Skill Swapping With Bernadette Banner
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- Witness the Shenanigans of Skill Swapping with one Miss Bernadette Banner.
Where I learn that sewing on a treadle machine, isn't just as easy as pushing a pedal down and will I be able to convince Bernadette hand sewing closures aren't the Devil after all.
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0:00 Intro
1:21 Sewing on a threadle machine
14:42 Are closures the Devil?
33:49 Bloopers
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Thank you for making hooks infinitely less dreadful ♥️
I wanted to let you know that if you teach someone who has no sewing experience to sew on a treadle it is way easier because they have nothing to un-learn. I know this from my kids. It’s super hard to teach someone who is used to modern equipment to get them to forget about buttons knobs and reverse. You did an awesome job and so did Nikki!🥰
I wanted to let you know that if you teach someone who has no sewing experience to sew on a treadle it is way easier because they have nothing to un-learn. I know this from my kids. It’s super hard to teach someone who is used to modern equipment to get them to forget about buttons knobs and reverse. You did an awesome job and so did Nikki!🥰👍🏼
If you learned on a treadle, it is hard getting used to an electric machine. I could never get used to the needle threader. And, forget about those computerized machines.
How difficult was it for you to learn on the treadle machine?
@@lemonrinds8296 Not very difficult, the main thing was getting the rhythm and not pushing forward AND back on the treadle. just pick whichever motion feels right for you and go with it.
This feels like two sewing rivals attempted to devise torture for the other in choosing the most personally dreadful skills, but ended up learning from each other and starting a friendship. What a cozy video
😂😂
Thank you for sharing this with us - it was a lot of fun and there's something very relatable about watching incredibly talented professionals struggle. Reminds us that everyone is a beginner at something!
Exactly! no one becomes an expert overnight, we all start at the beginning☺️
Encouraging to see respected RUclips sewing goddesses being beginners. Watching the experience of retraining the mind and "ingrained habits" helps those of us newer to this to trust the journey... And the stumbling process of learning.
🤓one is never to old, to learn new things
@@Leeam I'd even claim that one who has resigned their curiosity to learn and experience new things has resigned life itself.
Can you imagine Bernadette meeting historian Ruth Goodman from those historical farm series? The two universes I want to collide.
Oh my gosh this has to happen! I’m 1000% on board with this
YES!
That needs to happen asap!
When you talked about the motion of treadleing and keeping the momentum I immediately associated it to the keeping motion and going with the flow of the movement you have when swinging in a swing: if you lean forward or backward a little too early or late, the motion is interrupted. Also started to think about playing the treadle organs (an instrument similar to piano) that the sound gets uneven if you don't keep the treadleing steady.
With closures I find the hardest thing is to sew the second part of the closure in the right spot, whitout moving it. Just a slight adjustment of the hands can make it go some millimeters wrong and are there many closures, it then can bulk if many are just slightly off.
I also love when Bernadette visits other channels. It is always such a good time to see you interact with each other. When costubers meet, the sum becomes more than the parts as there is an added dynamic that is just so wonderful.
Yeah, I immediately thought, "Oh, it's like pushing a swing, not pedaling a bike."
Its like a hand wheel in potting
Another thing that used the treadle was pottery wheels from the same time. I honestly think it was a fairly common method of powering household tools. But it is highly entertaining watching you both work together and very educational. While these machines are not as common here in the States, treadle sewing machines are still available in regions with unreliable electrical services and a class like this is very helpful.
And portable forges and grinding wheels used/use treadle drive from the 1800 and onwards... 😃
I have used a treadle lathe and butter churn.
It's also very much like treadling my spinning wheel. Get the wheel going with your foot and draft the wool with your hands to make yarn...takes some coordination!
common then but not now.
Bernadette's "Don't touch that!" just relieved 200 years of sewing machine tension angst!
It really doesn't matter if your machine is modern or classical, tension is an issue.
For us knitters, weaving in ends is the equivalent of sewing on closures. I agree with Bernadette - when you're so close to finishing a project, you really can't be bothered with such trivialities before putting on your garment. Who's gonna see the yarn tails anyway? ;)
I do have a glove I made... two years ago... that I really need to finish the ends on.
