Every item you have is just fantastic and very useful in dressmaking quilting and so on. Thank you so much for sharing. I do love your collection of pincushions ❤❤❤
What a wonderful list of sewing tools. I'm a 71 year old sewer so I have most of them. I hope your move goes well and you get settled in before Christmas. Blessings to you and your family.
I use a magnet tray from Harber Freight in USA. It's for screws and such, but it's great for pens. The magnet is pretty strong. If I have it on my ironing board it will stay put.
I second your comments on Clover pins - both flower head and silk. I use silk pins for most knits and fine wovens. I would add a gift certificate to a place that sharpens scissors (and especially, if you can find one, a place that sharpens pinking shears!), a folding cardboard cutting board (I am still using my mother's), and perhaps a strip of LED lights that fit under the curve of your sewing machine to prolong the time we can sew during these darker fall and winter days. Great variety Siân, and I really do covet your seam ripper! She's a beauty!
ooooh yes a good fabric shears sharpener is a must! I actually had a strip of LED lights for my machine and really didn't like it as it kept coming unstuck! Mum still has hers on but I find the Bernina has a great light on it 😊......maybe the giant studio lights help too🤔🤣
A great list and now I have 'sewing table' envy! I recently bought some duck billed scissors for grading seam allowances and they have proved surprisingly useful. I also love my Simflex and would recommend getting a bamboo point turner. But the things I love best which are not available on Amazon or anywhere else are the hand sewing needle case I inherited from my mother and the cutting table my partner made for my sewing room. Have liked and subscribed.
Fab list, I have quiet a few of those. I think in inches a,way covert metric to imperial in my head, we used both at school, so is second nature to many peeps of a certain age 😳xx
I am in the same boat about the mixing of imperial and metric measuring systems! I live in Ontario, Canada and most places only sell fabric by the meter but I have always used inches for body measurements and all of the rulers and measuring tools are only available in inches.
Something utterly pedestrian that I find very useful is a measuring tape with centimetres and inches on it. Saves so much calculating and headache, no matter which system you feel more at home in.
Incredibly helpful - thank you for doing this! I use magnets everywhere - I've glued them to the bottoms of bowls to catch pins, they hold things to the side of my little cart that's next to my machine, they're really helpful for getting stuff off the floor.
Absolutely agree about the Wonder Clips and as you say they're not just for quilting. I use them when sewing thicker denim fabrics which don't take pins easily.
I totally understand why you can't put pins in your beautiful doggy. Does he have a name? Very try about pins, machine needles and clips. Love the seam ripper. Thank you for a very helpful guide x
Cool notion that I recently bought and use: a magnetic plastic pin cushion!! It’s wonderful, I just throw the pins at it while i am sewing and its magnet amazingly catches them. The magnet is useful because if I knock my pincushion over, the pins don’t fall on the ground whereby i will pick them up one by one and possibly don’t see some meaning I will step on them later on 😂. Yes- no more pins on the floor! And even if you do drop pins on the floor, you just hover the pincushion over the floor, and the magnet will pull those pins off of the floor. Nifty! 👌 🤩 PS LOVED THE VIDEO 😍👍
I want a rivet press - well, probably more for eyelets - but looking into them confused me so much, I had no idea which to go for! I'll have to have another try at figuring it out some time. I have downstairs neighbours who would thank me for keeping hammering to a minimum! - ✨🐐
@@KittenishBehaviourSian Thanks so much! I might come back with questions at a later date once I've had another look. Knowing you find yours so useful gives me a bit more confidence 😄.
I love my wrist pin cushion and couldn’t do without it! Also for altering a pattern and measuring for example the crotch depth I have one of those measuring wheels which is excellent. Diana
I've been using the frixion fineliners and light highlighters, since they have felt tips, they are a bit easier to draw the line. I've found yellow does leave more residue than other colors. Luckily I use very patterned fabrics, so you don't notice most leftovers.
