Here is a tip, when I am short on thread when starting a project, I make two bobbins. One of the bobbins will be the top thread. I know the bobbin thread is near empty when the top thread bobbin is near empty. I do a lot of top stitching. I only use this tip when I am not sure about how much thread is left.
Recently I made a huge leap in my sewing. I follow Bring Back Sewing on Instagram. I nearly fell off my chair when she showed how she magnetized her cutting table. So off to Home Depot with my husband. We bought two stainless steel plates - 24” x 36”. My cutting table is 36” x 60” - so now I have 36” x 48” magnetized surface on my Olfa mat. Underneath we added long strips of double- sided tape about 6” from each side. I then purchased 12 - 100 lb magnets from Amazon. It works like a dream and I can use my rulers with magnets on top and nothing moves. It’s great for cutting out all kinds of fabric. I love it!
I've had a serger for nearly as long as I've been sewing, but I still zig-zag the raw edges of uncut fabric before washing. It helps use up odd spools of thread colours I'm less likely to use again, or thread I purchased and ended up not liking for garment construction. Also, I was taught by my sewing teacher not to backstitch or tie the beginning or end of seams if they were going to be crossed by another seam. For example, side seams that will be crossed by the collar and/or waist seams do not need securing. In over 40 years I have yet to be let down by this advice: I've made a lot of garments and wore them so much the fabric almost disintegrated, but the seams never came apart.
It makes me feel better that My theory about backstitching is being done by others as well. 🤭 But that’s how I mostly end up cleaning off (tying and hiding) the extra threads AFTER the project is complete.
My grandmother always kept a nail file, emery board or fine glass paper near her machine so she could sharpen burs and blunt needles. She lived in an age when she could often not buy new needles. She only threw out broken needles. I still do this with my needles.
I work with silk chiffon a lot and also silk satin. I starch it fairly heavily as part of the pre-shrinking process, and iron the damp fabric on a woolen blanket on the dining room table. The starch rinses out easily when the garment is complete. I have found old fashioned powder starch in one supermarket, but you could use spray starch.
I Promise, I've had one of those "Pop out at the bottom" spools... And did not know about the built-in solution UNTIL THIS VIDEO. So, Thanks for the tip 👍
When you check tension - check it sewing both forwards AND backwards. I noticed that some of my seams were out of tension, but it took me a few months to realise that only the seams, which were sewn backwards were off. :P I adjusted the tension sewing backwards and it solved the issue.
I’ve been sewing for 60 years, so I did know most of these tips. However, I did not know the trick about using tissue paper when cutting slippery fabrics! Great idea. I have two tips. First, I always thoroughly clean out my sewing machine or serger after each project. If it’s time for a needle change or oiling, I do that at the same time. I then notate the needle size and date of installation (and oiling date) on a small piece of tape affixed to each machine. Second tip, I never store my thread spools on display out in the open. As pretty as that looks, sun and light can fade thread colors and dust that accumulates can really mess with the tension on both sewing machines and especially sergers. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for the thread tips! I have the spools on display for easy pick, but didn’t think about the long term effect! Now I have to figure out where to store them! 😂❤❤❤
@@Ellsped10 I use plastic jars from the peanut butter to store my big thread spools. ( first I washed them in the washing machine and pull out the tag, of course) That way I can have them in display with the lid on.
thankyou for the tip about threads and sunlight. I was literally just considering getting a wooden stand to display my threads when I read this, so won't be going ahead with that now!
My sewing room is in the basement so I don’t have to worry too much about sunlight fading my thread cones but I do have an issue with dust. So, I have all my cones on thread racks but I bought some really lightweight plastic sheeting (like the kind painters use for drop clothes, probably around .7- mil) that I cut, stapled to the top and draped over. It covers all the thread, I can still see but, it keeps the dust off.
I PREWASH in very warm water all my fabrics BEFORE I sew. Even a simple line or two of straight edge stitching keeps the fraying minimal. It’s similar to the purpose of stay stitching. 😀
Thank you for the lining tip. My 50 year old sewing machine doesn't enjoy the backstitching at the beginning so I have always tied my threads since schooldays.