Same for crochet and weaving :)
Oof! I can't stand wearing a garment with the unfinished tails still tickling away... 🙈 I honestly try to knit them into the garment as I go - although it does mean you need slightly longer tails on any knots, it does save time later? All you have to do is quickly snip off any little ends that still stick out once everything's finished.
@@annastevens1526 Same here. It's an eternal struggle between wanting to have a neatly finished garment and not wanting to go through all the trouble. The former does always win out eventually and I always end up weaving in all the ends before the final block (griping about it throughout the process). At least the Russian joining method speeds things up when knitting with wool.
This was educational, entertaining and hilarious! Thank you Nikki Lee-am and "Nikki Lee-am"
Nikki & Nikki thank you👯♀️
I learned to sew on a treadle machine. To this day, some fifty years later, I still give that wheel a “fling”. Many an amazingly fun day was spent on that machine.
My grandparents converted the table of an old treadle sewing machine into a desk (scandalous, I know). What remains of the machine is the "treadle foot" and I have to say ... it is very relaxing to move this foot with your feet while working at the table. How great it must be to be able to operate a sewing machine with this foot movement 😍
I used to play with my great grandmother's treadle and yes it is such a relaxing rhythm. Ps. My parents now have and use hers as a table as well but...for their fish tank! 😤 I can't bring myself to ask if the machine is still inside but I'm going to investigate and rescue if and when the opportunity presents itself
My grandma teached me to sew when I was kid with treadle machine, it was Finnish Tikkakoski from 1930's and best machine ever. I was so sad when my aunt sold it after my grandma died without telling me.
I've posted these tips for treadling on another channel and Bernadette's but it would probably take forever for you or your viewers to find it. I know many people may have a treadle (or one in the family) they'd like to use and haven't mastered yet, or really want to get one some day. It really does take practice, but knowing what to practice can speed things up. So this is a long comment, but I hope it helps some of you. :-)
Practice to start with so that the handwheel clutch is disengaged (like you'd do for bobbin winding), the presser foot is up and there's no thread or needle in the machine. Have your right foot forward on the treadle pedal (and only push forward with it, that is - away from you) and your left foot towards the back of the treadle pedal (and only push back on the pedal with that foot). You can swap feet whenever you like but the foot to the front pushes forward only and the foot to the back pushes back only. It's a bit like pedalling on a bike in that only one foot pushes down at a time while the other has a little rest. When you stop your feet should stay put - at least one of them so the inertia in the machine doesn't keep moving the machine and pedal. Often as not it will "roll" backwards just to spite you. :-)
Learn to treadle s-l-o-w-l-y so you can figure out where the "dead spots" are on the treadle pedal. You might be lucky and have two but if you're like me you have three (pedal all the way forward, dead level and all the way back). You don't want to stop at those spots because if you do then you need to use your hand on the handwheel to get it going again and it's just harder to get it going again. When you do need to use your hand on the handwheel to start grab it firmly and pull towards you with a bit of vigour. "Stroking" the handwheel is a bit too gentle to efficiently overcome the inertia in the machine.
Your handwheel should only ever come towards you (even for reverse if a machine has it, some brands do even in quite old machines - machines don't "wind backwards" to stitch in reverse). If when you stop your right foot was pushing forward then when you start again if you carry on with the right foot pushing forward the machine wheel will turn the same way it was going when you stopped. It's the same principle if you were pushing backwards with your left foot - start again pushing backward with the left foot and the wheel will go the right way. Play around with it and observe what happens to the direction the handwheel turns when you stop and then re-start treadling. You'll soon see what I mean if I haven't explained it well.
With practice (and going slow to start with) you'll get the hang of starting up after stopping with the handwheel always coming forward. The moment you see it going the wrong way when you start up again you know you've recommenced treadling with the "wrong foot". Swap to pushing with the other foot immediately and it will go in the right direction again.
