Soutache: Tips and Tricks for Beginners

[@lornadavis476]

There was a presser foot for this on the antique machines. Combined with a feed dog cover plate, through which the braid was fed, you sewed with the underside up. The braid was on the underside so you could see what you were doing. There are videos on how to use the attachments on antique machines all over the KZbin. I was so excited I bought an antique Singer treadle machine! Now I'm looking for the correct attachments. I have to remember to trace any lettering backwards. ..

[@sarahrogers209]

I use the colored carbon transfer paper to transfer my designs to other sides of the fabric. It is a type of carbon copy. You use a tracing wheel with it. The sheets I have are vintage Dritz, but Clover makes the Charcopy paper and Dritz's version is the "Double Faced Tracing Paper." The paper comes in different colors, is wax free, and washes out of most fabrics except for the dark blue color. You can reuse the sheets multiple times. Thanks for making these videos! It is great to see your work outside of our local meets!

[@suegardner1417]

Thank you so much for the tutorial Ivy!! I've been sewing for over 50 years and I've never seen that foot with the hole in it. How cool! I'm gonna look for that, as I have a Bernina machine and I see you do also. And I Love LOVE your outfit!!! You've truly inspired me! I'm in love with 1875 and the first bustle period and have been working on my first semi-correct outfit to get my feet wet so-to-speak. I've made a couple 1575 outfits so I've sewn period correct clothing and undergarments for quite some time. I've already made my Victorian undergarments...they're the least fun to me so I make myself get them done first so I can get on to the dress! Plus they are needed to fit the dress of course. Thanks for sharing!

[@thesewloartist]

How neat! I hope you do! Historical costuming is so fun and there’s such a good community of people around who love it too ❤️

[@cattkingsgrave2247]

Water soluble stabilizer is my go-to for all kinds of delicate pattern transfers. You can use any ballpoint or gel pen on the stabilizer, use a tiny bit of embroidery grade spray adhesive on it, apply it to the front of the fabric, and stitch right through it. Then when you're done, a few minutes in water lifts both the stabilizer and the ink right away. I have used this for hand embroidery projects as well as machine embroidery on delicate fabrics, and as long as your garment isn't water-sensitive, you should be just fine.

[@emsk9567]

Contrasting bobbin thread? Who is this genius who just transformed my idea of how to get designs onto my garments?!!

[@OriginalFinnish22]

Nice channel Good Idea to use Contrasting bobbin thread XD THumbs up Greetings from finland.

[@joannaaugustine2310]

This is wonderful! One of my dream projects is to decorate a skirt with lots of pretty soutache braiding, & while I don’t quite have the experience to tackle learning this yet, this was an awesome introduction that I’ll definitely come back to when I’m ready to start!

[@audreytrainor7893]

Great instructional video. So clear and thorough.

[@winterbornspinone413]

Thank you for this wonderful step by step intro! I've always wondered how this was done and even what it was called. You can remove the sharpie from your table top with basic shaving cream like Barbasol. This is what they use to clean students desks in schools.

[@soldelk8340]

Thank you for all these precious advice 👍

[@brutusabundia2734]

Thank you so much. I did a small project but it took forever since I didn’t have your technics. I feel confident for my next project

[@andreaoftheland]

Thanks so much for this! I've been massively lazy in the past and just glued soutache down (or hand sewed for small projects) but this actually doesn't seem too scary . Time to get one of those presser foots! ☺️

[@lcardwell640]

This Christmas I saw soutache on Violet's going away collar in "It's a Wonderful Life" but had no idea what it was called. This is awesome!

[@thesewloartist]

I love that movie 😍

[@rockymtngirl2066]

Loved the video thank you!😊

[@mspennywhistle]

This is so interesting! I was intimidated by soutache, but now that I know how it works it doesn’t seem so scary. I’ll have to try it in the future!

[@malysyforethought1195]

if you have a pale fabric, an embroidery transfer pencil might work well. Use parchment or tracing paper to copy the pattern with the pencil, trim the paper, flip over and iron on to the place you want the pattern and the image should transfer. The more expensive pencils wash right out when you're done. Getting hold of decent soutache braid has been my biggest difficulty.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

That was really helpful - way easier than doing it by hand. I might have to get a braiding foot and try it out. You're doing a straight stitch the whole time, right? I wonder if a light board might be a good way to transfer the pattern? I'm really not sure. I kind of like your way, if you're doing it on a garment that needs stabilizer anyway.