Great video, and I completely agree with you on your picks, especially the clips. The only things I could think of to add to your list are a "Big Jig" which helps my machine sew over large seams, and my Fiskars scissor sharpener. The scissor sharpener is so handy, especially on my scissors that I use to cut patterns/paper because they get dull so quickly.
ooooh yes! I call it a "hump jumper" and mine came with my machine, I don't use it often but I love it when I need it. Fabric sharpeners are something I don't have and need to invest in, thank you 😊
Love to see these kinds of notions posts 🤩 I am always eager to see if there is something handydandy to use 😂 what I didn’t see with you is a little thread snipping thingy. I keep it next to my sewing machines on a magnet so it’s always there. Even if your machine cut automatically, it’s very useful! ✂️ and I like to use quilting rulers for pattern drafting, next to the french curve. I put a suction handle on it, because I had difficulties picking it up from my very large self healing cutting mat 😂
Yes! I have some thread snips that live in the tool drawer of my cabinet but I don't use them very often as I have a thread cutter on my machine which is now an automatic thing for me to use! I use my quilting rulers for pattern drafting too 😊 LOLS about yours getting stuck to your cutting mat! 🤣
That was pretty comprehensive. An exta I very much like is a pair of small sciccors that I keep next to my sewing machine for cutting thread and snipping. 😽💕
I have 3 pairs of those dotted around my sewing machine but I'm not in love with them as they blunt at the tip so quickly! Do you have a brand that you recommend?
@@KittenishBehaviourSian I find the Fiskers ones last the best - plus the knife man on my local market will sharpen them, he won't do the stork ones as they are too delicate.
@@KittenishBehaviourSian Mine are from Kai (just your (and my) big fabric sciccors). They’re slightly bigger than what is often refered to as embroidery sciccors. The blades are 5 cm long, very pointy and very scharp at the points. Love them. Can also be sharpened just like the big one. Have that done about once a year by a specialist. 💕
For some reason, I don't like using pin cushions. I have a pretty dish on my sewing table to hold them. I also have another one to hold my generic wonder clips. I have a metal 48" ruler that I bought at the hardware store for measuring long lengths. I have to purchase a new one, as my wonderful hubby used it, didn't return it, and now it looks terrible.
You seem to do a lot of bias binding on things have you thought of getting an attachment for your machine? I got one and when you get the hang of it it saves a lot of time.
I thought I was the only one that struggled with a metric curve and imperial quilting ruler! So frustrating! Can’t decide whether I need everything in metric or imperial, or one in each!
Questions regarding the hand press: (got my 4 questions numbered below for you 😂😅): 1. Does the hand press work to press any type of studs (e.g. plastic/flat/domed/pyramid/metal)?? 2. Does it only press 1 certain size of studs, rivets and eyelets? In other words, do I have to keep buying different size caps to use when pressing studs, rivets and eyelets? 3. Also, do I need to buy other tools in conjunction with the hand press in order for me to successfully apply studs, rivets and eyelets to my garments? Or does it function on its own? 4. Finally, is it the same cap that will do studs, rivets and eyelets or do they each need a cap of their own? Sorry for the many questions on this hand press, but I really think I like it so needa know the answers to my current confusion 😅😊
Hey 😊 1. If you have the right attachment for the hand press then yes it will work with a variety of different hardwares. 2. You will need to buy a specific die set for each rivet/stud/eyelet size you want to use 3. When I bought my hand press it came with the 7mm double cap rivet die AND the cutting tool to make the appropriate sized holes for those rivets. Every die set I've bought has come with the correct cutting tool to use with it. 4. No. There are different die sets for each thing (rivet or stud or eyelet etc) and there are different sized dies for each thing. You will need to buy a die set appropriate to the size and type of hardware you want to use. If you think you'll use all the sizes and different types of dies the bundle I mentioned is the best value method. I've been buying the individual die sets as and when I need them which is more expensive over time but a smaller initial outlay. I hope that helps 😊
@@KittenishBehaviourSian This written explanation REALLY helped, I understand it so much better now! To be honest, I am a bit sad that the answer is I will have to buy attachments and cutting sets for each and every “hardware” (“thing” as you called it) *AS WELL AS* for each and every size separately of those. The prices aside, I think the set is definitely better for me 😂😂😂 Thank you so much for explaining it in writing for me 🤗🤗
For the horn desk, is changing the bobbin while still sitting on my chair easily possible when the sewing machine is flush with the desk level? Or do I have to either crawl down and change it or bring the sewing machine up to change it? Also, i believe the hole that the machine slots in as well as the acrylic sheet (correct me if I’m wrong) is cut costumed to your machine, so what happens if you buy a new machine?
