When I was young, I'm 76, pin cushions used to be filled with sand so pins and needles were automatically sharpened by sticking them into it. This explains why my mom never threw out her needles and pins. I have a bucket of sand which I use to sharpen my gardening shears and pruners so I think I will take a handful and make an old fashioned pin cushion.
I have a Styrofoam ball ( cut in half) and push the broken needles down in it. For years, to run thread to my machine from a large cone. I used a binder clip and clipped it to the actual spool holder shaft, set the cone beneath it on the table, and run the thread through the hole of the binder clip, then threaded the machine. My hubby paid attention to this and with his welding skills he made me a thread holder with a welded harbinger clip on it. He had literally looked at ones you could buy and mimicked it for me. That is real Love. :)
So I'm sitting here smugly thinking, "Well, I knew this stuff decades ago." Then I realize there are younger people coming up who may well NOT know these things that DO help make sewing experience better, and I had to learn them sometime, too. Then you mention the TicTac container idea, which IS new to me! I don't buy TicTacs, but I do have several small medicine bottles around that would work as well. Thank you for that idea! What I have done in the past is use a small piece of scrap styrofoam or, more commonly, a thickly folded piece of scrap denim or paper to hold "dead" needles and pins for disposal. Nice video.
I can't believe I'm not the only one who's concerned about the old pins & needles (and rotary cutter blades) I've found my tribe! ;0) I collect them all in an old tin and then drop the whole thing into the metal recycling bin, and feel so much better about my world. Happy sewing everyone!
For large thread, I put it into a 1 quart, wide mouth mason jar. Almost all of the large thread I have will fit in one (except the vintage spools I've been gifted, those I have to put into bobbins to be able to use on my machine, but I like them more for hand sewing than machine) and the thread doesn't catch at the bottom of the spool where the sides of the cup touch the thread because the thread doesn't have to touch the sides of the jar. I do have a thread holder now, but exclusively used the quart jar method for years.
Great video. I use all of these except the candy box. If there are children around I don't want to risk their safety, so instead I use an old pill bottle. You can get child proof caps if necessary but the uninteresting colour and shape of a pill bottle seems to be enough. Again, once it is full of old broken pins and blunt needles, it gets tossed as usual.
That is exactly what I do too. Mine happens to have a child-proof cap. I don't have small children anymore, but it gives me peace of mind! And I've been using the same "sharps" bottle for YEARS now!
I use an old Altoid tin which I spray painted it to match my other stuff (I know, I know.) I also use an old Altoid tin to store my rotary cutter blades. I save the old, emptied plastic containers the blades come in and I write “DISCARD” on it and that’s where I keep old blades. Of course I keep these things out of reach of children.
That zipper tip is fantastic! Ive never been a fan of jow you see most ppl just zigzag at the bottom of thr zip. This is so near and so much mor3 secure! Thanks for all the great tips! 🙂
I keep old pins in a glass jar 😁👍 I like the thread in a cup version, I usually take an old biro, remove the pen inner/ink tube, and slide the pen casing over the spindle on my machine to make it taller.
Bent pins and dull needles fit easily through the holes in an old spice container's flip/shaker top, too. It's a little bigger, but kids would be less inclined to open it looking for treats.
For needle disposal I use a wire cutter to snip off the pointed tip. I then place the needle and the pointed tip in an empty 250ml soup can. Once the container is full, I take it to the recycling depot along with other metal items that need to be recycled. It takes me 7 to eight months to fill a soup can with needles. I recycle anything metal including staples used in packaging and/or paper booklets that I receive in the mail. By the way, it takes just over 1 year for me to fill an empty 250ml tin can of staples. Just think, if everyone all over the world saved 250ml cans of staples for recycling the total amount would be enormous. It's worth it to recycle needles and other tiny bits of metal.
