Trying Viral TikTok SEWING hacks || Yes, even the one with the fork

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Why are TikTok hacks, so strange sometimes? So I decided to try some viral TikTok sewing hack videos. I decided to tackle how to make pleats with a fork, how to make a rolled hem easily, how to turn a piece of fabric, and unsurprisingly, how to fix a sewing pattern.
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[@the_absurd_hero]

Y’know, I thought I’d hate the goat, but he vocalizes the frustration of sewing so well that he really grew on me XD

[@karenmalay97]

I’m getting a screaming goat for my sewing room!

[@Stephanie-we5ep]

The 1st time I tried to thread a bobbin.... within 30 secs I shouted in frustration "How the eff do you thread a bobbin?!" Incredibly I stuck with sewing 😂

[@stevezytveld6585]

@@Stephanie-we5ep Mister Husband doesn't consider a project 'complete' unless I have bellowed, at least once, "WHY. Do. I. Like. Sewing?!!". I need a goat... - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

[@Stephanie-we5ep]

@@stevezytveld6585 Mostly I stick to sewing out of sheer determination, coupled with the sheer joy of completing a project! My grandmother always said that a project requires blood for "that final, lasting touch"! lol

[@lynn858]

Instead of trying hacks, people need to read their manual and carefully look through all of the random stuff that they're "never going to use" that came with the sewing machine. Because there's a good chance there's a proper way and a tool for it that you already have.

[@CatDeMeow]

I love the goat! Emily D Baker has one and it fell during a stream and broke one of its ears off. Her chat instantly named it Vincent VanGoat

[@jenniferstone2567]

I'm thinking Screech for the goat's name, ultimate 90's nostalgia while recognising the chaos

[@g.cosper8306]

OOOooo I do like that!

[@marimba26]

Yes, more hacks please, I've missed having you around! Plus, the added bonus that I don't have to get a Tiktok account (I am standing my ground on this!).

[@bittersweet3-]

No TikTok 4 me. Poor concept. Time consuming, mind wasting.

[@blowitoutyourcunt7675]

Tiktok is great way to give yourself the ADD/ADHD you would've never had!

[@vernieplummer5148]

The goat should be named Jamie Lee after the greatest screamer of all time.

[@TeresaBearCFP]

I make girls sun dresses for charity and add pockets and a ruffle out of coordinating fabric. For years I did a gathered ruffle but switched to fork pleating a few years ago. It is so fast! Really a game changer. I don’t use 3 times the fabric - more like 2 times and leave some space between the pleats. The dresses don’t need 3 X pleating as long as the girls have plenty of room to move.

[@anneliswood8594]

I need the screaming goat!!!

[@stevezytveld6585]

We all do... - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

[@rebeccacamacho-sobczak4282]

Could you find a way to sell it?

[@sharimeline3077]

That bottle cap is definitely a magnet! Look how it snaps down onto the metal plate. That's why it doesn't move.

[@aksez2u]

I'm a day late, but that goat's name must be either "Edvard" or "Munch" after the artist of, you know, "The Scream" 🤣

[@tiredoftrolls2629]

I wore a bridesmaid dress that was glued together with fabric glue.

[@Roxy0405]

Horrors!

[@stevezytveld6585]

YOU HAVE A GOAT!!! Fred. I think we should name him Fred. AND YOU HAVE A SPONSORSHIP!!! Flippin' great! Good for you! Well done, Lady. Congrats... Thank you, brave Human, for trying the hacks out. And totally agree about not breaking the machine whilst trying is a good thing. You could always make a video about how the bibs and bobs of sewing were used for advertising for insurance and such? Material culture approach to the sewing world the Grannies were swimming in? "Hey folks, wanna new car, why here - have a set of sewing needles for the Little Lady". Because we all know we can be bought for the price of a needle pack??? - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

[@sharimeline3077]

Omg now I know how you get a first person pov on youtube - you put your phone in your bra! Finally, the answer to my long-asked question, thank you 😂

[@lauralake7430]

I have also broken my wrists. Yes, both, because I am a special flower. I cannot give medical advice, but my microwave warm pack is, was, and will always be my friend. At some point, rest was not

[@cartermichellelee]

BTW… you can turn a tube way easier than that. Take a boba straw, drop the sewn end of the tube of fabric inside the straw, once you pull it almost all the way through, take the open end of the fabric and fold it over the straw and just pull the fabric down and over the straw until it’s completely inside out and out of the straw

[@LongHairCarolyn]

Now that is a great hack!