The insert for the machine is see through so I have no problem changing my bobbin, mine is a front loading one. If you buy a new machine you can order a new insert from Horn 😊
Every item you have is just fantastic and very useful in dressmaking quilting and so on. Thank you so much for sharing. I do love your collection of pincushions ❤❤❤
Thank you so much! 😊
I have a Superior Horn cabinet too, best thing I ever bought, I love it!! A couple of tools have just been added to my Amazon wish list...
A decent press is on my list for when I get back into corsetry again.
What a wonderful list of sewing tools. I'm a 71 year old sewer so I have most of them. I hope your move goes well and you get settled in before Christmas. Blessings to you and your family.
Thank you 😊
I use a magnet tray from Harber Freight in USA. It's for screws and such, but it's great for pens. The magnet is pretty strong. If I have it on my ironing board it will stay put.
I second your comments on Clover pins - both flower head and silk. I use silk pins for most knits and fine wovens. I would add a gift certificate to a place that sharpens scissors (and especially, if you can find one, a place that sharpens pinking shears!), a folding cardboard cutting board (I am still using my mother's), and perhaps a strip of LED lights that fit under the curve of your sewing machine to prolong the time we can sew during these darker fall and winter days. Great variety Siân, and I really do covet your seam ripper! She's a beauty!
ooooh yes a good fabric shears sharpener is a must! I actually had a strip of LED lights for my machine and really didn't like it as it kept coming unstuck! Mum still has hers on but I find the Bernina has a great light on it 😊......maybe the giant studio lights help too🤔🤣
Hi Siân!! Great suggestions for sewing gift items....
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thanks, Sian! I ordered the Hemline multi-sided gauge :)
A great list and now I have 'sewing table' envy! I recently bought some duck billed scissors for grading seam allowances and they have proved surprisingly useful. I also love my Simflex and would recommend getting a bamboo point turner. But the things I love best which are not available on Amazon or anywhere else are the hand sewing needle case I inherited from my mother and the cutting table my partner made for my sewing room. Have liked and subscribed.
Fab list, I have quiet a few of those. I think in inches a,way covert metric to imperial in my head, we used both at school, so is second nature to many peeps of a certain age 😳xx
Lovely... thanks for sharing...
So glad you still love♥♥♥♥♥
Mum and I fight over them all the time 🤣 I've just ordered myself a small embroidery pair from Kai. Thank you again for such a lovely present 😊
brilliant.Oh for the horn table,it looks amazing.
I use water soluble blue marker on fabrics and find it indispensable. I have not used the chalk one, sounds good as well.
I am in the same boat about the mixing of imperial and metric measuring systems! I live in Ontario, Canada and most places only sell fabric by the meter but I have always used inches for body measurements and all of the rulers and measuring tools are only available in inches.
I'm glad it's not just me 🤣
Something utterly pedestrian that I find very useful is a measuring tape with centimetres and inches on it. Saves so much calculating and headache, no matter which system you feel more at home in.
oooooh yes! I have three of these 🤣
Incredibly helpful - thank you for doing this! I use magnets everywhere - I've glued them to the bottoms of bowls to catch pins, they hold things to the side of my little cart that's next to my machine, they're really helpful for getting stuff off the floor.
thats such a good idea 😊
Excellent.
Absolutely agree about the Wonder Clips and as you say they're not just for quilting. I use them when sewing thicker denim fabrics which don't take pins easily.