Hi from South Africa, thanks for this video. Again so delightful and educational. I quilt and your first tips is a quilters trick. I rejoiced the day I found a video showing how to keep those seems in line. Pattern Poole for quilters on RUclips. The last tip, here's in South Africa we have people going through our bins so I put all steel in a old coffee tin, they get more money for those. 😊😊
Good tip about disposing of the needles! In Sweden we recycle all metal so putting the pins into a small metal box candy box (yes, they still exist!) would be ideal. Whole thing can be melted down. And yes, I can imagine quilters have dozens of good ways of making seams match up. Their work consists of seams!
Old prescription pills containers are great to dispose of needles if you have children as it's harder to open. These are great tips, thank you so much!!!
I have been sewing 60 years and it's rare I hear a "new" sewing tip. Three of these were new to me and helpful!! I am impressed!! I have used the spool in a cup before but I did buy 3 cone holders on sale at a reasonable price.I don't understand the big deal about needle/pin disposal. I have of course, poked myself with stray pins but never anything that was a big deal. I just throw them in the trash. They are not contaminated "medical sharps" so no worries about contamination exposure if anyone would get poked.
I use these tips except for #1 and #5. If you use a double pin, available from quilting stores, you use it to match the seams before you sew. Then as you sew up the seam, walk the needle over the double pin and the seam match is great. These pins are not cheap but you don’t need many. For tip #5 I use a prescription medicine bottle with the label removed. You can see what’s in the bottle and you don’t have to buy anything that you aren’t using anyway.
Thanks for those tips. I'm going to use them I never thought of placing a cup and the large spool in it. That's a good idea. Here's what I do. I find a classic sized spool and put it in the bottom of the server spool. Then place it on the sewing machine and I have one like that on my machine right now. Now I will say not all spools fit as well as other brands but I have many different brands and it works. Just don't shove it in too firmly that you can't pop it back out if you need it elsewhere.
I use a recycled glass jar with a screw top to store my used needles, rotary blades and exacto knife blades. It is a small jar , doesn’t take up much space but will still take years to fill up.
I do the same! Except I drilled a little hole at the top so I can drop in pins/needles more easily. For disposal I will use a different recycled container.
In Australia, hospitals and most pharmacies have sharps disposal bins where people who use injectable medications can safely dispose of their used syringes. Sewing needles and pins can also be discarded there.
Now why didn't I think of that! Tip #3 will save me a lot of time. I've been winding cone threads onto bobbins with my sewing machine then placing the bobbin in the spool pin for years! Thanks for the great tips!
Those were such helpful tips. I especially liked the first one. I will definitely be doing that one. I put my needle in a old coke bottle with a cap on it. I got a spool holder as a gift but I use the cup when I’m traveling.
Great tips......clear and useful! Only thing i do a little bit differently on zippers is to take a lighter and melt the teeth together. Sometimes folks can get a bit aggressive pulling the zip down lol!
Hospitals and medical centers often have "sharps" disposal events, so that people who self inject insulin or other medicines can *safely dispose of them. Sometimes, but not always, they will allow you to drop sewing needles and pins off, too. 👍
New subscribers here. Love the tips. Now I want to get to my machine and try them also I use an old medicine jar with a safety cap so my kids don't play with them. Thank you for your videos.
I especially like the tip about shortening the zipper. I use an empty plastic yogurt cup with a lid, using the small individual serving size cup. I cut a hole in the top with a hole punch to insert needles and pins. I use tape to seal the lid to the container so they don't accidentally spill. Thanks for your excellent videos!
I too use an old prescription pill bottle for discarding pins and needles. And while not directly sewing related, it’s big enough to also add in discarded utility knife blades.
Из-за моей запасливости, я коплю в старой жестяной баночке из-под леденцов старые иглы и обломанные лезвия канцелярских ножей. Меня не покидает мысль, что этот металл можно повторно как-то использовать😅 Я уже прикидывала, а не пойти ли к мастерам, которые делают украшения из обычных металлов. Попросить их переплавить весь этот металлолом и заказать какое-то памятное изделие. Наперсток, например, или простое кольцо😊
I’ve been using the same principle for disposing of needles and pins for years. Also into my waste pot (usually a recycled vitamin pot) go staples or broken or distorted nails and screws - for exactly the same reason as you - concern for the waste disposal operatives as they dispose of the rubbish.