After you've got the hang of this engage the clutch again so you can get used to it with the "heavier foot" required to move the whole mechanism of the machine. When you can stop and start pretty much at will (and use your hand on the wheel to do a "decisive stop" when you need to) and always (nearly always!) start in the right direction you're ready to put a needle in the machine and practice sewing on paper. Once you're able to stop and start where and when you want (hint - slow the treadle down as you make the approach to anywhere you want to stop) and guide the paper around corners and curves adjusting the speed as needed with your feet to suit the path you're navigating then you thread her up with a new needle, grab your fabric and sew like a pro!
Please do refer to a user manual for how to insert the needle and thread up your model. (ISMACS has a quite few user manuals as PDFs free on their web site for various makes and models). Different machines had different threading paths and even different directions to insert and thread the needle. Some even had special needles.
For any precise sewing it is not cheating to just manually turn the handwheel. Nor is it cheating, if you have a hand-crank on the machine as well, to use that when and where it suits you. Treadling is great for fast sewing and long seams but that doesn't mean you're obliged to use it exclusively before you can call yourself a treadler. :-)
Finally - thread nests under the throat plate are often caused by incorrect threading (eg the thread is not fully between the tension discs, not properly going through all the guides or checkspring) or the handwheel going backwards. If ever you get those loops or nests in random places on a seam rather than all the way along when you haven't even changed the tension on the machine check those two things first, especially if you have just changed the needle.
I was coming into the comments to remind people that one foot forward (right handed - right foot etc) and the other foot back of the plate, it is super easy to push and pull the plate this way and the working of the treadle becomes second nature.
Restarting with the foot you stopped with -- life changing! Thanks!
Great tips, and really well explained! So much of it has to do with keeping the rhythm going and not slowing down in the middle of a seam.... It's when you slow down that the flywheel fails to keep moving over that inertia point at the very top of its rotation, and if that happens, it'll start to swing backwards instead?
@@annastevens1526 You can keep it moving forward even very slowly - but your feet and legs have to work at it. So you're right, if you don't put in enough energy to keep it going forward as you slow down then it will reach a point where the flywheel's momentum isn't enough to keep it going forward and it'll go the other way. That's why it is also better if you want to stop to do a decisive stop rather than just stop treadling and let it cruise to a stop on its own. It's a bit like riding a bike uphill - your forward momentum at speed will only let you "cruise" without putting in effort for a short way up the hill. If you don't put in more effort at the right point, apply the brakes or put your foot down then your bike will start rolling backwards down that hill! :-)
I do have an original treadle machine from my great great grandmother with original operating instructions. It tells you to practice treadling first with one foot, then with the other foot. Then you’re supposed to operate the machine with both feet. I find if you practice enough without actually sewing, you get a really good feeling for keeping it going without going backwards.
Also I nearly always start it with my hand on the little top wheel, I find it a lot easier this way…
Sorry for any mistakes in language, I’m not a native speaker 😇
A+ language skills!
@@ainsleyhillman Some machines work well for one-foot treadling - others were designed more with two-foot treadling in mind. My VS2 treadles very easily with one foot - but I've treadled on others where that was just a no-go.
It's actually fairly comforting to see people with as much experience struggle to perfect a new skill or learn a better way...
This video brings back childhood memories from the time and time again that my mother tried to teach me how to use a treadle machine. Without success I must say. She was a patient teacher to an impatient child who worked against the machine every inch of the way. In the end I always cried and left the room. She finally gave me up and bought me a modern Husquarna which she herself wore down to it's bare bones. She's long gone, but she left me the joy of sewing.
Having rewatched Bernadette's hand sewn button hole tutorial plenty (pretty every time I need to remember how to make a button hole knot) and always thinking "well that looks easy" only to immediately tangle my thread into a knot, the twisted thread portion was highly relatable content. : D
I will definitely be trying out this closure sewing method on my next skirt, or maybe I will finally fix the broken closure on my petticoat that is currently held together by a safety pin...
I’m loving this so much, …. I’m 76 years old and have been sewing since I was in Jr High Home Ec.
It was actually a semester of Jr. high along with cooking. I loved it and was very excited about making a skirt for myself that was unique to me,…. So much so, that I picked a beautiful plaid fabric to work with. My teacher scolded me about that because I had to “match “ the plaid on every seam so she had to teach me how to do that, and that was considered a bit advanced . I loved it and have been sewing for myself throughout my life….. still can’t pass up a good fabric store!