Exactly! They are so so handy and save you bent pins! 😊
I totally understand why you can't put pins in your beautiful doggy. Does he have a name? Very try about pins, machine needles and clips. Love the seam ripper. Thank you for a very helpful guide x
Thank you for the interesting and informative vlog.
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Cool notion that I recently bought and use: a magnetic plastic pin cushion!! It’s wonderful, I just throw the pins at it while i am sewing and its magnet amazingly catches them. The magnet is useful because if I knock my pincushion over, the pins don’t fall on the ground whereby i will pick them up one by one and possibly don’t see some meaning I will step on them later on 😂. Yes- no more pins on the floor! And even if you do drop pins on the floor, you just hover the pincushion over the floor, and the magnet will pull those pins off of the floor. Nifty! 👌 🤩 PS LOVED THE VIDEO 😍👍
ahhhhhh yes! I have a magnetic pin cushion somewhere I should have it out with the rest of my collection. I love swiping it over dropped pins 😊
@@KittenishBehaviourSian YES it’s soooo oddly satisfying 😅🤩😂
My most used sewing tool this week is my seam ripper. Guess we have all been there. ❤️
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I want a rivet press - well, probably more for eyelets - but looking into them confused me so much, I had no idea which to go for! I'll have to have another try at figuring it out some time. I have downstairs neighbours who would thank me for keeping hammering to a minimum!
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If you want to ask me some questions about them I can try and help you narrow down what you'll need 😊
@@KittenishBehaviourSian Thanks so much! I might come back with questions at a later date once I've had another look. Knowing you find yours so useful gives me a bit more confidence 😄.
I like your favorite sewing tools and info given. I also like and use the "third hand" and clamp.
I shall have to have a look in to that! Thank you 😊
You look lovely with your hair down.
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I love my wrist pin cushion and couldn’t do without it! Also for altering a pattern and measuring for example the crotch depth I have one of those measuring wheels which is excellent. Diana
I've got a wrist pin cushion somewhere! I shall have to dig it out 😊
I have osteoarthritis and I use straight and curved hemostat forceps from Amazon, they are so helpful. I also sew in meters and inches.💜
I need to get myself some of those, so many people have recommended them! 😊
I got a giant pack of off brand wonder clips on Amazon and they changed my sewing life
it's amazing how useful they are!
The purple thing! I saw it on your vlog and had to have it. My hubby got it last year for me as a Christmas gift
So useful aren't they 😊
I've been using the frixion fineliners and light highlighters, since they have felt tips, they are a bit easier to draw the line. I've found yellow does leave more residue than other colors. Luckily I use very patterned fabrics, so you don't notice most leftovers.
Great video, and I completely agree with you on your picks, especially the clips. The only things I could think of to add to your list are a "Big Jig" which helps my machine sew over large seams, and my Fiskars scissor sharpener. The scissor sharpener is so handy, especially on my scissors that I use to cut patterns/paper because they get dull so quickly.
ooooh yes! I call it a "hump jumper" and mine came with my machine, I don't use it often but I love it when I need it. Fabric sharpeners are something I don't have and need to invest in, thank you 😊
Love to see these kinds of notions posts 🤩 I am always eager to see if there is something handydandy to use 😂 what I didn’t see with you is a little thread snipping thingy. I keep it next to my sewing machines on a magnet so it’s always there. Even if your machine cut automatically, it’s very useful! ✂️ and I like to use quilting rulers for pattern drafting, next to the french curve. I put a suction handle on it, because I had difficulties picking it up from my very large self healing cutting mat 😂
Yes! I have some thread snips that live in the tool drawer of my cabinet but I don't use them very often as I have a thread cutter on my machine which is now an automatic thing for me to use! I use my quilting rulers for pattern drafting too 😊 LOLS about yours getting stuck to your cutting mat! 🤣
I made a wrist pincushion because I was fed up of misplacing my pins as I sew .
I'm so worried that if I use mine I'll get used to it and then stab myself whilst sewing when I don't have it on 🤣🤣🤣🤣
thank you.
