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TammyM wrote:
I haven't sewed in ages. I'm making a simple vest (waistcoat, if'n you're from the UK), with back ties. I just stitched the ties, and the instructions say to turn right side out. I seem to remember there's a trick for this, and possibly even a special tool. I ain't got the tool, so can anyone tell me the trick? Other than employing tinier fingers than mine, that is! I'm getting nowhere other than frustrated right now... I know from reading the other responses that it is too late for this project, but there will be other projects in the future. I like to sew a piece of string into the end seam of the tube, a piece long enough to stick out of the tube. Fold the string into the tube, sew the seams, grab the end of the string and use it to invert the tube. Then I carefully cut the string off. liz young in sunny california (Rescue, CA that is - if I jump high enough to see over the hill I could wave at TammyM) |
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IMS wrote:
You could attach a large safety pin onto the fabric near the closed end, and then work it to maneuver the piece to be 'inside out.' I'm curious, how do you get the safety pin *opened* and *back out* after it's at the (now) far end of an enclosed belt? I have used safety pins to turn *tubes*, but only if the pin is headed for an open end. ;-} -- Beverly delete nospam and .invalid to reply |
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Elizabeth Young wrote:
: TammyM wrote: : I haven't sewed in ages. I'm making a simple vest (waistcoat, if'n you're : from the UK), with back ties. I just stitched the ties, and the : instructions say to turn right side out. I seem to remember there's a : trick for this, and possibly even a special tool. I ain't got the tool, : so can anyone tell me the trick? Other than employing tinier fingers than : mine, that is! I'm getting nowhere other than frustrated right now... : I know from reading the other responses that it is too late for this : project, but there will be other projects in the future. : I like to sew a piece of string into the end seam of the tube, a piece : long enough to stick out of the tube. Fold the string into the tube, sew : the seams, grab the end of the string and use it to invert the tube. : Then I carefully cut the string off. Oh, it's not too late! I have extra fabric, I'll just make new ties. Also, I realized too late that my pattern is a unisex pattern, and this vest is going to be FAR TOO BIG for me. Which may be ok too. I'm making this vest for a program I'm managing in April. The signature motif for this event is hot air balloons (the event is called "Soaring to New Heights".) I looked and looked for fabric with that motif, at local fabric shops and online. No luck. I did find party balloon fabric, and that's what I made the vest from. This morning whilst farting about on the internet, I found hot air balloon motif fabric and bought enough to make another vest. So the one I'm working on now just became a practice vest. Just managed to thread my serger, by the way. So the alien has been properly fed, and now I'm ready to rock and roll! : liz young in sunny california (Rescue, CA that is - if I jump high : enough to see over the hill I could wave at TammyM) Beautiful morning, Rescue, innit? :-) Thanks again for all the tips, TammyM |
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In article , BEI Design of uttered
IMS wrote: You could attach a large safety pin onto the fabric near the closed end, and then work it to maneuver the piece to be 'inside out.' I'm curious, how do you get the safety pin *opened* and *back out* after it's at the (now) far end of an enclosed belt? I have used safety pins to turn *tubes*, but only if the pin is headed for an open end. ;-} But it is headed for the open end. She said fasten it to the closed end... Now you're getting me confusticated .... -- AJH alpha dot hotel echo yankee whisky oscar oscar delta at tango echo sierra charlie oscar dot november echo tango |
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Dear Friends,
Look around the house for a short tube of some description. Put the tube inside the piece to be turned, then push the end of the piece through the tube. It will come through right-side-out. This is especially useful when one end of the piece to be turned in closed. The string method and the safety pin method both work well, too, but for really small pieces, the tube is better. I once had to turn paning for 10 Renaissance breeches. I borrowed a length of pipe from the scene shop next door, and turned it all lickety split in just a few minutes. Teri |
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Doreen wrote: That's basically the principle on which Fasturn is based, and I agree, it's fast, easy and neat. The Fasturn set, however, is a little pricey -- I see Joann's has it for $46.50, which is more than I paid for mine several years ago. Hmmm, never heard of that before, looks very useful. This site: http://www.notions.fabricstodyefor.c.../fast_turn.htm has it for $31.31 for a set of 6. But it would be under $24.00 at JoAnn's with a 50% coupon. -- Beverly delete nospam and .invalid to reply |
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pin largish safety pin to inside of end;
push head of pin insidert side of tie; work thru by scrunching the pin thru-a lil at a time; push thru to the end and VOILA! yer inside out!!!!! yayayayay! Eagle Cam; http://pdhomes.net/html/creations/Pa...Nest-Cam2.html |
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BEI Design wrote:
Hmmm, never heard of that before, looks very useful. This site: http://www.notions.fabricstodyefor.c.../fast_turn.htm has it for $31.31 for a set of 6. But it would be under $24.00 at JoAnn's with a 50% coupon. For someone who sews a lot, I think it would be well worth $24.00. The teeny tube will easily do really skinny spaghetti straps, and the other sizes work for almost anything else that needs turning. You can also use them to make filled cord. Doreen |
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The fasturn thing is where I got the idea, but I had a set, used by my students, and they pulled the plastic handles off them. I decided they were too expensive to get another set. Straws (the big ones) work for tiny turnings. I can usually find something to use for other sizes. But if the piece isn't very long, a string works just fine. I especially like this method for spaghetti straps, and for things that need to be corded. In this case, a length of string double that desired is used. The middle point of the string is sewn to the right side of the piece, then pulled after sewing. A safety pin works if both ends are open. |
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