A Secret to Threading a Needle

[@bonniekonjevich7574]

Your mom and grandmother must have been/are extremely proud of you smiling from wherever they are. I have been a sewist 52 years and still searching for new tips. Lip balm is a great tool!

[@cherriedevyver8324]

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[@acadman4322]

Thanks for the tip. My mother and sisters sewed. we were fairly poor, so making clothes was something of a necessity. Mother had an old singer she bought for two dollars at the Goodwill store. Today, I have a Brother Project Runway computer machine that cost more than Mother earned in half a year. And every time I use it I always think of Mother and sisters making such pretty dresses and blouses with that little Singer. What amazing skills they had. I always wondered who taught Mother how to sew. She was raised as an orphan and so had no Mom to teach her. She told me, "Oh, I just learned it little by little." Funny how necessity can be such a great teacher. Recently, my older sister found a Singer of the same make and model and had it reconditioned- She sews on it just for the memories.

[@makingitthrough190]

Thank you, I'm 61 and have been sewing since I was 5. It just shows how wonderful it is to have folk pass on gems of knowledge even if it's something as simple as threading a needle. My Mum taught me a lot but didn't know this particular trick. Amazing!

[@caralinehowden2951]

Thanks for the tip regarding the lip balm, I am really going to do this as I get really frustrated when my thread ends up in loads of knots. I have known for years regarding how to thread the needle from the spool, this also applies to wool.

[@barbarasmith6414]

I'm 64 and been sewing every I was 9yrs and just learn something new, with that I'm 👍subscribing and 🔔

[@katieharris412]

My goodness. I have been sewing for 50 years. This is the first time I have heard about this technique. My life could have been so much easier. I plan to use both the tip and the conditioner. I love that you have honored your grandmother with this video. The women who came before us have contributed so much to our lives.

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[@merryhel4095]

Great tips, thank you. To thread a needle hold it over something white so that you can see that you are threading into the rounded side of the eye not the flat side (as already suggested) and then moisten the EYE of the needle NOT the thread. It also helps to snip the thread at a 45 degree angle. Another hint is to thread a number of needles onto your spool while your eyes are fresh. To easily thread a sewing machine needle, pinch the thread so that it is horizontal to the needle, run it down the groove at the front of the needle and it will then pop straight through the eye. It takes a bit of practice to hold the thread horizontally but once you get this right it will thread every time. If you are finding the above difficult it could be that your thread is too thick for the needle you are using.

[@jori7398]

All fabulous advice! Thanks so much 💞🙏🏼

[@joshuaweightman7694]

Simple, easy to understand for beginners such as myself; and it comes with a beautiful personal story. My favorite type of storytelling

[@DominiqueB165]

This method was the first thing my sewing teacher thought us 40 years ago, that and also no longer than 18 inches. Brings back memories.

[@Washiela]

I love that you still think of your mother and grandmother when you thread a needle. My 4yr oldgrandson has asked me to teach him to sew. I'd like to think that he will have the same memory of me. Thank you for sharing ❤

[@eileenfb1948]

I very recently tried this and found that it is much easier to thread a fine needle this way. Yes it sews beautifully too. I watched your video just to see if there might be something for me to learn. Great to pass on info for others.

[@marissaaller5674]

Thank you soo much! My grandma was the first to teach me how to use the sewing machine, and now I use it almost daily. With your inspiration, I shall think of her and pray for her soul everytime I start sewing. God bless!

[@conniealford1020]

Your grandmother and mother would be so proud of you. Thank you for sharing your tips. 🌫️💜🌫️✌️🙏☮️☯️💫

[@joannagerson6076]

Me too! It’s lovely that your grandmother’s knowledge is being spread worldwide to future generations. We live in England.

[@NolaGB]

I learned that trick from my mother many years ago. Excellent thread tip and glad you have passed this along to others who sew.

[@AcidAlan]

This is such an easy and simple and effective method. Other videos tell you to use a hot iron or something...which, while maybe effective, is not a simple solution! Thank you!

