SEWING HACKS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

[@marathonfortruth4768]

This is what I love about sewing...you can always learn something new. I have been at it for 50 years.. since grade school. Great video!

[@peggymason7438]

Me too!

[@mummideerist]

Me too!!!

[@Sylvia-Storm]

Ditto

[@CleverEwe]

Defo

[@hnedemorgan5987]

@@peggymason7438 BBB p p

[@phyllisbannister8733]

What an excellent seamstress and teacher you are! I have sewn for 64 years and learned lots of excellent techniques from your video. Please keep doing these instructional presentations so we can all make the most of clothing and keep those items that we can recycle out of the landfills! Many thanks!

[@DowntownTailoring]

Thank you!!! 🥰

[@mereese1]

💖💖💖💖💖you had me at "hello" Love it, keep 'em coming! 💯

[@DowntownTailoring]

🥰 🥰🥰

[@gypsygirl731]

Cool rolled hem with ban roll. Love French seam.pocket hack is great. Spaghetti hack 👍

[@DowntownTailoring]

Thanks 🥰

[@bridget7223]

6:52 is a basic crochet chain. Awesome video, you're the best!!!

[@cathys949]

I love that rubber hammer trick! A neighbor taught me that 30 years ago - it's saved me so much hassle!

[@lissataylor12345]

Your videos are simply, wonderful.

[@terryech9110]

French seams are more comfortable than seams done on a serger. I had a kid that could not tolerate anything rough in his clothes so if I made something for him I would use french seams.

[@DowntownTailoring]

Yes. It makes sense. Somehow the serger is rougher.

[@awabbit3562]

I'm one of those kids grown up. I find polyester threads are really rough compared to the fabric around them, and it takes them forever to soften up if they ever do.

[@evilempryss]

To build your thread collection, watch for estate sales. Grandma tends to leave behind a LOT of sewing supplies and you can get some great deals

[@DowntownTailoring]

Yessss! That's a great idea 💡 Thanks so much for your input.

[@hazelem1266]

That loop is great! When I was 10 years old (half a century ago🤣) we made button loops, but we had several strands of the thread and did a blanket stitch across the length of the thread. Your idea is so much faster.

[@DowntownTailoring]

😁😁😁 But I'll tell you something. If I'm going to make button loops I'd do it your way. They're stronger. When I sew hook and eye, I usually make your loops! Cheers 😉

[@ruthirwin8222]

I still do them like that but no more

[@cmdfnp]

I was taught the same technique with thread and blanket stitch. I like to use embroidery thread as it is thicker. It also is a different look for garment.

[@Higherseeker]

Thank you so much for sharing your amazing skills and knowledge. So generous of you.

[@georgianntaus7379]

Your videos are great. Thank you for sharing your sewing tips and tricks. Learned so many new things after sewing for 30+ years.

[@DowntownTailoring]

Oh wow thank you! I’m so glad to hear!

[@tammysoutherland1405]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 LMBO..... Collection of thread. You may not be the best example. 🤣🤣 We all do that with something.

[@DowntownTailoring]

😂😂😂😂

[@bbrosser694]

Wow! I can see just after my first view of just one technique; I'm going to love this channel. Wow! Again!

[@DowntownTailoring]

Thanks so much. Welcome to our community! 💕

[@mozu517]

Making the chain is like crocheting

[@DowntownTailoring]

Yes! Pretty much the same.

[@debbieperkins7270]

Well, duh…. Wider end for turning a strap🤦🏼‍♀️. This is why I watch tutorials after 40 years of serious sewing. Thank you!!!

[@nancyhooper1891]

Me too!

[@dianadivadiamond]

Those tips are quite useful especially the Euro Hem for the jeans. 💯💯💯♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@nss1234567]

These sewing tips are great! Thank you for making sewing easier.

[@arrianranger5800]

Never saw a french seam like that bfore !

[@blufaerie]

Omg I’ve never heard of the ban roll technique! So many of these tips were new to me, thank you!

