatly when smocking and hand embroidery where the thread gets twisted and you have to keep untwisting it to keep sewing i usually end up cutting the thread and wasting a lot of my embroidery cotton i hated having to waste so much thanks for the video
I love this tip and am thinking of my mom too .. I am a spinner and knitter... my mom grew up in Dublin in the 1930s and her grandma sewed for work.. even though she was blind .. my mom threaded many needles of varying colors , in order, for her Granny Lawlor ....😀
I liked the idea, I tried it, it helps indeed and from now on I will remember you, the unknown woman from the internet. Thank you!!!
This is a great tip! I always struggle with my thread winding the wrong way when I handsew so maybe this will help.
I didn't even learn this in high school sewing class, great tips, thank you,so helpful.
I'll evoke your mum and granny too! Thanks for sharing! I did not have the privilege you had, of learning to sew from them as you did, but now that's an emotional scene to "feel" Thank you!😍
How clever! I will start doing this today. I buy beeswax thread conditioner and use it a lot; but it isn’t in my small travel sewing & repair kit. But my soft beeswax based lip balm is often in my pocket while I am traveling. Great tip! Thank you.
Soo cute.. makes u appreciate ur elders 😍stay💪💪!!
Lovely story, and great tips, especially the conditioning, thank you.
I hadn't really thought about it but it does make sense. Thanks for sharing. Happy Sewing ✂️✂️
Ruth you are adorable. Thank you for sharing such a great tip.
Thank you so very much for the memories this is like a Christmas gift to me, thanks agan and God bless you and everything you touch.
That was great, I've been doing it wrong all these year, ever since I learned to sew in first grade. Thanks.
Good advice and such a lovely story. Thankyou for the tip!
Marvellous what a great tip thanks to you your mother and her mother .
Thank you so much for teaching the way your Grandmother and your mother taught you. I will only use this method from now on its funny I always think of my mam when I sew too xxx
I did not know that ... I've suffered many years of twisty, knotty threads while hand sewing .... Thank you.
Great tip thank you! My grandmother and Mum learned me how to sew also learned at the girl school I went to, Thank You for Sharing!! Liz...
Thank you for your tips...i loved the way you talked about your grany...greetings from Syria
Thanks for useful help for the common problem.☺😊👍
thank you!! this is so helpful!! and so sweet about remembering 💕
Thank you it really works boy I sure wish I knew this years ago I love sewing by hand its so comforting to me
Great idea been 51 years and never knew that trick.. Thank you
I dont thread and i dont sew, but because of you i now will
I sew with my daughters too. Thank you. Greatings from Poland!
Needles that are made for hand sewing are "Punched" out by a machine. If you are having trouble threading a needle, it often helps to turn the needle around and thread it through the opposite side of the hole.
snow fleas Ah, yes! I am glad you thought to post this fact. I often do turn the needle around if I am having trouble threading it, but hadn’t given it much thought.
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snow fleas What a great tip! I always say you learn something new every day. Thanks for sharing. What i recently learned is when we moisten our finger to run across the thread, instead swipe your moistened finger across the back of the needle eye, then thread. Wa la!
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Thank you! My mom and grandmom taught me to sew, but I never heard of turning the needle around. I wish they were here to discover this now!
Lovely! And, thank you for sharing this tip -- I love hand sewing too.
Thank you for sharing this tip. I love that threading a needle gives you memories of you mother and grandmother. I have simple little tasks that do the same for me with my lovely mum, time long gone now but cherished. 🌹
Thank you. I always did it wrong.
Thank you for your tip. I will start threading your way. 😊
Thank you so much, you are very sincere.
Vicki McGrath My gramma was a seamstress and started me sewing when I was little. I still have the small wooden stool I sat on by her knee. Sewing by hand or mending always reminds me of how much I loved her.
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Thanks a million! Amazing, you learn new stuff every day.
that is incredibly touching to me because my Mother was a tailor and I miss her - so this makes me think of her too
I am a 62 yo grandad and it was nice when you, as a senior yourself, said you remember your grandmother telling you that trick. A lovely thing passing on such skills to the next generation lest they be lost.
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@What a maroon So you also learned a 'new to you" word. Great!
Great tip. Thank u for sharing. In Morocco they do a lot of hand silk embroidery they twist every single thread by hand and depending on the work they twist 4, 6, 8 or 10 threads and before starting they pass a sort of wax along the thread. Same principle.
Thank you. I hope this also work for embroidery floss and especially yarn.
I started sewing when I was 8. I recd. more than 1 grand champion ribbon in 4-h clothing. I hold a masters degree in Home Ec.have taught for 25 years.....and have never seen this before....I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks!
Threads... I feel the same way. My aunt taught me how to tie off the knot when I was done. I think of her every time I do that. Also, my grandmother taught me to run the needle thru my hair to keep it going easily thru the fabric. Same thing. 👍
Very useful information. Thank you!
Thank you! I have sewn all my life & never knew this!
Thanks for sharing with us. That’s such a good tip.
This tip helps to keep frustration away. Thank you.
How lovely! And so useful. Thankyou❤️
Applied my z-plasty knowhow in clothes and denims ..the threads dont glide smoothly...thanks for lipbalm and not cutting from the spool tips...two thumbs up from me.
I love this tip! Thank you!
Absolutely correct! Another tip: Wet needle eye with saliva and wet thread end. Automatic success threading! 😊
Thank you very much, for giving good idea to each and every one.
I like how passionate you are about this!☺
Very nice tip,I will tell to my daughter.
Great video!Thank you!🥀
I am 68 years old. My grandmother taught me the same thing. I do it that way, but thanks for sharing.
I tried and so far sssooo good. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing this tip. One of childhood friend had shown me how to add more thread to the needle but unfortunately i don't remember.
loved the idea and loved your story!
Thank you for your wonderful tips.
Thank you for your useful tip.
Yes - but is it also the direction the spool is turning that also has something to do with it? I noticed that when you are pulling the thread off the spool that the spool is turning counter-clockwise -- or does that matter as much as knotting the end that was freshly cut that came off the spool?
Simple but necessary step one :) Learned the same, except there was always a small block of beeswax in sewing basket. Well worn with thread tracks , but loved .
Awww thank you for sharing! How sweet!
really sweet video.. :) i really love sewing and i love fashion so much.. this makes me feel so happy haha
I look forward to trying this out, though I am skeptical. When you cut the thread from the spool end, then turn it back to the needle, the spiral of the plies is identical. For this tip to work it would have to be something to do with how the thread is wound on, or manufactured and I don't see the immediate connection there. It is the case though, that the way the thread is to be threaded is the way the same thread from the same spool is threaded to a machine, you can't cut into the spool and thread from the spool there.
My tip is get the right thread and the right needles. I bought 1000 betweens direct from the UK to get the same needles tailors use when hand sewing suits. They are rather small but have an eye that is very easily threaded. I also bought the correct thimble, and the correct thread, an most difficult was finding true basting thread where I live. All told you can set up with the best gear for hand sewing and it is a lot cheaper than the cheapest new sewing machine.
I am so happy to learn that. Thank you so much
Very helpful for me.
Thank you.
I like your video.
Love this! Thanks Ruth!
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Beautiful story!
Ive always pulled from the spool. I learnred myself i would fight less with tangles and knotting! Great tips! I would like to share a tip I ecently learned... most of us would lick our fingers to moisten the thread. Instead, when you lick your fingers, run your moistened finger across the back of the needle eye, now thread. Wa la!!
Thanks a lot.very useful tip.