5 Sewing Tips You Haven't Heard Before (my favourite sewing tips)

These 5 sewing tips may not be commonly known or talked about, but they work! Easy to apply and you don't need any extra tools to start using these techniques. Let's sew better together!

VIDEO PARTS:
00:00 Intro
00:08 Tip 1: matching seams
01:57 Tip 2: marking grainline on knit fabrics
02:47 Tip 3: sewing with big thread cone
03:30 Tip 4: shortening plastic zipper
04:41 Tip 5: disposing old sewing needles

Let's connect!

[annarodriguez]

When I was young, I'm 76, pin cushions used to be filled with sand so pins and needles were automatically sharpened by sticking them into it. This explains why my mom never threw out her needles and pins.
I have a bucket of sand which I use to sharpen my gardening shears and pruners so I think I will take a handful and make an old fashioned pin cushion.

[botflyguy]

I love that not not only is the thumbnail not clickbait, but you also speak about it first :D great video ty

[josephineaddison]

We have some common ideas, but I learned the triangle at the base of the zip. Thanks

[AprylZA]

I can't believe I'm not the only one who's concerned about the old pins & needles (and rotary cutter blades) I've found my tribe! ;0) I collect them all in an old tin and then drop the whole thing into the metal recycling bin, and feel so much better about my world. Happy sewing everyone!

[fafa.]

amazing, Your English is simple and clear. I can understand it without translation. I have benefited a lot from you. Thank you. 🇸🇦

[danamason]

I have a Styrofoam ball ( cut in half) and push the broken needles down in it.

For years, to run thread to my machine from a large cone. I used a binder clip and clipped it to the actual spool holder shaft, set the cone beneath it on the table, and run the thread through the hole of the binder clip, then threaded the machine.
My hubby paid attention to this and with his welding skills he made me a thread holder with a welded harbinger clip on it. He had literally looked at ones you could buy and mimicked it for me. That is real Love. :)

[NereeaBlanca]

Oh My Goood! The cup trick just made my day! Thank you, thank you, thaaank you!❤🎉

[allieg]

That zipper tip is fantastic!

Ive never been a fan of jow you see most ppl just zigzag at the bottom of thr zip.
This is so near and so much mor3 secure!

Thanks for all the great tips! 🙂

[SueSewTall]

Great tips, thank you. Love the solution for disposing of used needles and pins.

[womanofsubstance]

So I'm sitting here smugly thinking, "Well, I knew this stuff decades ago." Then I realize there are younger people coming up who may well NOT know these things that DO help make sewing experience better, and I had to learn them sometime, too.
Then you mention the TicTac container idea, which IS new to me! I don't buy TicTacs, but I do have several small medicine bottles around that would work as well. Thank you for that idea!
What I have done in the past is use a small piece of scrap styrofoam or, more commonly, a thickly folded piece of scrap denim or paper to hold "dead" needles and pins for disposal.
Nice video.

[SIKH]

Used pins in box. Excellent idea. You are a very thoughtful person.😊

[erikaweirdsurname]

You are literally the best. These tips are amazing, I usually wrap my needles in a cotton pad and masking tape but tictac box is such a good idea, way easier

[buzzik]

The first tips is great - it's what quilters use to get exact intersections!

[Mbelova]

the hack with the needles/pins disposal is awesome, had the same concern and the solution is so elegant!!

[elizabethelle]

I’ll try the thread cup for sure! Gives me an excuse to buy a new pretty cup 😊

[charlie]

Thanks for the tips. Some I knew already, but some not. So the TicTac Box 🙂Very good idea ... upcycling 🙂

[onyinyechijioke]

Love the zipper one! And I absolutely love your blouse!

[mangomerle]

For large thread, I put it into a 1 quart, wide mouth mason jar. Almost all of the large thread I have will fit in one (except the vintage spools I've been gifted, those I have to put into bobbins to be able to use on my machine, but I like them more for hand sewing than machine) and the thread doesn't catch at the bottom of the spool where the sides of the cup touch the thread because the thread doesn't have to touch the sides of the jar. I do have a thread holder now, but exclusively used the quart jar method for years.

[Hiker_who_Sews]

Bent pins and dull needles fit easily through the holes in an old spice container's flip/shaker top, too. It's a little bigger, but kids would be less inclined to open it looking for treats.

[mangomerle]

I really appreciate the zipper finish tip as I've been making a lot of zippered bags lately.