[@DowntownTailoring]

My pleasure 🥰

[@annethevenot461]

Great tips. Keep ‘em coming

[@DowntownTailoring]

Thanks! Will do! 🥰

[@lesleyarmstrong8175]

these help a lot....got excited at the end when the blind stitcher was used. i purchased one because it looked neat. i have yet to try it.

[@DowntownTailoring]

Yessss! Happy sewing 🥰

[@lindaspringwater1321]

Thank you so much

[@kathieweir9762]

I'm always wanting to learn more tips and techniques for sewing my creations

[@ddobbins777]

How'd you get to be so clever? 🤓😎❤️ Thank you for sharing bc the truth is, until someone is kind enough to show us the difference, we tend to keep repeating our same mistakes. 💯

[@BudandBloomWithBlossom]

This is a totally excellent video!! Excellent tips, well explained and demonstrated!

[@janetcozens4623]

OMG this is Amazing I'm subscribing now lol lol 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@elizabethclaiborne6461]

Chain stitch belt loops are a factory/ shipping thing to keep a belt with a dress. You’re supposed to cut them off before you wear the dress. People are seeing those and wondering why those are still there.

[@DowntownTailoring]

Yes. I feel you. But I'd like to tell you something. I have an alteration shop and my customers ask me to remove or to sew on these loops at the same rate. Some hate it and some find that the belt wander too much without it. As fashion designer opened to trends I see this as a language with different dialects. I don't allow myself to judge... well, most of the time 😉😁

[@lindalourens5731]

Hi, thank you for these awesome tips and demonstrations. Do you have a video (or could you make one please) that shows us how to cut a pattern off an existing garment? Thank you.

[@_infinitecoil]

the spaghetti strap tip !!

[@DowntownTailoring]

🥰🥰🥰

[@Heathers_Handbags]

this video is amazing!!! these are true tips and helpful for any level of sewer. :) thank you!!!

[@CatherineSews]

I love that ban roll hem! I have to try that. And you're the only other YTer I've seen who uses a quadruple thread for sewing buttons! Yay!

[@DowntownTailoring]

I didn't know. I always use quadruple thread and my colleagues too. Isn't it funny!

[@hazelann63]

To go over the seam more easily put a flat button under the foot this allows the foot to pass over the seam with no problem

[@DowntownTailoring]

Yep! I'm the one who came up with this trick. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iobVdmtoaZl2rtE Cheers!

[@sandrasaddleman581]

Lots of good tips

[@tammysoutherland1405]

COOOOOOOL 😁🤗

[@RosaMaria-ti3ql]

Very good work tank you very much

[@colin101981]

These were such great tips, and not the usual. Really helpful thanks. Greetings from North Wales, UK

[@DowntownTailoring]

Greetings from Canada! Thank you!!

[@dale3404]

Using a patterned fabric would have made the French seam demo stand out better.

[@DowntownTailoring]

I know what you mean. I realized that after the video was up. But I made another one with a patterned material that stands out better. You can take a look at it kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXKQqnawZ6akb6M

[@dpr4820]

I've used the ban roll technique. It's amazing!

[@DowntownTailoring]

I'm so glad. Thanks for letting me know 🥰

[@miracle.edits.lyngdoh]

Love these hacks ❤️

[@TheBossNitaRay]

You are so sweet and patient.

[@DowntownTailoring]

Awww thank you so much!

[@TheBossNitaRay]

@@DowntownTailoring You're welcome!

[@paulettejones7523]

Thank you I am learning all these tips are very helpful blessings

[@valeriecutler3671]

Great tips. Thank you so expertly shown.

[@deliaweber9220]

I like the change in your mom's KZbin channel's name (assuming you are her daughter :)). Actually, love the name. Hope your mom can continue making videos. Her presence and voice is missed in this video.

[@DowntownTailoring]

Thank you!! She will definitely continue to make videos :)

[@frankrueger8538]

Thank you so much! Incredibly helpful information.