For me, it is infinitely easier to treadle with one foot forward on the treadle pressing with the toes and ball of my foot and the opposite foot placed heel on the floor and my toes pressing as the treadle platform tips toward my chair. The other thing it took me a while to learn is that if all parts of the treadle irons are oiled wherever metal touches metal, the machine is far less likely to switch directions and turn the wheel backwards. Despite the fact that treadling takes so little effort, my thighs did get thinner (happy unanticipated bonus).
YES - I grew up using a treadle sewing machine and its quite hard to explain to people that its a TIMED PUSH with the toes. I never even use 2 feet. Rest my heal of the right foot at the pivot point and then after the treddle reaches - top dead centre - its a gentle push with the toes to ADD ENERGY to the flywheel.
Thats all, just push wait push wait push wait
That’s how I do it as well. Two feet in a natural rhythm.
Physics tells me to only push in the direction it’s already going, otherwise I’m subtracting energy from the system rather than adding to it.
61 years ago, I learned to sew on a treadle sewing machine. It was probably not as old as yours and wasn't a singer, but I never had so much trouble using it. I sewed with both feet on the treadle. one at the front of the treadle and one on the back, this was easier to make it go faster as I was an impatient child. I love your channel.
You're so charming! Thank you Bernadette for doing so many collaborations recently and bringing my attention to so many talented people! :)
Bernadette. I would compare the sowing machine to a bicycle, in that you do not push a bicycle peddle down until past top center.
Using thread wax and getting into the habit of doing an untwisting turn with every stitch helps the thread stay untangled.
I recently visited my mother's home after she fell and wound up in rehab. I also revisited my "friends" the sewing supplies of old. The same "moon" of beeswax, now missing it's plastic shell, the same thread box and scissors. I was hand sewing. Had I wanted to use the machine I would be out of luck as it has long since been dormant. It's still in it's cabinet... out in the garage. A sad testament to an age when machines were not made to last forever... but the memories certainly do.
*I GREW UP USING A TREDDLE SINGER* and it is you are NOT peddling - it is a TIMED PUSH with the toes.
I never even use 2 feet. Rest my heal of the right foot at the pivot point and then after the treddle reaches - top dead centre - its a gentle push with the toes to ADD ENERGY to the flywheel.
That's all, just push wait push wait push wait. For the rest of the time - just let the treddle move your limp foot. You ONLY add energy for 1/4 of a turn just after top dead centre.
Oh yes - 100% agree with the "add energy" description. In my tips I talk about pushing forward with the front foot and back with the back foot (as a means to learn how to always start with the handwheel coming forwards and not always needing to use your hand to do it) but I think your observation that you're "adding energy" is excellent for once the momentum gets going.
@@meganmills6545 - Its one of those things that if you can do it. Its so obvious its hard to describe. Like you I can start and stop the machine with the treddle - but stopping it does mane a klunk LOL.
Loved this. I learned to sew on a treadle machine...with flip flops. I was very young and would do it to pop rhythms in my head. As I got older I used high heels, clogs, and barefoot. I miss my machine, had to sell it to pay house taxes, but would buy another in a flash. You always make my day...so relaxing and fun.
I learned to sew on my mother’s treadle machine. This brought back many happy memories, and muscle memory of the treadling motion in my right leg and foot! The only thing I would say is - don’t be afraid to use the wheel to stop it going the wrong way! Thank you for the trip down memory lane ladies - sadly my sister got rid of my mother’s machine and just has the table now 😢
Seeing BB struggle with the hooks gives me hope that I'll improve on them eventually🪡
Fun to watch someone learn to sew on a treadle machine. I had one for many years. A FREE, swinging shuttle, circa 1910. Loved it! Such a great machine, and a nice contrast to my industrial high speed Consew machine.
And now about the threading of the needle: If you use one piece of thread it will ALWAYS twist when hand-sewing. The solution is to cut 2 pieces of thread of equal length and put them through the needle together. Important that the ends of the threads that come off the spool go through the eye of the needle FIRST, and these ends become the ones that are knotted. That aligns the twist of the thread the way it is meant to be used. (Think about the way that thread runs through a sewing machine.) It is trickier to get two threads through the needle initially, but so worth it, as now your hand-stitching will not get the dreaded “twisties.”
