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Testing TikTok Sewing Tricks: Do they work??
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
- Have you seen some of these sewing hacks on social media? Join me as I put them to the test to see if they actually work, or if my old-school ways are better! I’ll test out a quick way to sew an exposed zipper, a trick that uses cardboard to help sew bias trim, and I’ll even try using pasta to help me apply elastic, sew bias trim and couch yarn. The last one is a beautiful way to turn a fine point on a collar.
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0:00 Intro
0:43 Exposed zipper
5:51 Using cardboard to sew bias trim
10:38 Using penne to apply elastic
13:41 Using penne to sew a bias strap
15:06 Using penne to couch yarn
17:02 Using thread to turn a sharp point
My mother trained as a couturier at Cheltenham Ladies College in the UK back in the late 40's. The collar point turning trick is one she taught me when I was 7yo. It's good to see that new generations are re-learning the "old" ways! 😂 thanks Catherine. BTW ...love the way you present on camera.
That’s amazing to hear! I didn’t know that thread trick was a couture method. How I would’ve loved to learn from your mum!!
You could use the first idea to add a zipper to a sweatshirt that you want to upcycle. And using the thread to help form a point on a collar is genius.
For the Couching with the Noodle - I think a Straw could work just as well. Maybe a fatter straw might be better than a narrow straw.
If you have my brand of machine a couching foot will cost about $50. I can get a lot of pasta for that. My hint for bias binding is to sew it on the back with a zig zag stitch and fusible thread in the bobbin. Then when you turn it over and press, it will adhere with out pins. Then is easier, for me to sew a very precise narrow stitch on the front.
Hello Karen
The collar corner thread was pretty smart. Faster than picking at it until it’s perfect.
Thank you for this video! I often see those too and am often sceptical!
Love this! So fun! Hope you collect more and make this a series every two or three months!
What a great idea for a video. I cut up a drinking straw into short lengths and tape them to the machine in a couple of places when I'm couching. Similar idea to the penne. It works well.
This was fun to watch! Thanks for showing how we (might) make our sewing faster, easier and better. 😃
Hello Laura
OMG the pointed collar! Jaw dropped! Fantastic!
I tried these hacks before and got the same results that you did. I think some people make up stuff to get us to watch their videos. Keep teaching us the correct way. Thanks!
Great!! I have been wondering about these too! Love the point tip because I sew tiny collars and cuffs on doll clothes and it’s tough to turn without making a hole. ❤
The point one was great. And you showing how to sew 🧵 the correct way the bias. Thank you. 🤗
This was a lot of fun. My daughter keeps sending me these Tik Tok videos and I've wondered if they work. I agree that some regular methods are better, but I do love the one about using the thread to turn the point. That's genius. Thank you so much. I love all your videos.
I am a big fan. Loved this. The cardboard is not taped to the sewing machine with the bias tape. It slides along as you sew, so that is likely why it did not work for you, Catherine.
Hello Leslie
I have seen it done that way as well😊
I also liked the zipper technique and the turning of the collar. I might try those soon.
And, no you did not give up too early. Thanks for trying those techniques. The thread collar corner technique was ingenious
Crazy! I agree with the ones you like too! Although, I think a straw section would work as well as the pasta. There are some larger size straws available if a standard one was too small. I’ve seen the collar corner one done for long tube like belts or straps too! Works quite nicely!
Thanks for trying those out. I saw most of the hacks you tried on CZcams shorts. I appreciate you giving these a try.
Hello Susan
This video had me howling. The entertainment value was great when you tried the cardboard and pasta techniques. Please keep the videos coming. They are instructive and entertaining.
I love watching these Catherine. Quite mesmerizing. Your hair looks fab. So healthy & shiny.😊
She’s gorgeous!
can't wait to try the collar point hack.
Your videos are always so good. Very professional and enjoyable to watch. Your expertise inspires me. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Have you seen the one where you have a square of fabric, make a triangle, and then, the triangle bottom is folded in like an envelope, the top of the triangle is left up. Then, you mark your fabric two inch increments, then cutting across from the bottom up, and there's your bias tape ready to sew. I hope I explained it ok. She made it look so easy.
It was fun to watch. You did not give up too early. It was fussy and very likely stay fussy. Why bother? Great video. The ones that did work are great. U remember my Mom doing the itching I with the pointy end. I couldn’t remember exactly how she did it. She had so many short cuts She did something with tank top shoulder seem. One side was inside out the other side was inside in. Put the inside pout over the inside in match the edges and the seams. Now you have two choices. 1. Sew the circle or 2. Sew four layers across. She did it often and over many years by the time I learned, she made it look easy. My first attempt was not pretty. If you get it right using one seam across the four layers I is a time saver.