That is a great solution! I mostly use industrial needles and they come in cardboard boxes, which are unfortunately as good for storage as the plastic cases for domestic sewing machine needles...
I just happened to come across your channel and am so happy I did. I subscribed. I’ve known how to sew since I was young BUT I never went to school for it like you did. (I learned from my mother as she sewed a lot of mine & my sister’s clothes) Your techniques are so helpful. Thank you
This is a good video. These are good tips. I thought it was going to be just another click bait, but this is actually good. I'm a sucker for basting everything, but I don't usually baste the seem intersection. However, I think I will from this point forward. It just looked so nice and clean and tidy, and sharp. I stick my broken needles in a piece of cardboard, like I do with used box cutter blades. My favorite was matching the stripes.
Terrific video! I especially liked the way you finished a shortened zipper. I have always just tossed my old pins/needles into the garbage, and never even thought about it, but the Tic Tac box (or old pill bottle,as someone else has suggested) is a great idea. I can't believe I never thought of that; I was a nurse for 40 years and used sharps containers for used needles. I did think it would be great to have something like that for sewing needles/pins. I just never made the connection between an old TicTac bottle or pill bottle. I'll be using those ideas now. (I learned the hard way how to match seams exactly through years of trial and error though!!)
I never just throw them in the bin I usually wrap the tip with a couple of layers of sellotape or sometimes wrap a but of fabric round the tip and then sellotape. But the tic-tac-toe box, and ideas others have given here I will definitely use.
@@liverbird46 I feel bad now that I never did something like that either....I did worry about that kind of thing, but it just never occurred to me to put old needles and pins in something before tossing ... I suppose I just filed that kind of thing under the same heading as broken glass.
Use old pill bottles. Tape the lid to the bottom. Ready for craft blades, machine needles, pins, needles, utility blades, you name it. Fill the bottle, put on the cap into the trash. Nice and safe until future archeologists dig them up.
For used needles and rotary blades, I use an old jar (pimentos jar). The "mouth" is wide enough for rotary blades, needles and pins. It works great and I've been using the same one for a couple of years. Takes a while to fill it. I agree with being worried about disposing of sharp objects.
To dispose of needles and pins I push them in and out of tinfoil to hold them in place then fold the tinfoil into a small square enclosing the sharp points then recycle them in the with the metal recycling.
Thank you for the great tips! I've used the cup for large thread spools for years. Instead of a Tik Tak box, I use empty pill (medicine) vials. I use Altoids tins to store small sewing items for travel in my purse. It's a sewing kit! 🪡 Happy sewing! 🦋
Great tips 👍👍👍 that will come in handy one day; my favorite was using a cup to put in a large spool; and shortening a zipper; I do the same with disposing needles in a small pill container to protect others and pets from fallen needles on carpets, rugs (be sure pets don't find those containers!)
Fantastic tips x i actually have a sharps bin here as I've had to have injections ect in the past and have to test my blood sugars sometimes most pharmacy's will do them cheaply and once full they can be took back to them and they will send them for proper disposal
I guess I thought everyone knew number 1. Maybe I didn't understand it right. I did buy a Mentos plastic container - gave my kids the candy and use it for my rotary cutter blades AND needles. So far, so good. They hold a lot. Nice video! Thanks!
Wow, you are mentioning several tips I have never heard of. It really bothers me when I have mismatched seams, so with your tips I will never have to worry about that.
Another tip for dealing with using large cones of thread located some distance away from a domestic machine's designed feed path -- route the thread through the spindle hole of an empty thread cartridge depositing the cartridge on the machine's normal spool spindle. Rather simple, right? It is and it works amazingly well.
Also, why would one need to dispose of a needle if it isn't broken? ;-) Get yourself a knife-sharpening soap stone and use those needles *_forever_* (or, a close proximity of such)!
