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Should the lower looper thread be resting over the upper looper arm? When you thread the lower looper you don't do this but at the end of that section it's above the arm, as it is when the upper looper threading begins. It's confusing.

This is the best tutorial for my Brother overlocker. You show every step so clearly. I had been doing it wrong after following another one.

THANK YOU!!! YOU SAVED MY LIFE 😂 So cute listening to your dog sleeping 😊❤

I just got the exact same overlocker and used your tutorial to thread and used the machine for the first time. So helpful, thank you! Completely new to the overlocker world and started watching a few videos, yours was the most direct and to the point, with helpful information - thank you!

I love the Reynolds pattern but as a dress very bra friendly, my favourite bra friendly cami top is sew house seven sauvie sundress shortened to a top

I just used your tutorial to thread my machine and it works perfectly. The only issues I keep having is that my machine isn’t cutting away the excess fabric so sometimes it gets stuck with the machine🥲 Do you know how I can fix this?

I like the Bellbird shorts from Common Stitch Patterns. They have pockets and are like elevated boxer shorts made from woven fabric, although at the moment I am trying to make them from stretch fabric.

Yes I too did the cargo pants in the 90s/00s, and I'm not afraid to say I won't be going back there! 😆

Thanks for the recommendations. I love a free pattern 😊 I have tried 3 patterns from the Tiana’s Closet website. I made size 3XL each time and all of them turned out really well and the fit has been good. The instructions are very basic but if you have some experience then it isn’t too much of a problem.

Oh boy, what a lot of ground those garments cross: from slinky, bias cut, cowl neck, figure hugging mini dresses; to long, elegant, embellished capes and then onto cargo pants! Phew. I must admit I do love me a cowl neck dress or top and I am rather in love with the concept of any cape. I had a cape as a little girl and I don't think have ever got over the love of capes. I loath cargo pants - not sure why but I really do not like them. Like you I have a dedicated sewing space and unfortunately no matter how much I try, I am just not able to keep it tidy. I would like to blame my kids or hubby but unfortunately, there is no one to blame but myself. I was surprised to hear you say how tired you are as I had been sitting there thinking how much better you are looking these days. I thought that perhaps with Spuds cancer being gone perhaps you might be getting a bit more rest. Sorry you are still feeling tired :(

Love the cape dresses!!

Thank you for this wonderful video! So helpful! And encouraging! And I love your communication style too. Thank you ❤

Thank you so much for this video tutorial, I found it very helpful. You mentioned you had a video about hemming which I always struggle with but I can't immediately see it, could you point me in the right direction please.

Absolutely loving your choices in this video, Sam. I have never heard of Tint of Pepperming Patterns but I like that dress so I will go ha e a look at them after this. A rugby shirt tied in a knot worn to a night club - yep, that shows your age. 🤣😆🤣😆🤣

I sympathise with you about the heat. I don't do well in it either! It gets pretty hot where I live in France so I just close the shutters and sit indoors but it isn't much fun. One of my favourite summer patterns is the Grainline Scout Tee. I know it is very simple but made in a lovely fabric it can look really nice. I also wear a lot of Indian block print fabric as it is so light and floaty.

Just got my first overlocker. Your tutorial was excellent, great pace and made it so easy. I’d read the manual but it was a bit daunting. Thought I’d have a look online before trying the dvd that came with the machine. I’m so glad I did. Many thanks!

Great news so glad she is cleared!!

Isn't it absolutely amazing what they can do today! Those lucky lucky little dogs to have you in their lives! And you're so fortunate to have traversed this rough road and reached an incredibly positive end. I'm really happy for you and team potatoes!! Take care! And wishing you all the best xx

Yayyyeeee, I am so pleased to hear that Spud is cancer free. I have been waiting for this video since you said about the last treatment. What fantastic news. I am so happy for you all.

Such great news! We had a pug for 17 1/2 years and I love watching your videos to hear yours snoring and snorting in the background. It brings back so many fun memories.

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So so happy for you and Spud. Thinking of you in cold Sydney. Cry happy tears, it's good for you.

Yay!