Also if your spool or cone does not have a groove, pop-up top, etc. You can take a utility knife or even a nail file and saw a little slit in the bottom yourself to hold the loose end. For spools that do not have caps on the top or bottom and just have the hollow tube in the center, I don't know if there is a more elegant solution but I take a tapestry needle (to not pierce the thread by accident) and weave the loose end under some wraps of thread, leaving a little slack so I can pull it free later. This might be a little too much hassle for threads you use constantly but for storing it is helpful.
I use pins but with glass beads on them. Sometimes when I would iron a project I was working on my old pin heads were plastic and would get out of shape if I bumped them with my iron so now I use pins with “glass” heads.
Great tips!! The tip about attaching lining was an “Ah, ha!” For me. I used to attach lining directly to the garment and was not happy with it. I’m currently making some lined pants and will be attaching the lining with some string. I also need to check my serger thread cones to see if the manufacturer hid a place to attach the end of the thread.😊
My industrial sewing machine has auto-thread cutting at the end of the seam, and I got so used to this function, now I rarely tie ends🤗 But I agree, it does look nicer!
In sewing school I learned after tying off a finished hem before cutting the threads, to "hide" the thread end and eventually the knot between the outside fabric and the inside hem, by threading a needle with the thread ends and stick it near the tied off spot between those fabric layers. For a seam we "hided the thread between the two fabric layers. And we also attached the lining to the main fabric at the shoulders. Instead of a lot of thread strings for a jacket or a garment for wich we din't use alight weight fabric we made a strap from a piece of lining fabric.
About that last tip, there are a lot of things that may seem obvious to us, but they're not. I would rather explain something that I supposed to be common knowledge if I help someone with it, so next time don't doubt, because you may be helping someone. Also, a little reminder doesn't hurt anyone.
i agree about the reminder. The thread spool reminder was so good for me. I've been sewing for years and I know this, but only this week I was looking at my thread drawer and noticing how messy it was with all the tangled loose threads. I'd totally forgotten about locking the threads into the spool. I had also forgotten about tying the start and finish of a seam. Thankyou for these reminders!
Great tips! I knew some but not the tissue paper tip, which I will be trying with satin. I will add to the thread storage tip that I got some bobbin buddies that make it easy to store a bobbin with the spool of thread it matches. The downside is that the spool and bobbin together do not fit in the thread storage containers I have but it's worth it because I really like keeping the bobbin with the spool for future use.
I dispose of my needles in thread spools. Where you wrap the cotton to stop it unwinding ypu can also pull the end off completely. Qpop in your used needle or pin and close again. I dispose of it when I run out of thread on the spool and can always find the spool of thread. Really appreciate the tips ypu share as really work toward a professio al finish. The tip on the lining in a jacket I just off to do on a bought jacket that the lining always twists in the sleeve. Thanks
FYI: My Bernina has a stitch installed that automatically does the backstitch when you begin and end your stitching. It looks so professional. No warping of the fabric whatsoever.
Great tips thank you. I'm going to check my threads now. Some I know about the the green cone I didn't and I haven't noticed a notch in my serger cones. I'll look now.
My tip would be to attach winded bobbin to the thread spool with elastic band, especially if you use similar colours but in different fibers and you have already winded bobbin. I haven't done that last time and I have no clue which white bobbin is polyester and which is cotton.
Another tip i have for cutting your threads. Cut the top thread firsr. Give bottim thread a littke tug before cutting. This wikk bring remainder of top thread through to back, making tip of gsrment thread end free.
A small tip, when playing thread chicken, sometimes I lose 😄. I will decide which way I want to top-stitch (from the wrong side , or right side) with the remaining spool OR bobbin, add a secondary close colour and get the job done. For lazy repairs, I will just change the bobbin thread to the correct colour, and make sure that it is on the side that will be seen.