[@colin101981]

Great tips though, keep 'em coming 😊😊

[@semco72057]

Those are all great tips and I am glad to have seen them. I am a beginner sewer and is having trouble with my Singer 2277 Tradition machine. I have not been able to stitch anything yet and is having trouble sewing a sample piece and can't find out how to correct the mistake I am making.

[@DowntownTailoring]

Try checking the tension. It might help.

[@chilipeprsandi]

Thank you very much for the Time Stamps 💕

[@DowntownTailoring]

My pleasure 🥰

[@optimistnow7491]

Who knew! Thank you so much x

[@FarhanaFaruq]

Thank you

[@DowntownTailoring]

My pleasure! 🥰

[@gabriellethomas9514]

Awesome thank you!

[@JimeOide]

missed you guys!!! thanks!

[@DowntownTailoring]

Awww you’re so kind! Thank you!

[@jocelynedesrochers2807]

Enjoy the info but way too fast or me!

[@DowntownTailoring]

Thank you! May I ask, specifically, what would you be more interested in me elaborating hopefully some time in the future? Tiktoks are only 60 seconds haha but maybe I could expand!

[@ramloganfracic5761]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful informative video Blessings

[@DowntownTailoring]

Thanks!

[@dindog22]

I want to know more about the second fancier button sewing technique

[@michelezicchino5708]

❤️❤️❤️

[@danad9166]

Where where where can I find ban roll interfacing? Thank you for all of your tutorials. I have an alterations business in Missouri USA. You have helped me on MANY occasions.

[@julielambert5835]

This is great and so helpful..but some are to fast! Ty!

[@teresawillis8128]

More, more.

[@labuschskywear]

Where do I buy the ban-roll interfacing?

[@DowntownTailoring]

Try Wawak if you are in the USA! Good luck!

[@jillharris8209]

Great tips. Can't wait to try them. What type/brand sewing machine and serger do you use?

[@DenaHamilton]

Is the ban-roll interfacing tape what I see for sale as ban-rol waistband interfacing? Where do you buy it?

[@DowntownTailoring]

Yes!

[@marycarter8874]

Could someone help me with trying to find "ban roll" ? I have to say I've never heard of it ..... and now I don't know how I will ever live without it!!!

[@DowntownTailoring]

If you are in the USA you can get it at Wawak. Cheers 🙂

[@marycarter8874]

Thanks x I'm in Southampton England.. any ideas ? I looked on Amazon .. there was only fusible webbing.. great video xx

[@DowntownTailoring]

Try to find Buckram then. It's the same material!

[@teresashaw9815]

@@DowntownTailoring would this be considered a horsehair braid polyester?

[@DowntownTailoring]

@@teresashaw9815 It’s not horsehair 😔 The thread from the edge has to be removed…

[@terachuu4077]

Already done everything before except the iron. I haven't bought that kind of iron? I am using bottle spray and regular iron. I do alteration and sewing at my home. Does that iron make difference at the process? Is that electric? In here, most laundry using steam iron using gas, not electric.

[@DowntownTailoring]

Yes. The industrial iron use gas. But mine is semi industrial and uses electricity. The finish is better and the best part is that very unlikely to burn your fabrics. Cheers!

[@terachuu4077]

Thank you for the replay. I have been browsing some electric steam iron and they using high wattage for some months. The price is affordable, but my house's electricity cannot cover it. I have to upgrade it first. I would love to have the juki machine too. Haha, I have few old sewing machine, serger machines and neci. It works for now. I've been using steam iron at shool before.

[@lissataylor12345]

Where can I buy the Ban roll tape? I have looked on Amazon and Wawk and can’t find it. Help! Please

[@BelindaTOV]

Awesome tips! Im in alberta if you want to unload some “overflow supplies” ;)

[@lauramolen9453]

Where can you buy the ban-roll interfacing tape?

[@defenderoffreespeechand2a794]

Amazon?

[@conniesmith9989]

Hi. Hello. Howdy. Thoughts on taking a dress up on the sides that has a lining attached on the top and bottom. Thank you.