Another brilliant video, Sam. You never disappoint, your videos are always thought provoking, even if we do not always agree on the patterns. BTW, you look gorgeous and your hair looked lovely :D

Yayy, for Forget Me Not patterns. Good for you for calling out what a terrific job they are doing with their back catalogue <3

What I would like to see from ALL pattern companies is a straight on front photo and straight on back photo. No hands in pockets (we can all see you have pockets, well done), no cocked hip. Just the model standing up straight and the photo taken head on (or back on). After that, go to town and do what you like but it is those two boring head on / back on photos that tell us so much about fitting. Cocking a hip totally throws out grain lines, hands in pockets pulls the fabric away from the tummy and potentially the front crotch line, making it harder to see what the true fit is. OK, rant over for now.

There seems to have been a trend over the last year or two of using invisible zippers in trousers, often at the side seams, if not then at central back. My issue with that is that invisible zippers do not have the same strength as a regular zip. It is not that the zip is the simply reversed and a special slider is used, the teeth of the invisible zips are different and they do not the same strength as a regular zip. When a pattern shows an invisible zip in trousers I simply put a lapped zip instead. If someone is checking out my clothing close enough to comment on the type of zip I have installed they are standing way way to close.

Ooohh, Silmu shirt dress is nice. How did I miss that in the new release emails. Hmmmm, I have obviously not been paying attention. I will definately put that on my list. Lol, just heard your comments on the dress. You hate it and I love it. It makes you think of a 1940's dress and that is the era of clothing I love. You want patterned fabrics to remove attention from the waist darts but guess what ...... I would go out of my way to draw attention to those wonderful constructs. Nope, sorry Sam, we will agree to disagree on this pattern. I find the shirt very sew-sew but that dress is gorgesous Hey, think of it this way ... If we ever met up, at least you would not have to worry we might both turn up wearing this dress.😁

SH7 Oxbow pants - rust orange jeans for autumn. Yes please. I just bought a blue top recently that has this sort of rust burnt orange contrast in what my daughter described as a lava design. Either way the top is fantastic and if I could find a denim or twill that was in a similar colourway I would make these without a second thought.

Hi Samantha. Great vlog, enhanced by a pug sneeze! I'm in Sydney winter so pants are very relevant to me. Some back story about Jo the designer behind FMN patterns. On her latest dress release she talks about the fact that she has long COVID and has not been able to sew and design very much for a long time. She acknowledges that this has impacted on the availability of photos showing the dress on different body shapes etc. I wonder whether this also affected the re-release of the skirt you reviewed. I really like the look of the Merchant & Mills pants and loved your friend's description of their aesthetic! I would like to learn to line pants because I have some nice wools which are a bit itchy.

High water pants means they are above the ankles. As if you were walking in water.

The high today was 35 C, and we have another week of these temps. I am not interested in sewing any pants right now.

Hi at 11:04 you show the thread being passed under the arm connected to the rod, later in the video this seems to be over the arm (21:00 for example) is this a mistake or how it should be? I have an issue where the machine starts correctly, but I get lose loops on the back, when I cut the chain to release the fabric, I have 6 threads not 4, one is looped around the neck (where you are pointing to at 7:25), this can be pulled out to leave 4 threads, but it keeps doing it every time. I have rethreaded the machine multiple times, cant understand why its doing it. Thanks for any assistance

Another great video Sam!!! Love this

Another brilliant video, Sam. Thank you again for sharing such a thought provoking video. You're right though, people say .... don't do this, but to people to me it is an red flag to go ahead and try it :) Also, noone ever shows you an example of why you should not do something, they just say don't do it.

To your comment on the grain line I would add one thing. I would say on each piece of fabric you have cut, I would mark where "grainline" is. ie mark the incorrect grainline, maybe use a piece of carbon paper or sewing chalk paper between the pattern and the fabric to mark the grainline on the fabric. That will also be very illuminating as to why grainline is so necessary.

With being bad with numbers, what I do if I need to add say 1/4 of a number, or half a number, is to find that number on my measuring tape and then fold that bit of tape into the desired numbers of pieces. For example if I need half of 10cm, I find the 10cm mark and fold that portion of tape in half and I can visually see that it is 5 cm. I have worked that way for years.

OMG, your story about the group 7 maths class is breaking my class. No child should be made to feel like such a failure. Terry Pratchett in one of his interviews said that he believes there is a special place in hell for teachers who tell children they are stupid. I wish I could give student Sam a hug.

There may not be sewing goblins in your cupboards, but I bet there are sewing police under the desk ready to arrest you for uttering such a heracy as "Sew a project without pressing seams". What about picking a small project and press the seams on one side of the project and not on the other? That might be interesting. It might also make a short video for you.