I did bookmark this video to have the tutorial for closure. Thanks, Lee-am. :D
I have another one on the bodice closures as well ☺️ ruclips.net/video/RkH9euzO67s/видео.html
@@Leeam Which is also bookmarked. :)
@@Leeam
That one (and the accompanying photos) is my go-to reference for sewing hooks, eyes and bars.
this weekend i have handsewn myself a pair of slippers. they look like, if dr Frankenstein had made his monster from one body. But they fit, and are comfortable while walking/sitting in them.
Thanks so much for taking us on this journey to threadle, closures and giggles, I enjoyed watching it very much!
15:40 When Lee-am is talking about hooks rotating or dipping, this may not be historically accurate way to attach hook closures but I'm doing it in a way that it is done in modern bras closures, meaning part of the hook and also part of an eye is covered by a tiny fabric fold or a ribbon, this way both parts are more stable and when hooked they are not easily unhooked on their own when your body is bending.
Didn't realise that the small fabric overlap had a secondary function of increasing friction = reducing slippage... but that makes so much sense! I've always been leery about using hooks & bars because of that exact fear, that they'll pop loose due to changing tension as one bends & moves. I do like they way they allow for a closer closure, though, as Nikki was describing - hooks & eyes always feel a bit sloppy unless they're in areas under constant elastic tension, such as a bra strap?
i actually learned how to sew on a treadle machine in school :D i thought it was quite fun and helpful to learn on such a slow and manual machine, it really made me understand how sewing machines work and i found it easier to control than modern machines in the beginning. I learned to threadle with both feet tho, gives you more control and it's less straining on your legs aswell.
Agree totally. I came out of lock-down with a hand-crank 99K Singer from 1915. That ability to slow down, literally a stitch at a time has been ground-breaking for me. It has literally been teaching me how the mechanics of the machine go together.
Which makes a sewing machine that plugs into the power grid much less intimidating to deal with (I tend towards being "Misure Heavy-Foot").
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
Also - treadling with both feet seems to be the default. It looks like it will give you more control for both speed and stopping ability.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
@@stevezytveld6585 That's sooo cool! I only know hand sewing so far since there's no machine in sight for me, but it's amazing to hear others' experiences
Thank you so much! Very helpful! I learned to sew on a treadle machine so switching to a modern 'contraption' was exceedingly frustrating LOL! Hand sewing finicky little closures can be meditative once you overcome the intense concentration and just feel the rhythm. In my experience, tension issues resolve themselves.
Two things.... always start with the flywheel by hand, and go fast. That might seem counterintuitive but the momentum of a little speed helps prevent reversals.
I also have used spinning wheels tho the treadle of a spinning wheel is hinged on one edge rather than in the middle like a sewing machine treadle. This makes the principle the same but the action feels different.
My spinning wheel (probably a Louet or similar) has a treadle that is hinged in the middle. So I am very curious how well that will translate to the treadle sewing machine that I am currently getting ready for action.
You seem to only have one side of the audio on this video lol, my headphones are in working condition, I checked, but with this video I'm only getting left ear audio. Great video still, just thought I'd let you know.
Yes I’m sorry that was a mistake on my part by setting the audio tracks to stereo instead of mono, nothing wrong with your headphones 😅
Only my right earphone works :(
@@Pop-zb3wr there might be a device or computer setting you can change so that the audio is the same in both ears, idk, it's worth a try tho lol
The moment of joy when you successfully cross the swatch is priceless XD
Watching both of you Interact with each other was wonderful! I love how you both are showing the other new skills. I know that you both taught me a lot! Thanks!
Hee, this is pretty much how I begin teaching someone to use a spinning wheel as well. The mechanics are really not much different... This is so much fun!
I've been using double thread for attaching closures for nearly forty years now. It means buttons get attached in three stitches, and there is less room for error/slippage. I also use betweens needles instead of sharps for greater precision.
That was a lot of fun to watch. I really appreciate the discussion about how you are trying to achieve equal tension with the stitches around the hook.
It's like how you tighten lug nuts when changing a tire. Keep the tension even all around by going across and across like that.