[@DowntownTailoring]

The lining has to be opened. Take in separately and atach the lining back. Good luck!

[@niania7022]

I love the channel and subscribed but, there’s way too many ads.

[@taniaaustin5884]

Thank you and I'm curious what type of sewing machine and what iron are you using? and where can we buy them?

[@DowntownTailoring]

The iron is Hi-Steam, you can get it at Cleaner's Supply. The sewing machine is Juki. Here you go more info about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGa4ZamshcyEY9E

[@ronkathyhjelmeseth8689]

Where do you get this? TIA. Love your TikTok & KZbin ❤️

[@DowntownTailoring]

Thank you!! We have a detailed tutorial here on KZbin about the Ban-Roll hem technique. You can look up ban-roll interfacing tape on the internet:)

[@georgiannachalkus9774]

Where can I find ban roll interfacing?

[@DowntownTailoring]

Try Wawak if you are in USA

[@georgiannachalkus9774]

@@DowntownTailoring …. I did. Yours is warp & weft (horizontal and vertical). What they have is warp and weft crisscrossing on the diagonal. Someone else asked them about using it for hemming and their comment was it would be too hard to pull it apart one strand @ a time. I zoomed in on the picture and could see it wasn’t like what you use. 🤔

[@DowntownTailoring]

@@georgiannachalkus9774 Hi! @kathydemeo in another comment provided a link to a ban roll tape she found: www.wawak.com/Garment-Construction/Elastic-Waistbands/ban-roll-waistband-non-roll-interfacing/?sku=EL301

[@tammy1175]

Where can I buy this ban-roll interfacing tape? I want to make sure I am ordering the correct item. Is it fusible?

[@DowntownTailoring]

Hi! If you live in the United States, you can order it from Wawak. Nope, it isnt fusible.

[@bettyochoa4099]

What brand do you recommend of the steam iron? I’ve been wanting one.

[@DowntownTailoring]

Hi! My iron is Hi-steam. I’d say it’s in the mid range and it produces a lot of steam. Cheers 🥰

[@nightsewer]

How can we as home sewers get the Ban Roll that you are using?

[@DowntownTailoring]

You can order it at Wawak or Cleaner's Supply. Cheers.

[@glendathegoodwitch6987]

How did you get so schmart?

[@1rahmaan]

💖💖💖

[@kimt2au]

Does Roll Ban tape come under any other names? I have searched both Amazon and Wish and not found it under that name.

[@DowntownTailoring]

Try Cleaner's Supply. They sale it under ban roll. And get 1" wide. Cheers.

[@SledDog5678]

Store thread in a controlled environment. Thread does degrade. Steer clear of cheap cones/spools of thread often sold in fashion districts. Why chance issues!!!?

[@mariecraig239]

Where can I buy the iron?

[@DowntownTailoring]

You can get it at Cleaner's Supply.

[@mariecraig239]

@@DowntownTailoring brand? Could you share the pertinent information.

[@DowntownTailoring]

Sure! The brand is Hi-Steam. It's a combination of boiler and iron. It's a tad expensive but the results are fantastic. Please check this video where I show it vm.tiktok.com/ZMeXq8wNN/

[@marionlewis4703]

But the price is $44 for 10", That is a very expensive hem.

[@DowntownTailoring]

You can get a roll of 50 yards for 33 CAN and you can reuse it. Here the link www.cleanersupply.ca/Tailoring/Garment-Construction-Notions/Elastic-Waistband/ban-roll-waistband-non-roll-interfacing/?sku=EL301

[@bsantiago945]

Didn’t understand the folded edges of the mask. Don’t know what you are trying to show there.

[@DowntownTailoring]

Folding the edges is an old couture finish look. If you want to understand it better you can watch this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpfIeGdqi8p3d7s I explain in detail how to do it. Cheers!

