Shirring the Fabric - let’s make fabric! #shirring #smock #sewing #elasticthread

[madeleineschwarrtz]

What a simple way to smock!!
Thank you!!!

[sarasorensen]

I'm so grateful for technology. I never knew how to change the bobbin tension until this video. I could have used this years ago.

[EvangelistSharonJ]

Thank you sooo much! I have elastic thread and tried to use it with a heavy duty needle, of course, with NO SUCCESS😂.

[RandomalinaLF]

Gorgeous! You make everything look so easy

[drklstyk]

I would totally attend your sewing class :D if you had one

[Cloudnerd]

your machine looks like it sews like butter, so smooth!

[BaronessJames]

I have elastic thread left from my mom and I didn't know how to use it. Thanks a lot!

[hnybrwn]

Thank you for the tip on lowering the tension on the bobbin my shirring thread would pop my sewing thread in the middle of stitch 🤍

[dee]

Sewing Dora! I love this! Thank you for the tip 😊

[thebookwyrmslair]

THANK YOU!!! My daughter LOVES these tops and dresses! She's been begging for me to make her one. :)

[tammyjohnson]

I’ve seen this technique used before and it seems to work quite well. I haven’t personally tried it yet though. I do wonder if you’re using a zigzag stitch? As you said that you sew normally. So I am unclear what you mean by that? When I saw the technique used before, I am pretty sure that they used a zigzag stitch. However I am not certain of that. Which is why I haven’t tried it myself. I’m unsure of what stitch to use. Also, do you backstitch at all? Just wondering. Really would like to try this out as I have lost weight and it makes clothes fit nicely as I continue losing weight. Thank you for your videos. Happy Sewing 🦋

[patriciamcvey]

Do you use regular thread on the top and the elastic one in the bobbin? You make it look so easy! I have different clothes that have missing shirring that I can use this technique upon.

[sdime]

wonderful ❤️, thank you so much 🙏 for a quick tutorial. other peoples videos are just boring and time consuming.

[alberto]

my top thread keeps breaking while doing this😭 why could it be??

[MarithaAndersen]

I don't have a bobbin case like yours. I have transparent bobbins that you load directly into the 'hole' underneath the needle on the machine. I don't know if there is a way to lower the tension on the bobbin like mine. Do you?

Another question: you don't pull on the fabric when you see? Doesn't it 'curl up' when you get down to seam 5-6-7?

Also, everywhere I read, it says to wind the bobbin by hand, when you wind the elastic thread, but you do it on the machine, so that's OK, too?

[SHyperice]

I have tried this several times, but my fabric doesn't pull together. I don't quite understand what I am doing wrong...

[drkatel]

I'm super frustrated. On my beginner's sewing machine (Singer Stylist) I had no problem shirring. I replaced it with the more advanced heavy duty machine and I cannot get the tension right for shirring. 🤷‍♀️

[courtneyripperoni]

Pl you just you the elastic in the bobbin, and regular thread for on top?

[betsydelai]

I wish I could do this with my machine. I read on a Brother you have to loosen the bobbin and I won't touch my bobbin.

[Sharayah]

Wow I didn’t know bobbins had tensioning 😅