[@marlenemaxie6952]

A great idea, I can't wait until my granddaughters are old enough to start quilting. Sometimes it's the simplest of things that stay with us and mean the most. This is what I have to look forward to. Thank you again! 💕

[@Silva007ish]

Great tip and I love that she learned it from her mom and grandmother, and now she is handing it down. Awesome!

[@collettecaraway2759]

Great tips...it brings thoughts of Grandmother AND my Dad who was a Tailor.

[@titiekrohanimohamedkamsah7629]

The first person who taught me how to sew was my late grandmother. I can resonate how you feel when it comes to sewing. We will keep thinking of our loved ones

[@jori7398]

This is so helpful. Thank you! I have eye disease and struggle with needle threading in general, so every tip is greatly appreciated-including from those in the comments. 📣💞

[@ooohlaa13]

great tip as well as the lip pomade ... i also recently read to bring the needle to the thread, not the thread to the needle, its very subtle but it does help keeping the thread stationary instead of the needle stationary. Nevertheless at 75 I now understand when as a young person my mom would ask me to thread needles for her, I have a very difficult time now without extreme magnification, which really does help because I do beadwork.

[@ooohlaa13]

@@louisevannorden2001 wow Louise its been 4 years since I wrote that ... still knitting, painting and caring for my outdoors at 79. Thanx for your reply and yes I have lots of needle threaders of various kinds.

[@djohnson3678]

well done ! not only is it smoother sewing, the conditioner also acts like a waterproofing agent, so no wrong turn there. 1000 thumbs up !!

[@robertcarey8294]

Great video , i actually discovered this by accident , another good tip especially when threading sewing machine needles is hold something white behind the needle , like as small piece of material or paper , makes the eye much more visible !.

[@gouthamreddy431]

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[@annwithaplan9766]

Robert Carey - That's a good tip. I usually move so that I have a lighter background that will help me see it better.

[@34672rr]

i only recently discovered a needle threader. makes it easier than picking up the needle. I probably wasted hours of my life threading needles.

[@annwithaplan9766]

Yup, a needle threader will work too. : )

[@cylenadee]

Thank you for the great tips! I will use these when I am hand piecing and hand quilting. But most importantly, thank you for sharing the stories of your memories. I do this too!!!

[@fizzknit9446]

I did not know that ... I've suffered many years of twisty, knotty threads while hand sewing .... Thank you.

[@bijouxw1014]

thank you for sharing the best way to thread a needle & to remember something good at the same time. I learned to sew from a stranger so I don't have that great memory except to be grateful someone took the time to teach me.

[@shinyandnotpanicking]

This is a great tip! I always struggle with my thread winding the wrong way when I handsew so maybe this will help.

[@TexasScout]

When I was little, I would help my mom mark her hem with a hem marker and straight pins. You really don’t realize how much you learned from your mom until you get a lot older.

[@joc0553]

Brilliant idea! Thank you, Ruth, for sharing this tip!!

[@steann1]

I am a 62 yo grandad and it was nice when you, as a senior yourself, said you remember your grandmother telling you that trick. A lovely thing passing on such skills to the next generation lest they be lost.

[@shirleycrew9020]

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[@1971dave]

I am 7 I'm not allowed needle's

[@evelynr7069]

@What a maroon So you also learned a 'new to you" word. Great!

[@BruceKathleen]

I love this tip and am thinking of my mom too .. I am a spinner and knitter... my mom grew up in Dublin in the 1930s and her grandma sewed for work.. even though she was blind .. my mom threaded many needles of varying colors , in order, for her Granny Lawlor ....😀

[@claudiamandini]

I'll evoke your mum and granny too! Thanks for sharing! I did not have the privilege you had, of learning to sew from them as you did, but now that's an emotional scene to "feel" Thank you!😍

[@capcon6]

That was great, I've been doing it wrong all these year, ever since I learned to sew in first grade. Thanks.

[@Rollwithit699]

Thank you so much this! Reminds me of sewing, embroiderying, and crocheting with my dear Mother.

[@jacqulyne1282]

Wow! I have been quilting for years and have never heard either one of those tricks. THANK YOU for sharing.