So much fun!
This is so lovely but one day late for me lol. Just worked on our freshly cleaned up family 1913 g series last night and i found 2 feet was easisest. Old portraits show a gentle left foot at top left, and right foot at bottom right, and perched on the edge of a chair. And that worked like a dream.
Love this video!
As in all aspects of life there is a rhythm, & I hear Grace Jones here in the background musical score, as I tend to 'score' my artistic ventures and deep dives...... (so 1980's of me with G. J. retro/flash back).Oh how I wish the degree of Costume Historian was around in the mid 70's when I was in my college years. Altho I am old enough to the the mom tho either of you, I feel the sisterhood deeply. I Am following many of your contemporaries in both the European counteries and the USA. So A hearty Greeting and thankyou for a delightful dive into skill swaping!
What a fun collaboration! Y’all are precious together.
What fun! Thank you both so much 👍😊
Been treadle sewing fourty plus years now. Think about the foot movement as tapping your toes to a jaunty tune. The heel remains rested and the leg in a relaxed position. The thigh is completely relaxed and comfortable, it's the calve and ankle that does the work. Just tap your toes and lift the foot to tap again to the music the machine makes. It's an auditory experience as much as tactual to treadle a sewing machine. The trick to treading effectively is to tap one's toes after the treadle has passed the apex of the downward dip at the rear. You can rest your foot further back on the treadle than there is cast iron. My foot hangs over quite a bit. I'm a rather tall fellow with larger feet so all of my toes hang over the back of the treadle. My heel placement is an inch forward on the treadle from the closest edge of the casting. This is MY comfortable foot position, yours may vary as the ball of my foot lies at the furthest back edge of the foot treadle. To me this feels natural and most comfortable. Find that comfy tootsies position that is biomechanically most ergonomic for yourself. From this nearly neutral foot position one can start the machine by foot alone most easily and indeed even correct the direction of the machine 's operation merely by foot if it is moving backwards (not the desired rotation of the hand wheel). The ideal position for the machine to start sewing a line of stitching is when the needle is just beginning its return journey downwards and the top thread take-up lever is likewise beginning it's downward journey. The top thread has been tugged through the tension assembly already and all of the stresses involved are at their lowest level in the cycle of the machines stitching. This is the point that modern electronic sewing machines pause with the needle is up automatically. 😉
What a fun video by the way!
My mother has her great grandmother’s New Home treadle machine as a side table, and and a child I would spend countless hours playing with the treadle. There’s definitely a rhythm you have to catch.
I love the whole idea of teaching another a skill that previously was unknown or you dreaded doing -- like closures or in my case sleeves -- or old sewing machine in and outs. Please more.
This was delightful!!!
I’ve never used a treadle sewing machine but I’m a spinner. Watching this really brought back memories of my first spinning sessions, when I’d curse at the wheel for moving backwards all of a sudden… good times 😆
I loved this video!!
Oh my gosh! It looks like you two had so much fun!
I just found your channel a minute ago, literally. You seem rad, im staying here for a longggg while!
This was so much fun to watch. Plus I actually learnt some helpful hints.
I never knew this was a thing. Young people who almost lived as a painting, in a period piece. You all are just so cute, I cant. I mean, the chairs? The lamps? The literal everything. Is that a candelabra? All seems very expensive, haunted and appreciated. Your so young, and not *one* IKEA find
Well, welcome to CosTube! Their channels are both great and there are many other people too, specialising in so many different time periods! They often do collaborations too, so once you find one of them it won't be long before you find everyone else... Have a look because they're all amazing!
this was so fun to watch.
my mom has a treadle sering machine she bought in late 80s and i remember when she first taught me to use is she just had me sewing lines up and down a piece of paper without the thread. she was a sticky, temperamental machine too, frustrated me to no end. but MAN was it satisfying when i figured it out
I LOVE It!!!! You had fun and It shows!! Thanks for sharing !!!!
Thank you for watching❤️
Ref: 5:45
Just about any rotatory devices was made with a treadle as power source. Including drills, lades, polishing, preparing wool for spinning, spinning and many more.