Best if you can use not-your-best-scissors for this. However, I sometimes use my fabric scissors (if the fabric is tough to cut with other scissors I have), but I cut with different scissors whenever possible🤗
When cutting my slippery fabric together with the tissue paper, will this not harm my scissors? I know that fabric scissors turn dull really quickly when cutting through paper…
Could you please explain more about the sewing needles on the machine? There are so many different kinds and number. I never know which one is right for my project. And another big problem for me are all the different stitches and when to use them. If you can enlighten us, that would be great! 😅
I don't like the look of back stitching so I do it in the seam allowance. If it is top stitching I sometimes place the back stitching where it is not noticed or leave it out and knot on the wrong side.
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Here is a tip, when I am short on thread when starting a project, I make two bobbins. One of the bobbins will be the top thread. I know the bobbin thread is near empty when the top thread bobbin is near empty. I do a lot of top stitching. I only use this tip when I am not sure about how much thread is left.
Very smart!
Recently I made a huge leap in my sewing. I follow Bring Back Sewing on Instagram. I nearly fell off my chair when she showed how she magnetized her cutting table. So off to Home Depot with my husband. We bought two stainless steel plates - 24” x 36”. My cutting table is 36” x 60” - so now I have 36” x 48” magnetized surface on my Olfa mat. Underneath we added long strips of double- sided tape about 6” from each side. I then purchased 12 - 100 lb magnets from Amazon. It works like a dream and I can use my rulers with magnets on top and nothing moves. It’s great for cutting out all kinds of fabric. I love it!
This is my go-to way of making thread go further too. I’ve been known to wind off 4 for the overlocker in a pinch. I call it sub-sistance sewing 😂
I've had a serger for nearly as long as I've been sewing, but I still zig-zag the raw edges of uncut fabric before washing. It helps use up odd spools of thread colours I'm less likely to use again, or thread I purchased and ended up not liking for garment construction.
Also, I was taught by my sewing teacher not to backstitch or tie the beginning or end of seams if they were going to be crossed by another seam. For example, side seams that will be crossed by the collar and/or waist seams do not need securing. In over 40 years I have yet to be let down by this advice: I've made a lot of garments and wore them so much the fabric almost disintegrated, but the seams never came apart.
It makes me feel better that My theory about backstitching is being done by others as well. 🤭 But that’s how I mostly end up cleaning off (tying and hiding) the extra threads AFTER the project is complete.
Another alternative to backstitching is to start and end a seam with a very tiny stitch length. I saw this in a video of a couture house.
I saw this recommendation for jersey fabric - definitely will be trying it out!
My grandmother always kept a nail file, emery board or fine glass paper near her machine so she could sharpen burs and blunt needles. She lived in an age when she could often not buy new needles. She only threw out broken needles. I still do this with my needles.
I work with silk chiffon a lot and also silk satin. I starch it fairly heavily as part of the pre-shrinking process, and iron the damp fabric on a woolen blanket on the dining room table. The starch rinses out easily when the garment is complete. I have found old fashioned powder starch in one supermarket, but you could use spray starch.
Fabulous idea!
I Promise, I've had one of those "Pop out at the bottom" spools... And did not know about the built-in solution UNTIL THIS VIDEO.
So, Thanks for the tip 👍
When you check tension - check it sewing both forwards AND backwards.
I noticed that some of my seams were out of tension, but it took me a few months to realise that only the seams, which were sewn backwards were off. :P
I adjusted the tension sewing backwards and it solved the issue.
I’ve been sewing for 60 years, so I did know most of these tips. However, I did not know the trick about using tissue paper when cutting slippery fabrics! Great idea. I have two tips. First, I always thoroughly clean out my sewing machine or serger after each project. If it’s time for a needle change or oiling, I do that at the same time. I then notate the needle size and date of installation (and oiling date) on a small piece of tape affixed to each machine. Second tip, I never store my thread spools on display out in the open. As pretty as that looks, sun and light can fade thread colors and dust that accumulates can really mess with the tension on both sewing machines and especially sergers. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for the thread tips! I have the spools on display for easy pick, but didn’t think about the long term effect! Now I have to figure out where to store them! 😂❤❤❤
I store my threads hidden, too!
