Making my own SEWING TOOLS: Tabletop Ironing Board, Tailor's Pressing Ham & Pin Cushions!

DO IT YOURSELF! Because not always it's necessary to buy all your sewing tools. You can upcycle and repurpose some materials and turn them into new tools! ✂🧵 Learn HOW TO in this video!

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✂️ 𝗠𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗜𝗬 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 & 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀:

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⏱️ 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦:
00:00​ Intro
00:42​ How to Make a Tabletop Ironing Board
05:39​ How to Make Tailor's Pressing Ham
10:41 How to Make Pin Cushions (3 different types)
14:52​ BONUS: Turn an old speaker into a Magnetic Pincushion
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𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗡:

𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗠𝗘:
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[katiaolivera]

⏱️TIMESTAMPS:
00:00​ Intro
00:22​ How to Make a Tabletop Ironing Board
05:12​ How to Make Tailor's Pressing Ham
10:41 How to Make Pin Cushions (3 different types)
14:52​ EXTRA: How to transform an Old Speaker into a Magnetic Pincushion

[misstweetypie]

Vintage tailors hams were apparently filled with hardwood sawdust/shavings, for those curious. If you have access, you may want to try that as a filling instead :)

[teresareading]

There is nothing quite like making your tools the colors and styles you want. What wonderful ideas and work.

[wendyfay]

I'm really pleased to see how you make the tailors hams. I've recently moved house and now I only have a small sewing room so I'll have to make do with my fold up ironing board, however I'll certainly make the hams that you have shown. Fortunately I have a few wool blankets that I can cut up for the hams.
I remember when I was a little girl (I'm almost 70 y.o.), folding ironing boards always came with a separate folding piece underneath the ironing board so that when you opened the ironing board, there was another part that could be lifted up for ironing the shoulders on sleeves, cuffs, ruffles, etc. I'm so often surprised when I hear people who not only don't iron anything, but they don't even know how to iron!
It's a shame that some of these things that we just used to take for granted, have now just become a thing of the past. I was only telling a young lass today that when you bought purses or handbags, they were always manufactured with a coin sewn into the inside because it was considered unlucky to give a purse or handbag without a coin inside it. I also remember that females, including children, were also expected to wear hats and gloves for church and Sunday school, as well as school uniforms. I find myself telling younger people some of these things that have disappeared nowadays, but there are other things that are celebrated nowadays such as Halloween and Valentines day. I live in Australia. I realise that this isn't sewing related, but I'd love to know in what country you live and if you have noticed any changes in your country.
I love that thanks to the internet, we are able to extend our knowledge on certain subjects, such as sewing related information here, but it's also given us the opportunit learn about the various cultures and countries around the world.
Back to your excellent and very informative sewing related video. I'd be really grateful if you would please put the measurements for the hams in the area below as it's difficult to see the measurements on the screen because of size and colour of the font of the measurements on the screen, and also the contrast of measurements on the screen and the size and colour against the background colour. I'd be really grateful to you if you would be kind enough to do this for me please.
I'd also like to suggest something to make it easier to turn the fabric from the inside out.
If you sew a piece of thread doubled over at the opposite end of the opening, so that where the loop is doubled over at the top part, it's caught under a couple of the stitches when sewing (around the end opposite the opening), ensuring that the thread is long enough to hold onto to pull it at the opening end. When turning the piece through to the right side, it makes it so much easier to turn back from the inside out.
This is especially handy for turning thick fabric through, or narrow pieces such as for straps, etc.
The thickness of the thread required will depend upon the thickness of the fabric that needs to be turned, and the amount of tension that's required to pull through. If you don't want to double over the thread, then a piece of nylon ribbon also works well because it will be strong enough to pull on, and it will catch over a few sewing stitches so no need for a loop to double it over.
I'm sorry if I haven't described this very well as it's probably easier to show on a video than describe it with words, however I'm happy to expand on my explanation if you would like.