The one that always blew my mind was the use of split branches to somehow create a foot-cranked lathe for wood turning...? I've heard of it in various books, but never quite been able to envision how that would work, & how you'd be able to get enough speed going to effectively use a chisel & shave out a shape! (With so much more re-enactor content on YT these days though, maybe somebody has given it a go...? 🤔 Will have to go look!)
@@annastevens1526 Have seen at least two different videos on RUclips that have done a variant of this method
If you twist a rope around the turning blank and tie each end to separate part of the split you can step on one half and pull the part around in one direction. When you release the pressure the spring in the other half will pull it back in the opposite direction.
That was hilarious! I'm definitely trying the hook closure trick.
Well done ladies 😊
Totally enjoyed and learned things I didn’t know!
Um yeah ok the hook and eye closure sewing tips kind of mind blowing and now I want to go sew something with them! Also the bloopers 👌😘
Thank you. I just inherited my great grandmother’s machine and I’m trying to learn. This was helpful
I learned to sew on a treadle machine. It’s what my grandmother had and she taught me to sew. It was actually scary when I transitioned to an electric machine. It’s sort of like learning to driving a stick (which I did) and then getting an automatic car. This is a very entertaining video!!!
This was so much fun to watch. What a wonderful collaboration. Hope you two do something again soon.
The spinner in me wants to know more about the spinning wheel now xD when teaching how to treadle on a spinning wheel sometimes its easier to have the person learning to have there foot on the treadle and the wheel turned manually to get a feel for the action first, i loved this video though seems like such fun.
It look likes Saxony wheel, from the couple of glimpses I got. Maybe Bernadette is going to take up another craft to go alongside her undoubted sewing talents.
I'd agree, when she leans forward at 35.40 can see the table for it, it would be a good craft to go along with sewing.
My wheel is all oak, the good English variety. A handmade Saxony that I was fortunate enough to get 2nd hand. The person it was made for didn't really want it and it was highly reduced because the dog had chewed it. To see that you need a very good magnifying glass! I got a great bargain. This coming winter I plan to get some serious spinning time in, mainly using alpaca.
What is your wheel and what's your favourite yarn to make?
I know this is a side conversation, somewhat off topic, but Bernadette unwittingly left the door open, so to speak when she mentioned hers!
Seeing the hidden treasure behind the damage is a great win! my first wheel thats my favourite is a Norwegian double table that came from a local auction, it did have a little woodworm that i treated and filled the holes to make sure it was dead, shes a complete brat sometimes does love to throw bands if trying to ply so i spin singles on her and ply on a Majacraft Pioneer i picked up since i do a lot more commission work now. I have quite a lot of wheels i *think* its 10 a few rescued from the dump, an old Scottish Saxony and an irish flax wheel that need a fair bit of work, some locally made kromski copies a couple castles, 2 haldane Hebrideans and a french parlour wheel, i use the haldanes and 2 of the copies for teaching on since there reliable and relatively easy to use.
Good luck with your spinning alpaca can be tricky sometimes, but makes the loveliest scarves if you weave with it at all.
Favourite yarn i think is BFL x Ryeland just now, it changes periodically depending on what fleeces i have ready to go and alpaca if its a really nice one i flick picking out any guard hairs to spin into a sports weight for scarves. Although getting fleeces locally i love because often it comes with meeting the sheep and a name.
She did, and i'd love to one day hopefully soon have time to spin enough fine yarn to weave and sew something out of fabric i've made, raw fleece to final products so rewarding so we could count that as the sewing side? xD
My favorite part is Bernadette saying "That's it!" and then kind of happily blankly staring lol at 10:35
That was fun. Pure shenanigans 😁 Nikki I love your skirt. Now i want to try pinstripes.❤
there was treadle machines in my school in the 90's, i can understand the struggle!
Both wholesome and hilarious; thank you both for a delightful video on various sewing techniques 💚
It’s truly like using a spinning wheel, you have to be in rhythm with the machine - over thinking it is the biggest down fall.... not that any of us here ever over think anything!
