6 SECRET SEWING TOOLS YOU DID'NT KNOW YOU NEEDED!

I love finding new gadgets that make my sewing life easier! And I bet there are some secret ones you've never heard of n this list of sewing tools!

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[MariekaSchrader]

Hi Evelyn. I am a tailor working from my home studio in Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand. One of my favourite tools is a common dinner fork. If you want to make a free-sewing pleated skirt you cut the length of the fabric needed, (as in waist to knee or desired length) and slip the fabric under the machine. Then slip the material edge through the first gap of the fork, fold the fork over and it's made a pleat! Keeping the fabric folded, slide the fork out and stitch it, continue doing this until the desired length (or waistband measurement plus seams) is completed. It's so easy. Cut a waistband and attach, stitch in the zip, finish the seam, hem it and it's done. Do a trial on a measured scrap to figure out how much material to get. Enjoy!

[mce]

Thank you! That snag tool looks super helpful. One thing that isn't a sewing tool, per se, that I use all the time is an LED head lamp. Like the kind sold in camping stores. I use it when I work around the house and need my two hands. But one day, I realized I can easily use it for sewing when I need extra light or need to see up close for hand sewing or detail work. I just put on my head lamp and I'm good to go. They are adjustable, so you can wear them as tight or loose as you like. My son likes to wear one to read under his blankets : ) They are a great idea for sewing!

[julierode-hickey]

For precise starching, I spray some starch into the lid, and then use a paintbrush to apply the liquid starch to a seam that needs some extra pressing management. I keep the brush rubber-banded to the starch can.

[sister]

I don’t own a jump jumper but I kinda inherited my grandma’s sewing kit and I saw that she had a stash of old telephone cards in it and then I realized she used them as a hump jumper! Just stack them as much as you need for thicker layers.Been using those instead of the hump jumper. Old bank cards Works too and it’s free!

[pixiecora]

I love the dress and room divider screen that agree in the background!

[kathys]

Wow! My mum taught me to sew when I was around 7 y.o. on a Singer. Now 70 years later I have made everything from baby suits to wedding dresses and I still love sewing....But you have taught me a thing or two and opened my eyes to magic! Not kidding! THANKYOU. Xx x.
You're never too old to learn.

[penneyippen]

Just a little fyi…that little black button on the side of your zigzag presser foot IS A BUILT IN HUMP JUMPER…when the foot starts to slope up, stop with the needle down in your fabric, raise the presser foot lever, level out the foot putt the black button in until you feel it hook in, keep pressing the black button in and lower the presser foot…if the foot was leveled properly, the backside will now be up level with your project… no stretched stitch not extra stuff to fiddle with and it releases itself when the foot is completely over the hump! It is the best “top secret ( aka least talked about feature of modern sewing machines!)

[sarabockenstedt]

I make a lot of purses and bags and my best tool is the walking foot. It evenly feeds the multiple layers of fabric, stabilizers, and batting or foam. And it works like a charm on thick seams (just go slow). Also - using a denim needle while working with bulky fabrics has been a game changer!

[floatinglotuswomenswellness]

I'm just pleased as punch that I have ALL of your secrets in my sewing room... somewhere. I just moved house and everything is still boxed up, but I should be back to sewing by the start of next year! Here's my hint from this journey - when you know you're going to move, it's a great time to take your machine(s) to the repair shop for a tune-up! I packed mine into their original boxes and dropped them at my sewing store. They even shipped them to the branch that's closer to my new location, saving me gas money as well. Bonus is I get to meet the staff at the new store when I go to get them and start a new relationship!

[JillC]

I used to sew a string into spaghetti straps, catching it into the end, then pull it to turn the tube, and cut it off later.

[Heekmaat]

6 secret tools from the video:
1-coiless safety pin at 1:33
2- hump jumper 2:50
3- loop turner 5:00
4- overlocker needle threaders 6:00
5- spray starch 7:52
6- snag repair tool 9:47

[merleannetteboykin]

Snag repair tool I was taught to use a needle threader that has the metal tab to hold with thin wire that goes through eye of needle. You push wire through fabric from back side and slide the snag in to opening then pull back through the fabric. Works great, especially on sweaters.

[beckycordell]

Hi Evelyn. YouTube suggested your video, and it was quite enjoyable. Don't know if you check comments this far or from posting, but I thought I would add a tip I learned too long into my sewing years. The hump jumper is a great tool, but there's an easier way to deal with thick seams. See that little black button in your presser foot? Sew up and over the bulk, then as the front of the foot leaves the fabric, press that black button. It will lock the foot in the highest horizontal position, then as the back of the foot begins to clear the bulk, the black button will release allowing the presser foot to relax and follow the fabric again. You sometimes have to figure where the button will depress and kick, but once you do, it's a game changer!

[carolschedler]

The spray starch: also makes a great fabric protector. Ever notice that new clothes releases soil easily on the first wash? It’s the sizing or starch. I use spray starch on the front of hubby’s work shirts and front of kids jackets. Also on the cuffs. Amazing how nice these items release soil.

[katydanckaert]

Love this video! I hadn't heard of 4 of the 6. However a tool that I use frequently is a hemostat. You know those little pinchers that doctors use. They are perfect for recapturing that slipped elastic that has gone down into the casing. They lock so you can grab the center of a tube and pull it though like a loop tool. (I also use them for stuffing dolls and that sort.

[ruewolff]

The sleeves on that blouse are incredible ❤

[skwervin]

Mum used to lay a thin blanket ( roughly the thickness of a baby blanket doubled over at minimum) on the sewing table and then covered it with a sheet that covered the whole table before putting her sewing machine on the table. The blanket would dampen the vibrations for starters, then as you were sewing, you could pin things to the sheet/blanket to hold themselves in place or out of the way and if you were needing to rapidly put pins in as you were sewing and take them out again, you could stick them in the surface as a type of huge pin cushion.
But best of all was when you were done. If there were any dropped pins, they would still be on the sheet and easy to pick up, rather than being swept onto the floor. She also kept a reasonably strong magnet on the shelf nearby if she thought one had headed south. The magnet had a string tied through a ring on the top, and she would just swing it over the floor, and any pins, needles, hooks, etc, would leap up onto the magnet. She would do this at the end of every session, even when she had a dedicated table and room, as a test to see if she could not drop any at all.

She would also keep the scrap ends of ribbon or lace. She would tie the ribbon into tiny bows and hand sew them on the the lace and keep them in a tin. These would be used to decorate baby clothes, doll clothes, or any ornaments. Both of my parents were born at the start of the great depression and nothing was ever wasted.

[patgottshalk]

Another great video. I use the jump jumper from the back to level out the foot rather then pushing the fabric.

[cynthiastraub]

Have and use all six, but I am a sewing nerd and a gadget hound!

[katjoy]

so, you just "game changed" things for me with two of the secrets. I have been having issues with my needle threader and I'm getting too old to see well bad combo. I'm going to look for that threader. Also, the starch. I am just getting into sewing knits more, and knowing I can spray starch the seams to make it easier? Holy cow!