[@TheButtons15]

great advice this will help me greatly when smocking and hand embroidery where the thread gets twisted and you have to keep untwisting it to keep sewing i usually end up cutting the thread and wasting a lot of my embroidery cotton i hated having to waste so much thanks for the video

[@jimhooper4252]

Marvellous what a great tip thanks to you your mother and her mother .

[@cynthialeyva5122]

Thanks for the tip. Will share with friends. So sweet, remembering your mother and grandmother. Said with so much love.

[@moladhdodhia1580]

I didn't even learn this in high school sewing class, great tips, thank you,so helpful.

[@nellyanholt5831]

I used to use a spinning wheel for wool and knew that it twisted, hence to "other" yarn to ply it "Straight", I did not know this trick for embroidery or sewing thread. Thank you so much for your effort to show this on video

[@FreddyTurner]

Great idea been 51 years and never knew that trick.. Thank you

[@vickimcgrath1430]

Thank you for sharing this tip. I love that threading a needle gives you memories of you mother and grandmother. I have simple little tasks that do the same for me with my lovely mum, time long gone now but cherished. 🌹

[@savykoshy4511]

Thank you. I always did it wrong.

[@chicfrancisco6845]

Thank you for your tip. I will start threading your way. 😊

[@rongablue]

Thank you so much, you are very sincere.

[@QueenBee-gx4rp]

Vicki McGrath My gramma was a seamstress and started me sewing when I was little. I still have the small wooden stool I sat on by her knee. Sewing by hand or mending always reminds me of how much I loved her.

[@marymaryvaralaxmi9546]

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[@louiselill1528]

Thank you so much for teaching the way your Grandmother and your mother taught you. I will only use this method from now on its funny I always think of my mam when I sew too xxx

[@dorettesmith5393]

I liked the idea, I tried it, it helps indeed and from now on I will remember you, the unknown woman from the internet. Thank you!!!

[@desleykakoulidisgallaway3382]

that is incredibly touching to me because my Mother was a tailor and I miss her - so this makes me think of her too

[@n.a.3734]

Soo cute.. makes u appreciate ur elders 😍stay💪💪!!

[@ratskirobo4836]

I dont thread and i dont sew, but because of you i now will

[@tabiewade5578]

My grandmother also did that so I have always done it too, I never knew why so thank you, my grandmother used to make dresses when she was young then later when I was a young child she would take up everyone's pants in the neighborhood , thank you. Light sewing and plants have always come naturally to me. A gift I credit to her. ❤️

[@mariadihore3159]

Great video!Thank you!🥀

[@epriedane]

Beautiful story!

[@juliabrown5396]

Threads... I feel the same way. My aunt taught me how to tie off the knot when I was done. I think of her every time I do that. Also, my grandmother taught me to run the needle thru my hair to keep it going easily thru the fabric. Same thing. 👍

[@mirellamancuso6882]

thank you!! this is so helpful!! and so sweet about remembering 💕

[@TheJudeJane]

Absolutely correct! Another tip: Wet needle eye with saliva and wet thread end. Automatic success threading! 😊

[@w6263]

What a lovely thought behind a practical tip!

[@Tina06019]

How clever! I will start doing this today. I buy beeswax thread conditioner and use it a lot; but it isn’t in my small travel sewing & repair kit. But my soft beeswax based lip balm is often in my pocket while I am traveling. Great tip! Thank you.

[@birdiecr3137]

Thank you! I have sewn all my life & never knew this!

[@fritula6200]

This tip helps to keep frustration away. Thank you.

[@conishka3749]

Thank you it really works boy I sure wish I knew this years ago I love sewing by hand its so comforting to me

[@uzmaagha4203]

Ruth you are adorable. Thank you for sharing such a great tip.

[@caroldutoit6364]

Lovely story, and great tips, especially the conditioning, thank you.

[@maureenedonovan9935]

Thank you Ruth.

[@NN-yq3yl]

hello, you bright up my day, i have come to so many experience of having the tread all twisted together, thanks.

[@kathleenhultz921]

I am 68 years old. My grandmother taught me the same thing. I do it that way, but thanks for sharing.

[@christinejager542]

I love this tip! Thank you!