[@obsidianrosestudio2663]

The cleavage cam is giving me life! 😂❤ I have used the the straw and fork tricks before myself. My strap tubes were thinner though.

[@MrTeppochan]

My gran used something that looks like the"bottlecap" thing for helping her with being steady in making neckline and arm curves, its a round fridgemagnet from an old ikea kit in her case so it stuck on her old singer machine.

[@StephanieCanada]

Oh interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[@daxxydog5777]

I’ll stick to my $5 hemmer foot (have them for every machine from 1907 onwards). Also, same for my ruffler foot instead of a fork. I think the straw thing didn’t work because they used a GIANT straw. Missed you! I’d love the story of how you broke your wrist. I managed to break mine falling off the first step of a two-step stepladder while painting. My thought on the way down was, damn, this is gonna hurt.

[@heatherpratchler1509]

When my grandma downsized she didn't need her big sewing machine anymore, so I claimed it as no one else wanted it. It's a Bernina 730 record from the 60's. She keeps trucking, no major issues, since I've had it, and is what did most of my cosplay sewing on. She is my workhorse now, the main machine I use.

[@brbz369]

I vote for the fork pleat as the best sewing hack.

[@catherinerw1]

So many of those look like "there is a proper tool/foot to do x,y,z but we can't be bothered to actually go and buy the rolled hem foot/tube turner/magnetic seam guide!

[@TorchwoodPandP]

Looove the camera placement. I can so relate. Great place to stash other things too… 😂

[@laprunminta5544]

I don't know how easy scrolling is for you right now, but i really want a "find the pattern" video for the new Barbie movie, and i think many of the outfits in the trailers vibe 50s-80s. You would be a perfect person to do this if it strikes your fancy! Hope PT and recovery is going well. See you and GOAT soon!

[@crystilmurch5659]

Playing with a toy goat should ALWAYS be what you are supposed to be doing. Just in addition to other things. :) Some of these were actually neat. :) I am definitely hitting dollar store for those clips.

[@pagodrink]

Sorry about your wrist, hope it gets better soon. Also I think the goat should be named Wilhelm (For Obvious reasons)

[@Worldbuilder]

I feel you. I slit a good slice into my left thumb may first, and got 4 stitches, so I’ve been pretty darn handicapped for almost a month. Last week I got so desperate I began embroidering - because despite my troubles threading the needle, it didn’t require too much effort…

[@bonniewashington541]

I use the fork method a lot. I've even "made" different widths from sturdy plastic. I love the results. For the chopstick tube trick I have acres of bamboo with different circumferences. I'm also retired with boredom. My Dremel and I are expanding on this trick.

[@jessicaneal8553]

Eric screaming whenever you give him the cue is just fantastic. Thank you for buying the goat.

[@KaityBower]

WHAAAAT?! The fork pleat video is mine! 😂 So funny how full circle these things go! I saw the title and went “…wait a second…” You’re absolutely right about the math! I usually use fork pleats when I make 18th century type skirts so I just do the width of fabric and use the selvage as my side seams, attach a waistband to each side and use the excess layered over each other as the pocket hole!

[@StephanieCanada]

Ah yes! It was yours! It was high in the search rankings on TikTok!

[@LongHairCarolyn]

Woah! 😮

[@rene443hgtj]

The dollar tree hack works awesome because my vintage machine is aluminum and I found my magnetic seam guide did not work. So glad you showed it. Love your videos and my daughter and I are now subscribed.

[@andreacalisi4699]

I made a huuuuuge dust ruffle to go under a cosplayer's Coronation Elsa cape, and I pleated meters and meters and meters of fabric strips with the fork to form the underside of the dustruffle. It worked perfectly and saved me a lot of time and work.