On the needles it’s the same for knives. Just get a piece of masking tape or painters tape. Any tape thick enough and cut of a length of a couple inches longer than the needle and wrap the needle lengthwise and go back over the ends a few times with the tape so that it can’t poke through top or bottom then trash it. That prevents more plastic in garbage.
I used to use the cup "cone holder" (great tip, by the way), but I went to Dollar Tree (here in the USA) and got two pieces of craft wood, and some floral wire, and created myself a double cone holder. I should post the directions somewhere. It's great because I can use it for double or triple needle sewing without having to fill a bunch of bobbins. Also, it's really not a good idea to do regular sewing with cone thread. Those were made for sergers and do not have the quality/strength of regular sewing thread.
Great tips, thank you! I rarely use pins, instead I use a glue stick that's made for sewing. Wonder tape works the same but I prefer the glue. I started using this because I mostly sew with knits, using a regular sewing machine without a walking foot so keeping the fabric in place is a bit tricky. The glue is also great for zippers!
Okay, that cup tip is genius. I recently wanted to sew with a large spool so I decided to wound up a small empty spool with the thread of the large spool by actively holding the large spool in place while winding up. Now that was annoying. Especially since the smaller spool didn’t really fit on the pin for winding and I had to stuff it with cardboard and unscrew that thingy next to it.
I put used pins and needles on a piece of heavy packing tape, fold the tape over with a good margin from the sharp tip, and off in the trash it goes. It won't fall out of the heavy tape.
When I was young, I'm 76, pin cushions used to be filled with sand so pins and needles were automatically sharpened by sticking them into it. This explains why my mom never threw out her needles and pins.
I have a bucket of sand which I use to sharpen my gardening shears and pruners so I think I will take a handful and make an old fashioned pin cushion.
Very interesting, I’ve never heard about this tip!
Oh, that's a good tip! Thanks for sharing.
I have a Styrofoam ball ( cut in half) and push the broken needles down in it.
For years, to run thread to my machine from a large cone. I used a binder clip and clipped it to the actual spool holder shaft, set the cone beneath it on the table, and run the thread through the hole of the binder clip, then threaded the machine.
My hubby paid attention to this and with his welding skills he made me a thread holder with a welded harbinger clip on it. He had literally looked at ones you could buy and mimicked it for me. That is real Love. :)
So I'm sitting here smugly thinking, "Well, I knew this stuff decades ago." Then I realize there are younger people coming up who may well NOT know these things that DO help make sewing experience better, and I had to learn them sometime, too.
Then you mention the TicTac container idea, which IS new to me! I don't buy TicTacs, but I do have several small medicine bottles around that would work as well. Thank you for that idea!
What I have done in the past is use a small piece of scrap styrofoam or, more commonly, a thickly folded piece of scrap denim or paper to hold "dead" needles and pins for disposal.
Nice video.
The funny thing is that I think I invented about half these solutions on my own. 😅
I can't believe I'm not the only one who's concerned about the old pins & needles (and rotary cutter blades) I've found my tribe! ;0) I collect them all in an old tin and then drop the whole thing into the metal recycling bin, and feel so much better about my world. Happy sewing everyone!
We have some common ideas, but I learned the triangle at the base of the zip. Thanks
I love that not not only is the thumbnail not clickbait, but you also speak about it first :D great video ty
For large thread, I put it into a 1 quart, wide mouth mason jar. Almost all of the large thread I have will fit in one (except the vintage spools I've been gifted, those I have to put into bobbins to be able to use on my machine, but I like them more for hand sewing than machine) and the thread doesn't catch at the bottom of the spool where the sides of the cup touch the thread because the thread doesn't have to touch the sides of the jar. I do have a thread holder now, but exclusively used the quart jar method for years.
As an older person, I have a collection of old pill containers! I use them to dispose of needles and razors or blades I use in crafting.
Great video. I use all of these except the candy box. If there are children around I don't want to risk their safety, so instead I use an old pill bottle. You can get child proof caps if necessary but the uninteresting colour and shape of a pill bottle seems to be enough. Again, once it is full of old broken pins and blunt needles, it gets tossed as usual.