I have watched the string corner pulling technique with professionals and it works very well, but I would test it before using it with delicate or loosely woven fabrics .
I thought the ones that worked were awesome! Thanks for taking the time!
It's nice to try out these " new" techniques. This is how we make sewing easier and more enjoyable. Thanks!
Re: couching with a noodle... Could you use a plastic drinking straw instead? As I don't want stray pasta attracting bugs in my sewing room. 💖🌞🌵😷
Thanks for trying these tip & tricks Catherine. I saw these on Instagram as well. I was wondering about the cardboard tip for bias tape and if it would actually work. Now I know! 😂 You could call his series "Catherine's Pass👍 or Fail 👎 "
They’ve been making bias binder attachments for only 120 years or so 😂. And cording feet, too. Is it odd that single fold bias tape has two folds, and double fold bias tape has three?
Iv tried the cardboard and it did not work for me either. I worry about the fabric edge not being overlocked and freying doing the zip tht way .. from South Africa
The bias binder attachments vary in quality. The one I have I do not recommend. They need to have definite shelves at the top and bottom of the feed in order to hold the top and bottom of the binding. Some of the ones I’ve encountered have been useless.
She is toooo funny and so talented ❤
Thank you Catherine
Thank you. It was fun.
I could not pick up my jaw from the floor after seeing the point turning trick with the thread. Brilliant, genius, award-winning 🏆 My Runner ups:
❤the couching technique with the pasta Noodle and
❤applying a zipper where there is no seam allowance. ❤❤❤
This was fun to watch.
Fun fact: if you use a frixon pen and run your iron over it, the ink becomes invisible (but it's still there)! Don't believe it? Stick your fabric in the freezer for a couple of hours so it gets nice and cold and the ink will reappear. 💖🌞🌵😷
I have knit patterns that I want to use cotton. How to get over head! Zipper!! but no seam. this was GREAT!!!!! Was fun watching you try the rest of them.
Hello Kathy
Thanks so much for testing them out, and thank you, especially for showing us your way to do them. I was surprised at the couching trick. I think I might practice something like your needle felted flower jumper but couched. You're an inspiration as always.
Attachments are easy to use, better than hacks
Fun wins and fails! One thing that several of the Tic Tok sewers used that many of the CZcams sewers and quilters that I follow do not do, is to use solid fabrics and thread that have a lot of contrast. It is so much easier to see the actual techniques that are being taught. Can't wait for your next video! su
So fun. The zipper, couching, and collar point methods are great. And at least you can eat a good pasta meal!
I add a piece of yarn to my zipper pull and that makes it easy to pull shut/open as needed
That’s a great idea!
You did great, I have seen these little films too, and it looket so Easyjet. So thank you for testing them out. 👍🏻
Hello hannetang
Fun and informative. I've only done couching (by hand) in bead embroidery. You brought back memories of a childhood dress my Mom made. She couched my first initial on simple shift dress. The initial was huge and the dress cute.
Hello Liz
There are bias binder attachments that you can put on your machine to automatically fold a strip of bias fabric, but they're made of nicely polished and formed metal to keep the friction down so the fabric can actually go through it reasonably.
Also with your bias technique, a suggestion: start by sewing the bias to the fabric right-sides together. Then when you press the bias to the wrong side, make sure that the fold on the wrong side is slightly longer than where the right-side fold ended up. Then do a stitch-in-the-ditch from the right side to catch the fold on the wrong side for a nearly invisible finish.
Thanks, but I definitely prefer starting bias on the wrong side. It’s much easier this way!
@@CatherineSews This video was "fake". It pretends that you don't have to iron the biastape before attaching, but then there is a cut and you see that the bias is completly folded and ironed and the cardboardthing is only a guide.
@@Tina_42 I suspect you’re right!
I learned the last one from Pattydoos sewing videos, really neat!
Thanks so much for sharing ❤️
The bias ones actually work good for people with arthritis, carpal tunnel, difficulty with using fingers for small things, etc. It also works great for a rolled hem.
That was so much fun, ❤❤.
Hello Tanya
These were awesome…thanks for trying them out and sharing!
Lol.😂 I have seen all of these tips. I have to say instead of a noodle you should try a straw. They do a lot of different tips with straws!! Cute video 🙂
That was so fun to watch.
I did notice the Tic Tok person used shorter pasta. The zipper and collar point were amazing, thanks for the video Catherine.
That was fun. I don't think you gave up too soon. Kind of like those "Pinterest Fails" videos.
I've often wondered about these too. Thanks so much for showing us. I loved the zip insertion and the collar point, definitely trying those.