@@Ellsped10 I use plastic jars from the peanut butter to store my big thread spools. ( first I washed them in the washing machine and pull out the tag, of course) That way I can have them in display with the lid on.
thankyou for the tip about threads and sunlight. I was literally just considering getting a wooden stand to display my threads when I read this, so won't be going ahead with that now!
My sewing room is in the basement so I don’t have to worry too much about sunlight fading my thread cones but I do have an issue with dust. So, I have all my cones on thread racks but I bought some really lightweight plastic sheeting (like the kind painters use for drop clothes, probably around .7- mil) that I cut, stapled to the top and draped over. It covers all the thread, I can still see but, it keeps the dust off.
I PREWASH in very warm water all my fabrics BEFORE I sew. Even a simple line or two of straight edge stitching keeps the fraying minimal. It’s similar to the purpose of stay stitching. 😀
Wow! Never knew the spool opened! Eye opener! Thanks! Good tips. Bless you
Great tips specially the tissue paper trick! And I learned a few tips from the comments too!😊❤❤❤
Comments have some great tips!👌
Great video! Serge the edges BEFORE washing. Who knew? Thanks for helping a girl out ☘️💞
Thank you for the lining tip. My 50 year old sewing machine doesn't enjoy the backstitching at the beginning so I have always tied my threads since schooldays.
I didn’t know that about the different cones. Thank you for sharing!
You always seem to have amazing tips I haven’t heard of….thanks for sharing and being so kind ;)
Also if your spool or cone does not have a groove, pop-up top, etc. You can take a utility knife or even a nail file and saw a little slit in the bottom yourself to hold the loose end. For spools that do not have caps on the top or bottom and just have the hollow tube in the center, I don't know if there is a more elegant solution but I take a tapestry needle (to not pierce the thread by accident) and weave the loose end under some wraps of thread, leaving a little slack so I can pull it free later. This might be a little too much hassle for threads you use constantly but for storing it is helpful.
I use pins but with glass beads on them. Sometimes when I would iron a project I was working on my old pin heads were plastic and would get out of shape if I bumped them with my iron so now I use pins with “glass” heads.
I want to buy those, too - but they are weirdly not available at every sewing store🤔
Great tips!! The tip about attaching lining was an “Ah, ha!” For me. I used to attach lining directly to the garment and was not happy with it. I’m currently making some lined pants and will be attaching the lining with some string. I also need to check my serger thread cones to see if the manufacturer hid a place to attach the end of the thread.😊
I wish she went into more detail about that string, I don’t quite understand what she’s talking about.
Great tips. I usually tie my beginning and ending seam threads. I think it just looks nicer. I did not know the other tips. Thanks a bunch!
My industrial sewing machine has auto-thread cutting at the end of the seam, and I got so used to this function, now I rarely tie ends🤗 But I agree, it does look nicer!
In sewing school I learned after tying off a finished hem before cutting the threads, to "hide" the thread end and eventually the knot between the outside fabric and the inside hem, by threading a needle with the thread ends and stick it near the tied off spot between those fabric layers. For a seam we "hided the thread between the two fabric layers.
And we also attached the lining to the main fabric at the shoulders. Instead of a lot of thread strings for a jacket or a garment for wich we din't use alight weight fabric we made a strap from a piece of lining fabric.
We sometimes used piece of lining, too!🤗 Just the example I had on hand was with threads, but it works, too🤗
Thanks. Just restarting my garment sewing on serger. Good tips. I try to keep all my threads in boxes or bags to keep them dust free.
All my threads are hidden, too - they can get dusty so fast!
About that last tip, there are a lot of things that may seem obvious to us, but they're not. I would rather explain something that I supposed to be common knowledge if I help someone with it, so next time don't doubt, because you may be helping someone. Also, a little reminder doesn't hurt anyone.
i agree about the reminder. The thread spool reminder was so good for me. I've been sewing for years and I know this, but only this week I was looking at my thread drawer and noticing how messy it was with all the tangled loose threads. I'd totally forgotten about locking the threads into the spool. I had also forgotten about tying the start and finish of a seam. Thankyou for these reminders!