When I spin wool, you have to listen and feel the ‘heart’ beat of the wheel., there’s that moment where the wheel is coming full circle and you feel/hear a tiny thunk - it’s like a heart beat- you base your rhythm on that - you and the machine almost become one -- if that makes any sense at all. For people who have electric sewing machines, you know when your machine is getting low in bobbin thread can you can hear / feel the difference... it’s intuitive sewing/spinning .
the intro though LOL
LOL
JUST LOL!!!
And it was her idea too 🤣
@@Leeam OMG 🤣🤣🤣 you guys are so funny 🥰
I’m a two foot treadler myself. I find I can fall into the rhythm much easier that way. My machine is a White so does everything opposite of the Singer. Once you get the hang of it, it’s a very relaxing way to sew.
This is so good! Thanks for taking the time to share with us!
It might pay off to teach how to underside of the sewing machine works, maybe? It looks like it's about getting that big wheel under going one way (hand starting) and then keep it going that same way (with the pedal).
This was so instructive, a thousand thanks!
Awe i love this! New subbie from Bernadette's channel. How fun to watch.
I love the fact, that there is still the paper towel in the machine :)
This was fun to watch...
As someone who learned treadle sewing machine & spinning wheel as a kid, I definitely remember that challenge of conquering the constant rhythm needed to prevent it reversing direction on you!! 😆 The good thing is, it's a real kinetic memory like bike riding - seems to come back fairly quickly even after a long gap, if you learnt it thoroughly to start with?
Must admit I don't share Bernadette's former hatred of sewing on closures - mostly because if you've reached that stage, it usually means the project is finally finished!! 🥳 But seeing her licking the thread at 16:50 or thereabouts made me giggle; it seems to be such a ubiquitous hand-sewing thing... So much so, that when working in public places it somehow feels easier to knit or something else with no saliva involved! 🤭 (Esp. in these post-covid times...)
That was awesome! I especially loved the outtakes, I'm impressed any filming was done with a straight face! 😉
I really enjoyed this video. Educational, interesting and perfect entertainment for a relaxing Saturday evening. Thank you!
That was so much fun. Love the both of you!! I saw Bernadette's first and Lee-am's followed right in behind it. It was great. I think if Lee-am gets an old Singer, she will do what I did. I got just the outer shell of one for $1 and have it as decor in my sewing room.
❤❤❤❤❤yay another channel to watch about sewing❤❤❤❤
5:10 I was just thinking that it seems to work the same as a spinning wheel. But a spinning wheel might be more starter friendly for getting the rhythm down, because you can see what you do and what side it goes/wants to go.
Also don't forget pottery wheels, they also work with either a treatle or a ... is it called a kick wheel in English? The large round horizontal wheel that you push with a stick.
This was so enjoyable to watch! Now I want to skill swap with a friend!
My grandma taught me that if you run your thread through your jeans before you knot it a couple of times the twisting of the thread doesn't happen as much, I hope this helps somebody!
Interesting
Two of my favourite lovelies. Thanks for the fun video and tips and tricks. I adore the waist-hanging purse you are wearing. So sweet. You two had way too much fun. Love it!
Thank you both for helping my feel more comfortable with my stumbling hand sewing. It was wonderful to watch you two laugh and share together. I appreciate you sharing your friendship with us.
Great collab and you are just stunning as always.
I love this. Seeing someone learn from zero experience gives me so much hope And Yes closures are the worst but am inspired to keep trying!
Honestly watching this interaction is such a joy. Thank you for sharing ❤️
This was so cute 🥰💕
This was thoroughly enjoyable thank you both and yes I have subscribed 👍🏼🥰
Fantastic concept and fantastic video. Thank you so much both of you.
As well as entertaining and educational it was also like being with friends doing something constructive.
I have an old singer treadle machine and haven’t been able to make it work but this gives me hope. I like the way you explain how to use it. It mostly goes backwards for me.
Treadles were used to power lathes and scroll saws too! One of the earliest lathes is a pole lathe, and you can see how the treadle develops from the springing motion of the pole to make the rotary action. Thank you both for a very entertaining and useful video.
Dangling the needle will let the twist out. I wish the overhead camera was a closer view. What a nice friend!
I was taught to sew on a treadle machine and I am so sorry I gave mine away when I headed North 35 years ago, I so wish I still had it. Muffy from Oz.