[@bsantiago945]

@@DowntownTailoring Thanks

[@shantakrishnasamy7783]

To fast please slow down

[@TammiDotson]

Good information but you are going way to fast for the beginners

[@DowntownTailoring]

Yes. I'm sorry. I did these videos for the tiktok audience. I got one minute maximum for each, that's why I can't go to slow. But you can re-watch the video at 50% or 75% speed if you like. Cheers!

[@shantakrishnasamy7783]

To fast to follow

[@dewuknowHIM]

Hows come there is 2 downtown tailorings ???? Exact same videos ??? Hmmmmmmm.....🤦‍♀️🤪🤥

[@DowntownTailoring]

How so? Did you see another Downtown Tailoring around? That would be very important for me to know. Thanks!

[@michellereid4221]

you talk too fast

[@DowntownTailoring]

Sorry. These are Tiktoks recollections but our regular videos are made in a slower pace. Hope you like them.

[@judyblackman-callender2629]

Yes, of course we want more, many more tutorials showing sewing hacks, tips and tricks. Many sewists have been seriously sewing for years, and are only now becoming aware of these easier working methods. Thanks much Aida. Keep them coming. Be safe. 🤗🤗🤗😀🇹🇹💕

[@DowntownTailoring]

Thanks Judy 🥰

[@incanada83]

Fabulous! Thank you for very useful tips :-) The straps, loops (especially the idea to keep pockets inside of the garment, BRILLIANT!) and Eurohem.

[@karenscrazycutecrafts]

I have been sewing for years but, you've taught me more in this tutorial on seams that I've been struggling to perfect for well over 20 years, Thank you for this tutorial you are truly gifted and have given me the confidence to tackle all the projects I’ve left unfinished 🧚🏻‍♀️🧚🏻‍♀️🧚🏻‍♀️🦄🦄🦄🥰🥰🥰

[@genevabecker8441]

I've been sewing for over 30 years...and your tips are the BEST! I really appreciate your videos and clear explanations. You have a new subscriber.

[@DowntownTailoring]

Thanks so much for watching our videos!

[@incanada83]

Geneva BECKER, same here! Who knew!? :-)

[@teleriferchnyfain]

Euro hem, huh? I’ve always done this when hemming jeans - nobody taught me. Nice to know it’s got a name lol

[@DowntownTailoring]

Oh! My... you are so intuitive! Cheers.

[@teleriferchnyfain]

@@DowntownTailoring love your tips BTW

[@iLoveLeatherNYC]

Jean Hem? That gets the top vote from me. Excellent, will do that next time I need that denim authentic edge.

[@robinmazariegos1]

Fantastic tips!!! this is going to save my life too hahaha!!!! Thanks so much!

[@glendathegoodwitch6987]

I needed this like I needed air to breathe! So incredibly well explained. A gift you have!

[@DowntownTailoring]

Thanks so much for your kind words 😊

[@mirandalewis3392]

Loved this informative tutorial. Thank you for showing the sewing hacks and tips. 😊

[@theartsypixie2771]

Subscribed within a minute after seeing that banroll technique ❤❤❤

[@DowntownTailoring]

Thanks so much 🥰 Welcome to our sewing community! 😊

[@randomtscemployee5929]

It's a complete and total game changer isn't it!? I'm no longer afraid of Prom Season!

[@janiceweaver3375]

How much elastic do you need to eliminate, allowing for stretch, when using elastic in a waistband?

[@DowntownTailoring]

Hi! It depends on the elastic. But 2 to 3 inches is good rule (if you aren’t stitching on top of the elastic). I hope this helps.

[@janiceweaver3375]

Thank you….that’s what I usually have used over the years…….loved your presentation

[@junehelus2299]

thank you...as a beginner.....so many helpful time and frustration savers...appreciate you sharing...🤗

[@smallfootprint2961]

We generally have 5/8" seams here, so for the flat felled seam, 1/4 + 3/8... no trimming necessary. Love all your tips and tricks.

[@Avotts]

WOW Ive been sewing for over 50 years. Geese several these steps I have totally given up on like the tiny straps and shirt tail hem. but the Euro hammered step is totally new to me.