[@janisdressler7380]

I love your honesty, Stephanie! I have a plastic straw/wooden skewer combo that works for tiny tube turning. I was thinking the goat should be named BeeGee, but why not "Happy" because that involves sarcasm 😂 which we all love and need!

[@hannahschmedding7219]

You can actually buy a set of tueners made for straps in different sizes and they are amazing.

[@mattwiller2353]

"Sew have I" classic.

[@Deuteronomy-uw8ls]

I like the bias tape hack for IRONING the bias not sewing

[@megankrahl1182]

Yay! A Stephanie Canada video!🎉 This helps my week end on a good note.

[@MiffoKarin]

My personal sewing hack is just to put a piece of tape in front of the presser foot and have marks on it for every seam allowance I frequently use. It helps me sew straighter, but the marks get rubbed off eventually.

[@charlibrown7745]

Mark your seam allowance on a piece of paper and tape that where you want it be covering it completely with some clear packing tape so the lines dont get rubbed off by your fabric.

[@crinolinegremlin]

I have a horrible fear of sewing over the fork because knowing myself, I'd get into a groove and just... forget to pull it back out.

[@Roxy0405]

Hit it once and you won't ever do it again! 😮

[@randbodily3058]

That goat rocks. Definitely a Bernice.

[@amtlcreates]

The goat identifies as female and her name is Gertrude. Also, YAY for the sponsorship! 🎉

[@StephanieCanada]

Cute! Gertrude the goat!

[@shellz94]

Awe sweet Gertie

[@lauralake7430]

Wait, WHAT. get the the flat bed doohickicky thing extension bed for your machine. Or one of the clear extension beds that quilters use. How are you even surviving sewing on the free arm. Sorry for two comments but I don't have my own screaming goat

[@WithLoveKristina]

The boob camera holder took me out 😂😂😂

[@StephanieCanada]

You noticed that, eh? 😂 I only realized after I was done how many shots I had it in.

[@SciFiFemale]

I love the goat! Please call it Edvard Munch, the guy who painted The Scream! Also will try the hook guide and the fork pleats.

[@deejustdee1234]

Slight change: Edvard Goat

[@miaochs7716]

I watch Mia sewing. Haven’t tried. They make it look easy

[@vickismallwood2082]

Thank you for going down the rabbit hole for us. Lol

[@genera1013]

Billy for the goat! Because...Billy Goat

[@CaptainStitchyPants]

Yay sponsor! Go you! 🥳🎉 I didn't realise your wrist was 1 April - worst April Fools ever 😭 I think the goat should be Serena (Williams) or Simone (Biles) - they're total GOATs in their fields! Also, talking about hacks, can I just say I'm impressed with your new camera rack? It worked surprisingly well and it made me chuckle because I absolutely shove things in there for storage etc all the time 😂

[@alisonbeiko2050]

So glad to see Stephanie, hope your wrist is on the mend! Love your hair❤ Billy should be the goats name! 23:51 I have a turning tool with a tube, just last week made a dress that needed tiny ties on pockets used my turner with my metal straw. I have 3 metal straws since in Ontario, Canada plastic straws have banned to reduce plastic waste everywhere. Most restaurants use Paper straws Yuck! Now my straws live in my sewing room. Loved the video. ❤😊

[@nikkireynolds9514]

Okay, Stephanie: find your machines’s extension table. It is useful for most sewing. Then check out your mess of feet because one of them is likely set for feeding elastic through. I absolutely admire and encourage your sense of adventure, but am slightly concerned that you don’t know the advantages provided by your machine. Can’t help you there, because I have a Janome, but we all know that modern machines offer pretty much the same features and are so much more helpful than the straight stitch single foot marvels used in many sewing hack videos. And yeah, what’s with the tomato?

[@Sewicked]

That 2nd hack would also work well if you are doing an extra wide hem that isn't on your sewing plate. But I'd 2 of them in that case, 1 before & 1 behind to keep the hem even (ymmv). For the goat? Guillaume.

[@robinkern5865]

Love this! Of course, your humor made this video. I hope you are able to heal quickly and get back to sewing.