[@thesewloartist]

Now that I have a braid foot as an option I feel like I use it all the time. I do have a light box, so I will try that next time!

[@pchan1765]

With a printer I use Vlieseline Fixier-Stickvlies (Fuse-n-Tear) 322 And Vlieseline Soluvlies 321 (water soluble) Iron the Soluvlies on the Fuse-n-Tear Cut it to measure your printer paper (for example DIN A4) print your design Seperate the two layers (Fuse-n-Tear can be used multiple times!) Use a thin layer of fabric spray clue (like Sprühkleber 018) to add your design to your fabric Let dry for some minutes Sew After sewing you cam lift & cut of whatever you can of the Soluvlies And wash away the rest

[@edwinpollock5861]

Thank you so much for this video. I have a dream project in mind for quite some time but was totally overwhelmed by the idea of applying tons of soutache. This is going to make it possible. Thank you so much. (Svea not Ed)

[@teriw5313]

What a beautiful dress you were wearing!

[@lizaddison-duenas4351]

I usually use a lightbox to transfer any designs or drawings to fabric and I use the gel pens that iron away to do the drawing on the fabric

[@MissEkaterinaBlog]

I love this technique! thank you for explaning about it ♥

[@barbiedesoto7054]

This is a really great tutorial! Excited to try on some 1940s makes I have planned. Also, have you tried using alcohol to clean off the sharpie? Worth a try. Thanks for this great explanation!

[@Kiramay]

Thank you for this very helpful tutorial! Do you have any tips on designs that do call for corners or sharper angles?

[@cap4life1]

Really informative video, thank you!!

[@lizaddison-duenas4351]

Thank you so much for this!

[@mrswellington2448]

There Is an even easier method of transferring the design: on the back of the paper that you drew it on, use your fabric marking pencil in a contrasting color and rub it over the whole reverse side of the design. You've just made a transfer paper! Now, place the paper on the garment design-side up, and re-trace the design with a dull pencil. The pattern should transfer to the fabric! 🙌

[@nadiarogo4511]

just trace the design with chalk on a thin fabric and then press the fabric chalk-down onto the final garment fabric. you'll see the chalk lines printed up on it

[@jilliandreams]

I love it!

[@artemis5210]

You advise against using a stretch fabric, but what if you back it with an interfacing? Will it still be an issue?

[@aranaemantsal8109]

I've been wanting to make a belt like that for years. I know it's fairly simple but I'd love to see how you did it since it seems like you made it for everyday rather than costumey purposes. I'm new here.

[@thesewloartist]

In this case, that’s actually an attached waistband! I have however made this in a belt version. I used the waistband from the skirt of McCalls 7732 as a guide and then instead of actually attaching it to the skirt I cut the waist band twice and used the second one as a lining. Sew the top edge and the bottom edge wrong sides together, turn right side out, iron, and use hook and eyes for the closure at the back. Happy sewing!

[@lalolosla]

Thanks for this video. Can you tell us where to buy the braid foot for the sewing machine, and the correct name or reference to find it? Thanks a lot!

[@thesewloartist]

I got mine on eBay! It’ll really depend on your machine, but they usually are just called a braiding foot.

[@TalaAnaan]

Can you provide who you bought your soutache from? Most of what I've found on Etsy is not cotton.

[@GiraffeLoverJen]

I am looking for good soutache cord too.

[@jrelliott6550]

Why not start your braid in an area where there is a cross over? Would that be more obvious?

[@thesewloartist]

I mean, I think it would be harder to thread your braid back through to the back at the end, because there would be braid sewed over the top of the hole, but like you do you. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ like I said, not an expert.

[@andreaoftheland]

Ah I was thinking this too. Maybe if you picked the seam off the overlapped part, threaded the end they, and then sewed it back down again. Add a million unnecessary more steps? Should like my style hahaha

[@red0004]

Where did you get the presser foot?

[@leafyplaysgames3744]

What’s that thing in the back called???? Sorry I can’t find it

[@spiritussancto]

you could just use a bag of chalk powder and pouncing to transfer the design

[@nizarahdragon3973]

I don't have a sewing machine so I'll have to experiment

[@shawnabradley3676]

You can use a friction pen

[@thesewloartist]

Oh my god, I just found out about these and they are amazing!!

[@laurabond2139]

hmmm, would back stitching this work if you don't have a machine?

[@aranaemantsal8109]

I use a running stitch to do it by hand, but I've only used it on doll clothes so it's not quite as labor intensive.