That is exactly what I do too. Mine happens to have a child-proof cap. I don't have small children anymore, but it gives me peace of mind! And I've been using the same "sharps" bottle for YEARS now!
Old pill bottle is such a clever solution!
I use an old Altoid tin which I spray painted it to match my other stuff (I know, I know.) I also use an old Altoid tin to store my rotary cutter blades. I save the old, emptied plastic containers the blades come in and I write “DISCARD” on it and that’s where I keep old blades. Of course I keep these things out of reach of children.
In my country we recycle metall items separatly, so I can put my old needles and nails in old cans, no need to start a discarded needle collection 😊
I do love a good safety tip. Thank you.
I have precocious nieces and nephews.
That zipper tip is fantastic!
Ive never been a fan of jow you see most ppl just zigzag at the bottom of thr zip.
This is so near and so much mor3 secure!
Thanks for all the great tips! 🙂
I keep old pins in a glass jar 😁👍 I like the thread in a cup version, I usually take an old biro, remove the pen inner/ink tube, and slide the pen casing over the spindle on my machine to make it taller.
Bent pins and dull needles fit easily through the holes in an old spice container's flip/shaker top, too. It's a little bigger, but kids would be less inclined to open it looking for treats.
For needle disposal I use a wire cutter to snip off the pointed tip. I then place the needle and the pointed tip in an empty 250ml soup can. Once the container is full, I take it to the recycling depot along with other metal items that need to be recycled. It takes me 7 to eight months to fill a soup can with needles. I recycle anything metal including staples used in packaging and/or paper booklets that I receive in the mail. By the way, it takes just over 1 year for me to fill an empty 250ml tin can of staples. Just think, if everyone all over the world saved 250ml cans of staples for recycling the total amount would be enormous. It's worth it to recycle needles and other tiny bits of metal.
The first tips is great - it's what quilters use to get exact intersections!
Thanks for the tips. Some I knew already, but some not. So the TicTac Box 🙂Very good idea ... upcycling 🙂
Hi from South Africa, thanks for this video. Again so delightful and educational. I quilt and your first tips is a quilters trick. I rejoiced the day I found a video showing how to keep those seems in line. Pattern Poole for quilters on RUclips. The last tip, here's in South Africa we have people going through our bins so I put all steel in a old coffee tin, they get more money for those. 😊😊
Good tip about disposing of the needles! In Sweden we recycle all metal so putting the pins into a small metal box candy box (yes, they still exist!) would be ideal. Whole thing can be melted down. And yes, I can imagine quilters have dozens of good ways of making seams match up. Their work consists of seams!
Old prescription pills containers are great to dispose of needles if you have children as it's harder to open.
These are great tips, thank you so much!!!
Great tips, thank you. Love the solution for disposing of used needles and pins.
Like the tip about disposing of needles but it might be possible to use a small metal box which could be recycled. Thanks for the tips. ❤
the hack with the needles/pins disposal is awesome, had the same concern and the solution is so elegant!!
Love the zipper one! And I absolutely love your blouse!
Oh My Goood! The cup trick just made my day! Thank you, thank you, thaaank you!❤🎉
I have been sewing 60 years and it's rare I hear a "new" sewing tip. Three of these were new to me and helpful!! I am impressed!! I have used the spool in a cup before but I did buy 3 cone holders on sale at a reasonable price.I don't understand the big deal about needle/pin disposal. I have of course, poked myself with stray pins but never anything that was a big deal. I just throw them in the trash. They are not contaminated "medical sharps" so no worries about contamination exposure if anyone would get poked.
I use these tips except for #1 and #5. If you use a double pin, available from quilting stores, you use it to match the seams before you sew. Then as you sew up the seam, walk the needle over the double pin and the seam match is great. These pins are not cheap but you don’t need many.
For tip #5 I use a prescription medicine bottle with the label removed. You can see what’s in the bottle and you don’t have to buy anything that you aren’t using anyway.
