You are my “go-to” for making my rope bowls! Your methods & techniques are the ones I use 100% of the time. Love your videos! When I started sewing rope bowls, I used my electronic machine because it was always set up and ready to sew. Quickly, I learned it just wasn’t the ideal machine to use for rope bowls. I had to take it in for repairs & adjustments. And being it was electronic and made mostly of plastic parts, it was expensive to repair. I told the repairman what I was doing; he suggested, giving the nature of sewing rope together, to use a manual machine, because it could handle sewing rope better as all its parts were metal. I have had my mother’s old manual machine stored away in its cubby, unused, for years. It is now used exclusively for sewing rope. He even went on further to say an industrial heavy duty machine would be better. I’ve found one on Amazon and at JoAnne’s. Saving my pennies now to purchase! Hope this little bit of info helps those who are considering making rope bowls, and can learn from my experience.
Thanks for all your support and glad your enjoying my videos! Yes, thanks for sharing your experience. A manual machine is definitely better for most rope bowls. If your planning on selling your rope bowls than a heavy duty machine would be great but the amount I am going to make I am fine with using my Husky.
Thank God I didn’t get rid of my White Manual sewing machine I got for high school graduation! I”m going to be trying this process soon...gathering materials!
Thank you sew much. I plan to make a bowl (or 2 or more 😂) and the best comment is the re area to the left of the foot. I have a light small machine I take to sew days and I’m sure that will be better than my big machine! Love your videos.
LIDS? Wowzer, cant wait. Super tips, Patti. I struggled to get straight sides on a smaller bowl until I realized it was my Janome 6500 machine head causing the problem. It's fairly substantial. Great machine though. Love your vids. Thanks
Hello, I appreciate your advice on making rope bowls. This video answered almost all my questions. The reason for my questions lies in the fact I was sewing just a few layers of poly - cotton fabric on my brand new Singer HD 6380 machine only yesterday, and, was using a Denim Needle. I got a few stitches into my project, and, the needle broke !!! I'm thinking that, although I did a "see - saw" test at the front of the machine to make sure my thread was in the front "tension area (?)" properly, I must've had my machine threaded wrong, causing my needle to break. Either that or there were just too many layers of fabric I had to go through. (Would you know what may have happened, there ?) But, my questions about this video are these: Which foot do you recommend to sew the rope bowls with? And, are there any ropes you shouldn't use (besides the much larger ones) to make rope bowls with ? Thank You So Much for your help and advice. Love your channel ... 🥰❣😻
Every sewing machine will be different. Once you know that you have threaded the machine correctly then a few things come to mind. 1. Make sure your needle is indeed inserted properly. 2. Do not pull on the base portion of your basket while sewing causing the needle to miss align and break. 3. Do not pull on the loose end of your cord while sewing which will miss align your needle and cause breakage. 4. Use new sharp needles. 5. Don’t sew too fast when you are starting your circle so you can manage the tight circle in the beginning. I use my regular all purpose foot for sewing my rope bowls. I use cotton sash cord and sometimes it has a poly inner core which is fine to sew through. I prefer not to use polypropylene cord as it can be slippery to work with.
I always use 1/4” rope as it makes a stiffer bowl or basket. I have found the Buffalo brand of rope makes the best bowls as it is heavier and stiffer. You can buy it on Amazon. Depending on where you live you can look in hardware stores, marine stores and wholesale rope stores online.
Thank you your wonderful Tutorial! I look forward to you up coming bowl tutorials. Question there are 2 jean needle sizes. Do you recommend the 90/14 or can you use the 100? Does this make a difference?
Hey! I just had notification of a video of yours come up for me to watch, but when I tried it came up as "This is a private video." I don't know if this is a mistake or if it is private. I just wanted to let you know.
Thanks Mary. I had trouble uploading the video and for 10 seconds it went live but the video wasn’t finished. But I will publish it in another week and a half.
I have a machine now Kenmore 12116690 but the 1/4" rope does not fit under the pressure foot. Do you know if there is a universal adapter that I can get to make it add a little more space? It doesn't have to be much just enough to turn corners. I already have the pressure foot up, just can turn.
I’m not an expert on machines but there is a way to adjust the amount of pressure for the presser foot. That might be just enough for the cord to move freely. Check your manual or google or RUclips on how to decrease the pressure on your Kenmore. That will lift your presser foot higher off the feed teeth. Hopefully just enough for you to work with the cord.
You are my “go-to” for making my rope bowls! Your methods & techniques are the ones I use 100% of the time. Love your videos!
When I started sewing rope bowls, I used my electronic machine because it was always set up and ready to sew. Quickly, I learned it just wasn’t the ideal machine to use for rope bowls. I had to take it in for repairs & adjustments. And being it was electronic and made mostly of plastic parts, it was expensive to repair.
I told the repairman what I was doing; he suggested, giving the nature of sewing rope together, to use a manual machine, because it could handle sewing rope better as all its parts were metal. I have had my mother’s old manual machine stored away in its cubby, unused, for years. It is now used exclusively for sewing rope. He even went on further to say an industrial heavy duty machine would be better. I’ve found one on Amazon and at JoAnne’s. Saving my pennies now to purchase!