[@AniaKopecblog]

I sew with my daughters too. Thank you. Greatings from Poland!

[@salwashamia5212]

Thank you for your tips...i loved the way you talked about your grany...greetings from Syria

[@terryivey5374]

Simple but necessary step one :) Learned the same, except there was always a small block of beeswax in sewing basket. Well worn with thread tracks , but loved .

[@Cazzahutch]

Very useful information. Thank you!

[@elizabethvallely4044]

Great tip thank you! My grandmother and Mum learned me how to sew also learned at the girl school I went to, Thank You for Sharing!! Liz...

[@pamketron]

I hadn't really thought about it but it does make sense. Thanks for sharing. Happy Sewing ✂️✂️

[@hummerklein2567]

Thank you so very much for the memories this is like a Christmas gift to me, thanks agan and God bless you and everything you touch.

[@EncoderFashion]

Thanks for sharing with us. That’s such a good tip.

[@savithriswaminath8064]

Very nice tip,I will tell to my daughter.

[@larryd3870]

Love this! Thanks Ruth!

[@mb7a4fmlg]

Awww thank you for sharing! How sweet!

[@marciacarter6092]

I started sewing when I was 8. I recd. more than 1 grand champion ribbon in 4-h clothing. I hold a masters degree in Home Ec.have taught for 25 years.....and have never seen this before....I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks!

[@trudiel7353]

I tried and so far sssooo good. Thanks!

[@dalebrown2237]

Good advice and such a lovely story. Thankyou for the tip!

[@juliavasquez6974]

Thk U . I will show my grandkids so the proper way is being taught.

[@blessedtobemom6236]

I like how passionate you are about this!☺

[@ravikrpranavam]

Wonderful tip.Thanks a lot

[@mtm00]

Lovely! And, thank you for sharing this tip -- I love hand sewing too.

[@chicfrancisco6845]

Thank you for your useful tip.

[@handuong7429]

Thank you for the tip.

[@caitanbraganza7480]

Thank you very much, for giving good idea to each and every one.

[@geraldinelombardo7897]

Ive always pulled from the spool. I learnred myself i would fight less with tangles and knotting! Great tips! I would like to share a tip I ecently learned... most of us would lick our fingers to moisten the thread. Instead, when you lick your fingers, run your moistened finger across the back of the needle eye, now thread. Wa la!!

[@debracampoli3935]

loved the idea and loved your story!

[@asimahussain6903]

Thanks for useful help for the common problem.☺😊👍

[@euniceluna8534]

Thanks a million! Amazing, you learn new stuff every day.

[@monopinion8799]

Thank you for your wonderful tips.

[@jennytaylor3324]

Fabulous tips!

[@dimplesmarani4327]

Good explanation thanq mam

[@ranwi7801]

Thanks RUTH for your valuable secrets & advice.....from now on I will always think of you when i thread a needle......love you....greetings from SRI LANKA ( the tiny Island in the Indian ocean )

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Ran Wija Anyone who loves teacher loves Sri Lanka! I wish the USA would import the unusual fruit you grow there.

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[@yolandosoquite3507]

Applied my z-plasty knowhow in clothes and denims ..the threads dont glide smoothly...thanks for lipbalm and not cutting from the spool tips...two thumbs up from me.

[@Saucyakld]

My grandmother taught me that as well when I was 5 and I am 70 now hahaha, teaching my grandchildren the same as my daughter was not interested

[@CHANEL_D_QUEEN]

AWESOME TECHNIQUE✨👍✨

[@carolynbodnar8009]

I am so happy to learn that. Thank you so much

[@savioursoul]

Thank you so much for this video. My thread kept getting all tangled up. A little lip balm on some new thread and problem solved.

[@ebmozo]

That's so sweet! My grandma was a great cook, and she taught me her recipes. I remember her every time I make and eat a recipe she taught me. I guess that's how you also feel about the threading trick she taught you. Anyway, I'm going to teach that trick to my son also. Thanks for the tip. :) By the way, I find that passing hand-sewing thread thru beeswax, and ironing the thread afterwards, makes it very smooth and strong and straight.

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How about sharing some recipes Esther?