Used pins in box. Excellent idea. You are a very thoughtful person.😊
Love the sewing needle disposal hack!
I’ll try the thread cup for sure! Gives me an excuse to buy a new pretty cup 😊
Thanks for those tips. I'm going to use them
I never thought of placing a cup and the large spool in it. That's a good idea. Here's what I do. I find a classic sized spool and put it in the bottom of the server spool. Then place it on the sewing machine and I have one like that on my machine right now. Now I will say not all spools fit as well as other brands but I have many different brands and it works. Just don't shove it in too firmly that you can't pop it back out if you need it elsewhere.
I use a recycled glass jar with a screw top to store my used needles, rotary blades and exacto knife blades. It is a small jar , doesn’t take up much space but will still take years to fill up.
Very good idea!
I do the same! Except I drilled a little hole at the top so I can drop in pins/needles more easily. For disposal I will use a different recycled container.
In Australia, hospitals and most pharmacies have sharps disposal bins where people who use injectable medications can safely dispose of their used syringes. Sewing needles and pins can also be discarded there.
Very interesting!
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Now why didn't I think of that! Tip #3 will save me a lot of time. I've been winding cone threads onto bobbins with my sewing machine then placing the bobbin in the spool pin for years! Thanks for the great tips!
I just push a cotton reel into the base of the cone and use it as normal. I've been doing it for years and never had any problems with it.
I really appreciate the zipper finish tip as I've been making a lot of zippered bags lately.
Those were such helpful tips. I especially liked the first one. I will definitely be doing that one. I put my needle in a old coke bottle with a cap on it. I got a spool holder as a gift but I use the cup when I’m traveling.
Great tips......clear and useful! Only thing i do a little bit differently on zippers is to take a lighter and melt the teeth together. Sometimes folks can get a bit aggressive pulling the zip down lol!
This is a great idea. Yes, kids especially can be very emphatic with their zippers.
Hospitals and medical centers often have "sharps" disposal events, so that people who self inject insulin or other medicines can *safely dispose of them. Sometimes, but not always, they will allow you to drop sewing needles and pins off, too. 👍
New subscribers here. Love the tips. Now I want to get to my machine and try them also I use an old medicine jar with a safety cap so my kids don't play with them. Thank you for your videos.
I dispose of old used or bad needles in a small playdough container. You welcone
The cup trick is brilliant! Thank you
❤ All your tricks were good
Last one was very nice
Because your are so kind and worried..
About not to HARM any one
The tic toc pkg is a mini mini sharps container, how cute….i use any small container, but i like this better!
Love the zipper tip! Thank you!
Спасибо Вам за ценные советы! Про подгибку молнии и чашку для больших катушек - это настоящая находка🌟🌟🌟
Loved tip 4 and loved tip 5 even more
omg ive been worrying about needles too! such a good tip
Shortening the zipper, love it, thank you.
That first tip, pooooooof! Magical and such a LIFE SAVER. ♥
I liked the finishing the zipper end one. 😊
Thank you especially large thread cones 😊
I especially like the tip about shortening the zipper. I use an empty plastic yogurt cup with a lid, using the small individual serving size cup. I cut a hole in the top with a hole punch to insert needles and pins. I use tape to seal the lid to the container so they don't accidentally spill. Thanks for your excellent videos!
WOnderful, wonderful, wonderful!! Thank you so much for this presentation Julija.
I realllly like the tic tac box idea and the the zipper !
I love the candy box idea.... thank you
I too use an old prescription pill bottle for discarding pins and needles. And while not directly sewing related, it’s big enough to also add in discarded utility knife blades.
The Tik Tak tips... SO GREAT! Thank you! :)
Из-за моей запасливости, я коплю в старой жестяной баночке из-под леденцов старые иглы и обломанные лезвия канцелярских ножей. Меня не покидает мысль, что этот металл можно повторно как-то использовать😅 Я уже прикидывала, а не пойти ли к мастерам, которые делают украшения из обычных металлов. Попросить их переплавить весь этот металлолом и заказать какое-то памятное изделие. Наперсток, например, или простое кольцо😊
04:45 I typically fold a piece of tape over my spent needles, but the candy box idea seems safer.