Hope this little bit of info helps those who are considering making rope bowls, and can learn from my experience.
Thanks for all your support and glad your enjoying my videos!
Yes, thanks for sharing your experience. A manual machine is definitely better for most rope bowls. If your planning on selling your rope bowls than a heavy duty machine would be great but the amount I am going to make I am fine with using my Husky.
Thank God I didn’t get rid of my White Manual sewing machine I got for high school graduation! I”m going to be trying this process soon...gathering materials!
You got this!
Thank you so much for sharing your tutorial . I was able to make a rope bowl , coasters , now I’m making rope placemat.
Thank you very much.
Yeah! Thanks for watching. Glad the video was helpful too!
Thank you sew much. I plan to make a bowl (or 2 or more 😂) and the best comment is the re area to the left of the foot. I have a light small machine I take to sew days and I’m sure that will be better than my big machine! Love your videos.
You are so welcome!
Thank you for sharing this very informative information.
Glad it was helpful!
LIDS? Wowzer, cant wait. Super tips, Patti. I struggled to get straight sides on a smaller bowl until I realized it was my Janome 6500 machine head causing the problem. It's fairly substantial. Great machine though. Love your vids. Thanks
Glad this video was useful for you. Thanks for watching!
Hello,
I appreciate your advice on making rope bowls. This video answered almost all my questions. The reason for my questions lies in the fact I was sewing just a few layers of poly - cotton fabric on my brand new Singer HD 6380 machine only yesterday, and, was using a Denim Needle. I got a few stitches into my project, and, the needle broke !!! I'm thinking that, although I did a "see - saw" test at the front of the machine to make sure my thread was in the front "tension area (?)" properly, I must've had my machine threaded wrong, causing my needle to break. Either that or there were just too many layers of fabric I had to go through. (Would you know what may have happened, there ?) But, my questions about this video are these: Which foot do you recommend to sew the rope bowls with? And, are there any ropes you shouldn't use (besides the much larger ones) to make rope bowls with ? Thank You So Much for your help and advice. Love your channel ... 🥰❣😻
Every sewing machine will be different. Once you know that you have threaded the machine correctly then a few things come to mind.
1. Make sure your needle is indeed inserted properly.
2. Do not pull on the base portion of your basket while sewing causing the needle to miss align and break.
3. Do not pull on the loose end of your cord while sewing which will miss align your needle and cause breakage.
4. Use new sharp needles.
5. Don’t sew too fast when you are starting your circle so you can manage the tight circle in the beginning.
I use my regular all purpose foot for sewing my rope bowls.
I use cotton sash cord and sometimes it has a poly inner core which is fine to sew through. I prefer not to use polypropylene cord as it can be slippery to work with.
@@CraftyPattiArtsCrafts TYSM for all these wonderful tips. Will definitely be trying my hand at sewing some baskets, soon.
You are so welcome!
Cool machine! Thanks for the info!
Your very welcome!
Thank you. love to learn from you.!
So nice of you
Can you please tell me the best type and brand of rope to use please. And perhaps best place to buy from
I always use 1/4” rope as it makes a stiffer bowl or basket. I have found the Buffalo brand of rope makes the best bowls as it is heavier and stiffer. You can buy it on Amazon. Depending on where you live you can look in hardware stores, marine stores and wholesale rope stores online.
Thank you for sharing this tutorial. What is the best names of sewing machine for beginners?
There are so many brands. Some beginner brands are Singer, Brother & Janome
@@CraftyPattiArtsCrafts I'm truly grateful, thank you.🌷
No worries.
Thank you your wonderful Tutorial! I look forward to you up coming bowl tutorials. Question there are 2 jean needle sizes. Do you recommend the 90/14 or can you use the 100? Does this make a difference?
The 90 or 100 is good to use.
Hey! I just had notification of a video of yours come up for me to watch, but when I tried it came up as "This is a private video." I don't know if this is a mistake or if it is private. I just wanted to let you know.
Thanks Mary. I had trouble uploading the video and for 10 seconds it went live but the video wasn’t finished. But I will publish it in another week and a half.
I have a machine now Kenmore 12116690 but the 1/4" rope does not fit under the pressure foot. Do you know if there is a universal adapter that I can get to make it add a little more space? It doesn't have to be much just enough to turn corners. I already have the pressure foot up, just can turn.
I’m not an expert on machines but there is a way to adjust the amount of pressure for the presser foot. That might be just enough for the cord to move freely. Check your manual or google or RUclips on how to decrease the pressure on your Kenmore. That will lift your presser foot higher off the feed teeth. Hopefully just enough for you to work with the cord.
@@CraftyPattiArtsCrafts thank YOU! I'll do some more research to go that route.
How do you spell the name of your manual machine?
Husqvarna. Some of us call them Huskys and can be found under Viking as well.
Ah HA!! Jeans needle is best!
It wins!
❤❤❤🌹🇸🇦
Thanks!