This was great. Very interesting and fun.
Hello Mario
Of all of these tricks i have only done the yarn one but i used a straw and it worked
Thanks for the litmus test.. helps..
Love learning from the trials you have conducted! Also, I have been tracing pattern shapes with a pencil, just ordered the erasable pens from your link, I look forward to an easier time drawing! Thanks, Laurie
Good tips. Looks like fun
I loved this video, especially the elastic in the sleeve - I’m a new sewist and really like sleeves done that way - thank you. Marie from 🇬🇧
So glad u tried these different techniques. I liked the same ones that you liked. Always helpful to see what other people are trying. It's great if it helps us to fine tune our techniques. Thank you.🤗
Fun video. I had saved some of those techniques on pinterest to try later. Now I know which ones really work. Thank you
Thank-you for the great tips! 😅❤
Love this video. Such common sense 😊. Yes the techniques that were a success have good uses. I never heard of couching before, so thanks for that. Well done, i enjoy all your content
I have been questioning those exact same moves, thank you so much for doing the test
So glad I watched this video! It was fun to watch and it will help in some of my sewing techniques. Making a nice point, as in the collar example, is a very great hack.
This was fun! Thank you so much for trying these out!! ☺
What a great idea! I have seen the trick with the thread sewn into the pointed corner, and it is nice to see that it works as advertised. I had not heard of the pasta things, that is hilarious that one of them worked! If I find any more, I will send them to you to test!!
Hello Doris
I’ve seen on using a piece of plastic straw for couching technique. I liked the ones you found easily to do.
Thank you for testing these hacks. Bravo. Would like to see more.
That was fun to watch! You’re fun as well!
This video was AWESOME! I hope you do this again with other tips.
I love my different feet. I dont have to hay wire a solution. Like you i mostly just do it without attachments or special feet because I'm too impatient but once you learn a method, either way, its faster to just do it and not to look for shortcuts. Now the collar points... excellent! I never get mine perfect.
Thank you for doing this for us
TU now I know what Not to do Love your videos
Thanks for showing which of these is successful. The zipper trick is genius! Will be using that one.
What a great idea to try these! A blast to watch!
Hello gebbia
Yes. What sometimes, sometimes is they use a industrial machine.
And, a lot of that stuff is "click bait".. it's super cute your presentation
Loved this, thank you!
The corner collar was great!
Thanks for this!
I just used a chopstick for my corner and i get nice crisp points.
This was a great video. Thanks!
You don’t need a penne pasta for the crouching hack. Just cut down a straw. You can even get a boba straw for the thicker yarn and cords
The corner point . I liked
I love this video with testing the tiktokthings. There are so many of them you think is easy. This was great. 👍😎🐕🦺🐈⬛
Super fun idea 👍🏻 GREAT video 😊 TFS
That was fun thank you for trying them out. There was a machine attachment that held the cord for couching. Like the pasta but not pasta. I saw it on a sewing show maybe in the 90’s. It’s a really fuzzy remembrance but I do know that something was made to do that. Mind you I also remember a quilting show talking about “new” amazing feet that allowed you to bind quilts in one step. I already had that foot it came with the treadle sewing machine!
I did really like the zipper one looks easier than remembering how to do a button placket! Which is my way of avoiding zippers cause they are the devil!
Fun video!
Hello Leann
I recognize that Heineken star from anywhere!
🤣
A drinking straw works well for some of these hacks. I have seen a folded piece of aluminum used to sew on bias tape (like what you tried with the cardboard. I love the last one. Thank you.
Like they say, Use your “Noodle “ and continue on. 😂 sometimes we just have to do it for ourselves, like making certain recipes. Nice video.
The first zipper trick is a lot like doing welt pockets, which is super easy once you know how. I'm thinking this way might work on a top that's too tight or the pattern has the dreaded side zip, which I just can't deal with. Cool! For the bias tape cardboard trick... the point of bias tape is to go around curves (that's the "bias" part) like arm and neck openings, so sewing it in straight lines has limited use anyway. Thanks for doing this!
I use a fat straw for couching. The length is whatever you want it to be.
I just discovered your channel, and I haven't seen all of your videos yet, but would love to learn more on couching like making tubes. I have so many ideas for straps and ties! Would love a demo that also could suggest what kind of cord could go inside!
Thanks for such great tutorials
I think that using a spent pen barrel (or straw) would be a better option than a noodle for less friction (and I've seen that demo'd in similar click bait!)
Thanks Catherine - that was great to watch and loved how you showed your method as opposed to the 'dodgy' ones. Just found you and subscribed! Great content thank you 🙂
This is great, thanks
Hello Bonnie