[sncstudiofashion]

Wish all sewing videos on youtube had quality like this

[missmatti]

Good idea to use an old wool blanket as padding for your pressing board! 👌🏻Turning an old speaker into a magnetic pin cushion was also so creative. I have made most of these items as well - but I have yet to make those jars with pincushions on top and I think that will be really helpful to store my pins in. 😊

[KittenBowl]

I love this! My grandfather was a professional tailor who made custom suits for both men and women back in the day. I’ve visited his shops many times while I was younger though he didn’t let me touch client’s garments. Lol. I sewed around him when I was 7 he let me touch Singer manual sewing machine. My mom is also a very good seamstress and made all of my dresses for piano recitals and concerts! Now I’m into making quilts (though I’m not American I’m in Japan!) and making all kinds of stuff, and I love to make my own sewing tools like this! I already made pincushions and needle books that hold tons of needles that don’t take spaces and can carry in my purse if I wanted. I was shopping for tailors hem and what we call sleeve pressing cake (the long one), and I was surprised they can be quite expensive! I love that I can make these things easily! I have old wool blankets (100% felted wool) that I don’t use as it’s super heavy lol. Yes it’s warm but so heavy in a queen size 😂Now I know how to upcycle them. 😊
Thanks for the inspiration! This is wonderful! Just subscribed!

[janemartin]

These are great ideas. Luckily, I've been able to find tailor's hams and a wrist pin holder (magnetic) in thrift stores along with other nice sewing tools. I just found a mechanical sewing machine for less than $20 that works great. Shop around--bargains are out there. Happy sewing!

[SparkyOne]

Make sure you only stuff with cotton fabric, no synthetics, same goes for thread sewn with, for the tailors hams.

[berniecelee]

You’re very creative. These tools are great and you hand made them ! 👍 well done.
I am saving this video to make them when I can clear up a room and make it into a sewing room. These tools cost so much in stores so by making them ourselves, we stand to save $$$ .. lots of $$$ in savings 😉 .
That old speaker …omg, who would have thought we can repurpose it the way you did ! It feels good to repurpose stuff .
Thanks for this inspirational video! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[emmahardesty]

Smart, entirely doable, and with very pleasnt presentation. Thank you--

[preciousstone]

What a beautiful elegant video. You have turned sewing into an artwork. I am captivated. Thank you for a quality production unlike any other on YouTube.

[saramckey]

The sewing machine was my favorite item!! I'm going to make my machine a pin cushion. I already know what fabric I'm going to use.👍🪡

[olgas.]

Очень хорошо всё показано и сделано, единственно, внутрь подушек для утюжки лучше не дожить обрезки ткани, от пара они будут увлажнятся сильно и не просыхать, лучше положить опилки для животных из не смолистых деревьев. Всё аккуратно, красиво, спокойная музыка, просто супер

[arvettadelashmit]

Pin Cushions are some of the things I have been wanting to make (for gifts and for use at home). I love your pin cushions on top of jars idea; and, the one on top of the sewing machine. The jars may be used to hold spools of threads, snips, buttons and other items in plain sight. Wonderful.

Back in Public School my sewing teachers told me that Tailor's Hams and rolls were filled with sawdust. I don't know how I would ever completely fill a Tailor's Ham or Roll with sawdust (or what kind of wood saw dust to use). Your way of making those very useful tools looks like something I should be able to do by myself. These are wonderful ways to use up all those scrap pieces of fabric and threads. Thank you for this video.

[nzjan]

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[Людмила-ьйе]

Судя по просмотрам, есть три вещи на которые можно смотреть вечно. Как течëт река, как горит огонь и как кто-то работает.

[Pasiphai]

Good morning. Two years ago I commented on this video. I was impressed and assimilated, every action of recycling and design. Today I put into practice what I learned from you. You are talented.
Fotini from Greece ❤

[Phenylalasyndromepcos]

I love all sounds in this vdeo.. sketchg, cuttng, sewing.. 😁

[Rosewiled]

What a relaxing and inspiring video, your pin cushions jars are so cute! If you do a lot of notching in your projects it is worth investing in pinking shears to save yourself cutting each notch individually. It also helps to prevent fraying.