[@kobaltkween]

There are turning kits that are essentially the same as that straw and chopstick. But the cylinder has to be big enough for the cloth tube. I was surprised yours worked as well as it did, since the straw seemed like more of a spagetti strap size. Also, my understanding was that fork pleating was fairly common, especially in the 60's or so?

[@Cutondogor]

Goat - Sweet William - as in Billy Goat.

[@MichelleSMV]

That goat is honestly perfection🐐

[@lilaholland5764]

Just found your blog & I'm loving it! Also was reading awhile back where someone calls their very vocal goat My Grain. 🐐 Perfect fit for your screaming goat as that's usually the circumstance he denotes...

[@wytchatthebackofthewoods7902]

This was a fun video lol, I so need a goat like you have, I like the name Pan. Hope your hand mends fast.😃

[@dianeloehr6203]

For me it’s a broken humerus bone. Happened April 27. Probably 12 weeks to get back to some semblance of normalcy. I miss sewing so much.

[@lazygardens]

The first "hack" is what you do when you don't have a rolled hem foot and need to make a rolled hem. The "tube" hack is what you do when you need a bias tape folder thingamuhbawb and can't afford it. Like any good "hack", it's what you do when you don't have the right equipment.

[@lindafraser2044]

So glad to see you back behind the machine!! For the last, the straw isn't necessary. My Gran got me using chopsticks years ago! You can also use sewing needles or anything shaped similar but i find chopsticks work best because the don't have a point!

[@Cassandra-..-]

Had the same straw/chopstick results. It kinda worked if you trimmed the seam allowance very close to the stitches, but then my seam would blow out in places. Same for the “sew a ribbon inside” technique.🤷‍♀️

[@TheEconWoman]

Love the hair! The color and the texture looks great. I think you should go darker all the time. Enjoyed the hacks, and I hope life is getting better for you!

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

I have so much empathy for you right now! I had surgery on my right foot in the middle of the month and still won't be able to drive until the end of next month!

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

19:38 I love the way that you're using your phone and your bosom so that you can see what you're filming! Well done!

[@laurawilliams7782]

Goat Name: Screamy McGoatFace

[@rebeccacamacho-sobczak4282]

I love it!

[@LadyDragonbane]

The goat strikes me as an Allen

[@monicad5651]

I’m going to use the hook as a guide hack for sure 😂 and I vote Horacio for the goat ❤🐐

[@LongHairCarolyn]

I’m terrible at seam allowances so I want to try that hook idea!

[@pmclaughlin4111]

I did the clear thing a long time ago. I went through all my mismatched flatware to find the right size. Hubby thought I was nuts. I think it would be rough on the wrist.

[@KenZchameleon]

Gregory the Goat I have a bunch of those clip things, so I'll try to use one as a guide.

[@wendynordstrom3487]

I was chortling throughout this video! I hope your wrist heals quickly and your screaming goaten whom you should name Gregory, keeps you laughing!😅

[@Christine-vu4ej]

Love this video reality checking the sewing hacks. I love you to try to the hack, guiding yarn through a dried foot stem so to guide it under the foot, to sew a zig zag stitch over it. As for the goat name, how about Howie the Howler?😁

[@patriciaclements9457]

The fork technique is good. I've done it on rayon skirts.

[@suek7086]

I love you, and that goat. I need one. With rechargeable batteries. I would wear them out often. Really often.

[@StephanieCanada]

🤣🤣🤣

[@sallythekolcat]

I use fork pleats for the ruffles around the bottom of petticoats. if the hem is already 100+ inches, and I'm pleating a ruffle on to it that will only be seen when i try to jump a puddle, then fork > math. if i'm at a 3x ruffle to hem ratio i don't space them out. and 2x ish, i space them a fork width, and in between, you just eyeball.

[@kida4star]

The goat could be Bob!

[@zeusathena26]

I'd like you to test more hacks! Also the screaming gost would be great on merchandise! 😉

[@SierrasStitchSanctuary]

I would call him Screaming Sal the goat. I love him so much. Hi! New fan here, I've been absolutely binging your videos, your whole energy level fuels my soul and I adore it! I am just learning to sew and you have helped me fall even more in love with it. Cheers and much love, please keep being sarcastic!