The one with the zipper was so nice to learn!!
Great video!! 🤩
I use an old spice jar for used pins/needles. No worries about someone wanting to have a lolly
I’ve been using the same principle for disposing of needles and pins for years. Also into my waste pot (usually a recycled vitamin pot) go staples or broken or distorted nails and screws - for exactly the same reason as you - concern for the waste disposal operatives as they dispose of the rubbish.
Great tips. I put my needles back in the case and mark the case with a marker. When the case gets filled with used needles just throw it away
That is a great solution! I mostly use industrial needles and they come in cardboard boxes, which are unfortunately as good for storage as the plastic cases for domestic sewing machine needles...
Your a genius,a pleasure to watch and listen to whilst learning Alot.❤
What an extraordinarily charming presenter! And such useful tips. THank you so much!
I just happened to come across your channel and am so happy I did. I subscribed. I’ve known how to sew since I was young BUT I never went to school for it like you did. (I learned from my mother as she sewed a lot of mine & my sister’s clothes) Your techniques are so helpful. Thank you
Wow thank you so much - I have tried so many tips to align my seams going to give this one a go!
This is a good video. These are good tips. I thought it was going to be just another click bait, but this is actually good.
I'm a sucker for basting everything, but I don't usually baste the seem intersection. However, I think I will from this point forward. It just looked so nice and clean and tidy, and sharp.
I stick my broken needles in a piece of cardboard, like I do with used box cutter blades.
My favorite was matching the stripes.
Love the candy box tip. Thank you. I’ve been very worried about disposing of broken/blunt needles and pins. Awesome
Terrific video! I especially liked the way you finished a shortened zipper. I have always just tossed my old pins/needles into the garbage, and never even thought about it, but the Tic Tac box (or old pill bottle,as someone else has suggested) is a great idea. I can't believe I never thought of that; I was a nurse for 40 years and used sharps containers for used needles. I did think it would be great to have something like that for sewing needles/pins. I just never made the connection between an old TicTac bottle or pill bottle. I'll be using those ideas now. (I learned the hard way how to match seams exactly through years of trial and error though!!)
I never just throw them in the bin
I usually wrap the tip with a couple of layers of sellotape or sometimes wrap a but of fabric round the tip and then sellotape. But the tic-tac-toe box, and ideas others have given here I will definitely use.
@@liverbird46 I feel bad now that I never did something like that either....I did worry about that kind of thing, but it just never occurred to me to put old needles and pins in something before tossing ... I suppose I just filed that kind of thing under the same heading as broken glass.
You never to old to learn thumbs-up!!!
I think there's also a 3d print adapter for the thread spool, for people who own 3d printers.
Oh there so many great ideas how to use 3d printer to create sewing gadgets!🤩
Thanks for the last tip and all the others, really helpful!
Fantastic tips! The 5th one is my favourite as it was something that bothered me. Not any more! I have been liberated from old needles and pins!
Like the candy box idea
Use old pill bottles. Tape the lid to the bottom. Ready for craft blades, machine needles, pins, needles, utility blades, you name it. Fill the bottle, put on the cap into the trash. Nice and safe until future archeologists dig them up.
I loved the 5th tip ❤
When I use a large bobbin of cotton I put a smaller one that fits inside snugly and put it on bobbin holder ,it works for me .
For used needles and rotary blades, I use an old jar (pimentos jar). The "mouth" is wide enough for rotary blades, needles and pins. It works great and I've been using the same one for a couple of years. Takes a while to fill it. I agree with being worried about disposing of sharp objects.
Thank you 🌸
To dispose of needles and pins I push them in and out of tinfoil to hold them in place then fold the tinfoil into a small square enclosing the sharp points then recycle them in the with the metal recycling.