That was pretty comprehensive. An exta I very much like is a pair of small sciccors that I keep next to my sewing machine for cutting thread and snipping. 😽💕
I have 3 pairs of those dotted around my sewing machine but I'm not in love with them as they blunt at the tip so quickly! Do you have a brand that you recommend?
@@KittenishBehaviourSian I find the Fiskers ones last the best - plus the knife man on my local market will sharpen them, he won't do the stork ones as they are too delicate.
@@KittenishBehaviourSian Mine are from Kai (just your (and my) big fabric sciccors). They’re slightly bigger than what is often refered to as embroidery sciccors. The blades are 5 cm long, very pointy and very scharp at the points. Love them. Can also be sharpened just like the big one. Have that done about once a year by a specialist. 💕
It says N5135 next to the brand. Maybe that helps.
That does indeed thank you!! 😊 My N5135's are on their way to me now 😊
For some reason, I don't like using pin cushions. I have a pretty dish on my sewing table to hold them. I also have another one to hold my generic wonder clips. I have a metal 48" ruler that I bought at the hardware store for measuring long lengths. I have to purchase a new one, as my wonderful hubby used it, didn't return it, and now it looks terrible.
You seem to do a lot of bias binding on things have you thought of getting an attachment for your machine? I got one and when you get the hang of it it saves a lot of time.
I have 2!! I still prefer sewing it the way I do....I’m a creature of habit it seems! 😊
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I thought I was the only one that struggled with a metric curve and imperial quilting ruler! So frustrating! Can’t decide whether I need everything in metric or imperial, or one in each!
One of each!! 😉🤣
Questions regarding the hand press: (got my 4 questions numbered below for you 😂😅):
1. Does the hand press work to press any type of studs (e.g. plastic/flat/domed/pyramid/metal)??
2. Does it only press 1 certain size of studs, rivets and eyelets? In other words, do I have to keep buying different size caps to use when pressing studs, rivets and eyelets?
3. Also, do I need to buy other tools in conjunction with the hand press in order for me to successfully apply studs, rivets and eyelets to my garments? Or does it function on its own?
4. Finally, is it the same cap that will do studs, rivets and eyelets or do they each need a cap of their own?
Sorry for the many questions on this hand press, but I really think I like it so needa know the answers to my current confusion 😅😊
Hey 😊
1. If you have the right attachment for the hand press then yes it will work with a variety of different hardwares.
2. You will need to buy a specific die set for each rivet/stud/eyelet size you want to use
3. When I bought my hand press it came with the 7mm double cap rivet die AND the cutting tool to make the appropriate sized holes for those rivets. Every die set I've bought has come with the correct cutting tool to use with it.
4. No. There are different die sets for each thing (rivet or stud or eyelet etc) and there are different sized dies for each thing. You will need to buy a die set appropriate to the size and type of hardware you want to use.
If you think you'll use all the sizes and different types of dies the bundle I mentioned is the best value method. I've been buying the individual die sets as and when I need them which is more expensive over time but a smaller initial outlay.
I hope that helps 😊
@@KittenishBehaviourSian This written explanation REALLY helped, I understand it so much better now! To be honest, I am a bit sad that the answer is I will have to buy attachments and cutting sets for each and every “hardware” (“thing” as you called it) *AS WELL AS* for each and every size separately of those. The prices aside, I think the set is definitely better for me 😂😂😂
Thank you so much for explaining it in writing for me 🤗🤗
No worries at all 😊 glad I could help
For the horn desk, is changing the bobbin while still sitting on my chair easily possible when the sewing machine is flush with the desk level? Or do I have to either crawl down and change it or bring the sewing machine up to change it? Also, i believe the hole that the machine slots in as well as the acrylic sheet (correct me if I’m wrong) is cut costumed to your machine, so what happens if you buy a new machine?
The insert for the machine is see through so I have no problem changing my bobbin, mine is a front loading one. If you buy a new machine you can order a new insert from Horn 😊
@@KittenishBehaviourSian thanks for the clarification 👌
What paper do you use to trace your patterns?
I get mine from Morplan 😊
I dont see any links showing where you purchased these.
Every single item mentioned is linked in the description box 😊
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