[@melissaegbertson9100]

I love the goat! I think he is telling us his name is name is Raaaaalph.

[@kimberlynichols194]

Love the screaming goat!!

[@saint-miscreant]

some silly goat name suggestions: Oofers / Grand Larceny / Blasphemy / Impediment [which is a bit of a faff to say] not on tiktok so idk if this is suggested i have an ikea tape measure taped onto my machine with marks at my common seam allowances, and that helps me keep the fabric aligned before it even nears the presser foot

[@aprilmoore2917]

Yeah - I thought tomatoes and forks were for snacking too... who knew they'd be sewing hacks? "Forking sewing, " 😆

[@nblmqst1167]

Let us call the goat Clancy 😆

[@elizabethsloan3192]

I love the toy goat!

[@DebTallbroad]

Fun video!! I like Bill E. for the goat's name.

[@Itstheshoes22]

‘NoGo’ for the goats name xx

[@katecapek3116]

Is there a possibility of a tutorial on actual repair of vintage patterns, please?

[@teleriferchnyfain]

I actually have sewing feet for several of these hacks 😂

[@HollyOak]

Frank is a good name for the goat. He is very 'frank' with his commentary.

[@StephanieCanada]

Oh that is a good option! Thank you!

[@cattuslavandula]

Gavin. Gavin the Goat.

[@jaymieashley4608]

Always enjoy your awesome videos. Thanks for getting creative

[@Kashgar2007]

I have goats. My fav, sweet Elliot, isn't a screamer. Timmy, who is just looking for a well to fall into, is a screamer. As is his aunt Hazel.

[@arvettadelashmit9337]

Didn't your Bernina come with a small, plastic, table that slides on? Mine came with one (which is broken on one side now). I love that goat. Our Dollar Tree did not have any of the items I went in there to buy (the last two times I shopped there). The good stuff must be sent to Dollar Trees not in Eastern Kentucky. Never put tape on a pattern tissue. The tape will damage the tissue paper. I lost the screw off one of my Bernina feet also. I know what you are talking about; but I don't have one either (I use a safety pin to turn the tubes).

[@SakiStargazer]

I need that goat in my life!

[@petebartlett2229]

Teach hubby to sew with you

[@StephanieCanada]

I will give a try.

[@0campy]

I must say how beautiful and young you look without makeup... natural beauty reins

[@shangri-laj9578]

You are being a trooper! How did you bust up your wrist? I hope you get back to normal (whatever that is)🙃. I’m glad to see you are still making it happen.

[@darlenetaylormurals4713]

I would be learning to sew with my feet if I couldn’t sew for that long. 😂😂😂😂

[@user-mm1zr9zg3m]

Thank you for another fun video! I hope your wrist feels better soon!

[@solcallfas9079]

How about Barney for the goat. The only hack I could see me trying would be the 2 fold bias? tape rather than going thru the steps of pressing material with the bias tape maker set.

[@cynthiahowe8697]

I feel for you with the hand. Some years ago, I broke the ankle on my right foot. I learned to drive with my left foot out of necessity. I was put into a boot no cast on my birthday in Dec. for Christmas and my birthday, I was given a new sewing machine. I learned to use my left foot on the pedal. I didn't have a sewing table with the knee pedal. I have a very narrow turn hem foot. Since my machine has a screw for some feet and one foot the feet pop on and off to change them it works for this foot and other very old feet I have found over the years. It is not easy to start the fabric into that rolled hem foot and I am thinking that the paper one might work for me better when I don't need such a small hem( the foot makes a rolled hem such as is used on ladie's hankies.) I will probably try the hook at the 5/8 mark as my machine does not have one nor does it have a hole to use the old guide that I still have. Love the goat

[@geriattrique7141]

Did you make the goat yet? I think Butterick would be a good name!

[@StephanieCanada]

I have not! There are too many good names. I think I need a poll.

[@myanimeworld149]

Fork pleats are a hack? I've always used a fork for 1inch pleats. I thought fork and knife(use a butter knife! makes roughly half inch pleats) pleats were just a vintage trick, not a modern hack. My grandma taught me those. My grandma taught me I could adjust a fork pleat by using different prongs too.