Thank you for the great tips! I've used the cup for large thread spools for years. Instead of a Tik Tak box, I use empty pill (medicine) vials. I use Altoids tins to store small sewing items for travel in my purse. It's a sewing kit! 🪡 Happy sewing! 🦋
My Grandma also used Altoids boxes in her sewing kit
Lol! Now I have to get some Altoids!
That cup hack is also an honourable retirement plan for a favourite cup when the handle starts to crack.
Great idea!
I'm a beginner sewer. Your're instructions are excellent. My confidence will blossom because of your videos. THANK YOU!!!
Never seen this zipper tip, I love the idea! Now a new subscriber and ringing the bell.
Julija, thank you! Nice tips, would be useful.
Great tips! Since watching your RUclips posts, I have bought a light like yours and I love it.
I use old prescription bottles for the needles ❤
Timely topics for me! Thank you so much Julija!
Great tips 👍👍👍 that will come in handy one day; my favorite was using a cup to put in a large spool; and shortening a zipper; I do the same with disposing needles in a small pill container to protect others and pets from fallen needles on carpets, rugs (be sure pets don't find those containers!)
Fantastic tips x i actually have a sharps bin here as I've had to have injections ect in the past and have to test my blood sugars sometimes most pharmacy's will do them cheaply and once full they can be took back to them and they will send them for proper disposal
I guess I thought everyone knew number 1. Maybe I didn't understand it right. I did buy a Mentos plastic container - gave my kids the candy and use it for my rotary cutter blades AND needles. So far, so good. They hold a lot. Nice video! Thanks!
Wow, you are mentioning several tips I have never heard of. It really bothers me when I have mismatched seams, so with your tips I will never have to worry about that.
Another tip for dealing with using large cones of thread located some distance away from a domestic machine's designed feed path -- route the thread through the spindle hole of an empty thread cartridge depositing the cartridge on the machine's normal spool spindle.
Rather simple, right? It is and it works amazingly well.
Also, why would one need to dispose of a needle if it isn't broken? ;-)
Get yourself a knife-sharpening soap stone and use those needles *_forever_* (or, a close proximity of such)!
Thank you so much! Excellent info. So very helpful. ❤❤
Thanks for the tips. I'll look around at your videos and subscribe if I find some that are helpful. Your presentation was spot on for me!
On the needles it’s the same for knives. Just get a piece of masking tape or painters tape. Any tape thick enough and cut of a length of a couple inches longer than the needle and wrap the needle lengthwise and go back over the ends a few times with the tape so that it can’t poke through top or bottom then trash it. That prevents more plastic in garbage.
I used to use the cup "cone holder" (great tip, by the way), but I went to Dollar Tree (here in the USA) and got two pieces of craft wood, and some floral wire, and created myself a double cone holder. I should post the directions somewhere. It's great because I can use it for double or triple needle sewing without having to fill a bunch of bobbins. Also, it's really not a good idea to do regular sewing with cone thread. Those were made for sergers and do not have the quality/strength of regular sewing thread.
Great tips, thank you! I rarely use pins, instead I use a glue stick that's made for sewing. Wonder tape works the same but I prefer the glue. I started using this because I mostly sew with knits, using a regular sewing machine without a walking foot so keeping the fabric in place is a bit tricky. The glue is also great for zippers!
Interesting! Could you please share what brand glue you’re using? I haven’t tried it yet, would be interesting to check it!
@@Julija_Gobere Absolutely! It's Prym Aqua glue marker.
Thank you! These are helpful. The seam matching one is a technique used in quilting, too.
Okay, that cup tip is genius. I recently wanted to sew with a large spool so I decided to wound up a small empty spool with the thread of the large spool by actively holding the large spool in place while winding up. Now that was annoying.
Especially since the smaller spool didn’t really fit on the pin for winding and I had to stuff it with cardboard and unscrew that thingy next to it.
Great video, loved these sewing tips! I have 2 dresses where the seams are slightly off and now I know how to easily correct it.
I put used pins and needles on a piece of heavy packing tape, fold the tape over with a good margin from the sharp tip, and off in the trash it goes. It won't fall out of the heavy tape.
thank you the tips...love them all.