Ooohhh, I am going to try sewing with headphones and see how it feels. I like to have some noise in the background but turn it off if I am about to tackle something that I find I need to concentrate on or else I will make terrible mistakes.

I have used overlocking thread on my sewing machines for years and that includes using it on an industrial machine. My mother insists on using Gutterman thread on her machine but I still use overlocking thread. I would, however, warn against using old thread on a sewing machine. I used a thread that used to below to my grandmother when she used to sew for my father when he was a small boy. That darned thread used to break about every 1 to 2 minutes of sewing. I still use the thread but the spool has a little label on it saying "use for hand tacking only" as I know that at least it will be easy to remove :)

Being good at maths is often down to the quality of the teaching. At school I was in the middle group and doing really well, so against my wishes they put me into the top group with someone who was doubtless good at maths but not teaching. So they put me down into the bottom group and I don't think I ever passed a maths exam. Later in life I had a job doing statistical analysis!!!!! One of the things that was taught well at my school was sewing, with a brilliant teacher, a skill that I have never forgotten.

I sew for more then 20 years and I stopped buying branded thread at all. By accident I discovered that if I use embroidery needle for my sewing machine (Janome), I can use whatever thread I have, even the cheapest one, and have perfect seam without skipped stitches, shredded thread and whatever. I bough my Janome before pandemic started and everything was ok while I used needles that came with it. Once I started using standard needles, problem with skipped stitches started. I investigated the problem and discovered that it is usual for Janome and the solution is special Janome needle which was not available in my country. Found it in UK shop but it was very expensive. Found it in Taiwan for much more reasonable price but they did not ship to my country because of pandemic restrictions. I was locked at home with lots of time and limited on-line shops available so I started to compare technical characteristics of different needles and found out that embroidery needles are most similar. Now I sew everything, both knits and wovens, using only embroidery needles. They are tiny bit longer then standard ones that helps not to skip stitches and their holes are bit bigger then usual which is perfect for cheap thread. So I not only found solution to my skipped stitches problem but also can save on thread now. My favorite needles are Organ embroidery antiglue. Inexpensive, hard working and give perfect result every time. What I want to say with this - do not follow blindly brand recommendations. Look deeper and think WHY they are better and don't overpay just for brand.

be careful with Tiana's patterns if you are plus size. I am 5X according to their size chart and made simple sleeveless tank top just to test them. Grading was awfully wrong with shoulder straps at least 5 cm longer then needed and neck opening way too low. They graded the pattern without thinking that when gaining weight people gather it in certain places and definitely their bones and torsos do not become longer. I had to notice it immediately just by looking on pattern but unfortunately I only printed my size so it was not apparent until it was too late and bias binding were applied to neck and armholes. I salvaged my top by chopping off 5 cm from top and 5 cm from back straps (so whole 10 cm in total!) just because I loved the fabric but I do not want to try more complicated patterns were way more adjustments will be needed.

Yes, often just enjoy wrapping my fabric around me too & enjoy imagining...

How fitting that Tiana is your favorite Disney Princess, you look like you could be the grown up version of her best friend Charlotte!

Thank you Samantha! Love the Ethel top and the swimsuit. I do have the habit of wrapping the fabric around me🤭 ...now I'll have to imagine the catwalk strut! 🤩

I just finished Tiana's closet top. I made the Romy Lantern Sleeve blouse, I never really found the sewing instructions, I think you have to read the blog. I went on RUclips and found two sew along, Sew Happy did the best job, but I found a couple. The pattern is not oversized, or has a lot of ease. I would say it's a nice fit. Just don't size down. The pattern appears to be drafted for a large B or C cup. I am a C cup and it fits fine. I did have to drop the dart by 1 inch. Hold the pattern up and check it. I also found I needed a broad back adjustment. I can wear it but it would fit better with that adjustment. The shoulders were fine, because I didn't size down. I would also suggest checking the sleeve cuff, you might want to add a 1/2 inch. For your information, I am 5'6, and have an inverted rectangle shape, and a sewing C cup. Hope that helps. I made the XL.

I really love these recommendations! I'm a Seamwork member and made the Benning dress two years ago (plus have another one cut out) and I had no idea that they made it free! It's such a fabulous dress and absolutely perfect for the summer!

Great video. Thanks Sam. You did good. ❤