Great tips! I knew some but not the tissue paper tip, which I will be trying with satin. I will add to the thread storage tip that I got some bobbin buddies that make it easy to store a bobbin with the spool of thread it matches. The downside is that the spool and bobbin together do not fit in the thread storage containers I have but it's worth it because I really like keeping the bobbin with the spool for future use.
I dispose of my needles in thread spools. Where you wrap the cotton to stop it unwinding ypu can also pull the end off completely. Qpop in your used needle or pin and close again. I dispose of it when I run out of thread on the spool and can always find the spool of thread.
Really appreciate the tips ypu share as really work toward a professio al finish. The tip on the lining in a jacket I just off to do on a bought jacket that the lining always twists in the sleeve. Thanks
I really appreciate the loose thread tip. Arlyce.
Great tips. Your thread storage tips were especially genius! I will be taking care of that today!
FYI: My Bernina has a stitch installed that automatically does the backstitch when you begin and end your stitching. It looks so professional. No warping of the fabric whatsoever.
Great tips thank you. I'm going to check my threads now. Some I know about the the green cone I didn't and I haven't noticed a notch in my serger cones. I'll look now.
Thank you for the great tips !!! I was really impressed with the one about the thread spools !!! I never knew this !!! Wonderful thing to know!!!
LOVED the 4th tip!! So simple and affective!
My tip would be to attach winded bobbin to the thread spool with elastic band, especially if you use similar colours but in different fibers and you have already winded bobbin. I haven't done that last time and I have no clue which white bobbin is polyester and which is cotton.
Really good tip!👍
You can test by burning the end of the thread! Cotton will actually burn, but polyester will melt.
@@ivywells2909 Good point! I forgot about it!
Thank you for your knowledge and guidance - these tips have all gone into my mind locker - thank you
So glad to hear these tips were useful!🤗
Great tips! Many thanks for these...
Another tip i have for cutting your threads. Cut the top thread firsr. Give bottim thread a littke tug before cutting. This wikk bring remainder of top thread through to back, making tip of gsrment thread end free.
After many. many years of sewing, I learned that trick in a sewing class. That little pop is oddly satisfying!
A small tip, when playing thread chicken, sometimes I lose 😄. I will decide which way I want to top-stitch (from the wrong side , or right side) with the remaining spool OR bobbin, add a secondary close colour and get the job done. For lazy repairs, I will just change the bobbin thread to the correct colour, and make sure that it is on the side that will be seen.
When cutting the sandwich of tissue paper and slippery fabric, what scissors do you use? Fabric or paper? These are great tips!
Best if you can use not-your-best-scissors for this. However, I sometimes use my fabric scissors (if the fabric is tough to cut with other scissors I have), but I cut with different scissors whenever possible🤗
Very interesting, thank you.
Great hints
When cutting my slippery fabric together with the tissue paper, will this not harm my scissors? I know that fabric scissors turn dull really quickly when cutting through paper…
Could you please explain more about the sewing needles on the machine? There are so many different kinds and number. I never know which one is right for my project.
And another big problem for me are all the different stitches and when to use them. If you can enlighten us, that would be great! 😅
Great idea, I will expand on these topics in future videos!
New sewist here (since 2019) I hate the backstitch...I think it's always ugly 😅 I've been doing trick #4 since the beginning of my sewing adventure.😊
That’s a good habit to have!🤗
I don't like the look of back stitching so I do it in the seam allowance. If it is top stitching I sometimes place the back stitching where it is not noticed or leave it out and knot on the wrong side.
I prewash all my fabric in lingerie bags and that prevents fraying. I remove the fabric from the lingerie bags before placing in the dryer.
Good tip!
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I just had such a hard time French seaming a viscose. Overlocker next time
Omg am I first👀