Just find your channel after decades of sewing. Fantastic. Never took classes, do pretty damn good. Appreciate your tips for copying garments very much.
True enough. My principal sewing machine, shown above, was manufactured in the 1950s. It's a Pfaff 260, designed for professionals to use in their homes. I have mine in the industrial table designed for that machine.They are as scarce as hens' teeth, but if one finds one it should be snatched up.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank You! What a great refresher course from what my first high school home ec teacher taught me. I am really enjoying getting back into sewing after 30 years. What a blessing to have found your channel.
Master of the Trade, you are. Thank you for the lesson, you remind me a Lady from Russia ,she was at Zar house dressmaker 1910. ,after the Revolution , she left to my birth country. She made lots of beautiful clothes for me ,when i was a child . I love your style, the way how you talk ,wonderfull . Kamilla Canada.🤩
Thank you for the little details, what is second nature and obvious to you is new and impactful for me, masking tape with width of foot used together to sew a seam with staggered seam allowance. I also need to change my mindset that hand sewing is superior, not a failure of not being able to machine "stitch in the ditch" or top stitch
I just discovered your videos and I love them! I have been sewing over 50 years but I have not really KNOWN how to sew in many ways until I watched your videos. Thank you! I will confess I have an irrational fear of drafting and sewing in a lining, particularly for a jacket or coat. I get terrible anxiety at the thought of it 😰 Can you make a video to address linings some day? Thanks nd I look forward to binging the rest of your shows,🥰
Thank you for your comments! You have made my day! What you need to know about to know about drafting and sewing in a lining, particularly for a jacket or coat, is in my book, "Tailoring a Jacket." But the book does not address fit, so you would need a pattern that you have already tested and know that it fits. The book is available on my website at laurelhoffmann.com/product/tailoring-a-womans-jacket/ I use my books when I sew. Granted I wrote them, but I don't remember all this stuff. 🙂
Hi Laurel, Thanks for another lovely episode. I’ve had the same problem of the bias having two seams close together. Grr, the air is often blue when that happens. 🤬🤓😘
🧵 Well, thank you so much for the information that when a machine does zigzag even the straight stitch is a little bit zigzag! This is not ideal for topstitching when you want the stitch to be perfectly straight and when you’re using topstitch thread it is even more obvious. I have just bought a new Husqvarna and I thought there was something wrong with the machine! Fortunately I still have my old Husqvarna - same vintage as me,1950, and built like a tank - it only does forward and backstitch. So I shall use that in future for topstitching. Best wishes from a Granny in Scotland 🏴
Hello Scotland! Glad I could be of help. :-)) Thanks for your comment. I sew on my 260 Pfaff, which is set in an industrial table and sews like the wind. It was built in the mid 1950s for professionals to use in their home. I wouldn't part with it for love or money. But when I need to teach one of my students something that requires a machine, we use my Featherweight, which was built in 1941 and sews forward. It will sew backward, but it's easier just to resew over the first couple of stitches at the beginning of a seam. It takes a student approximately 3 minutes or less to learn how to use that machine. Simple is easier.
Thanks for commenting, Rosemary. The dart is sewn down from the top, then the threads are tied at the point. Back stitching at the point would bulk the point.
@laurelhoffmann1594 But you started from the middle to each end, yes? Do you do a couple of stitches over the first lot when you do the second lot? At the starting point in the middle. Tying the ends I'm familiar with, but in the middle it looks like you just snipped the ends really short, which doesn't seem very secure.
Just find your channel after decades of sewing. Fantastic. Never took classes, do pretty damn good. Appreciate your tips for copying garments very much.
Hi, glad to see you. As always great advice. Love your vintage machines.
True enough. My principal sewing machine, shown above, was manufactured in the 1950s. It's a Pfaff 260, designed for professionals to use in their homes. I have mine in the industrial table designed for that machine.They are as scarce as hens' teeth, but if one finds one it should be snatched up.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank You! What a great refresher course from what my first high school home ec teacher taught me. I am really enjoying getting back into sewing after 30 years. What a blessing to have found your channel.
Thank you for your comment! You've made my day.
You are a treasure!
Thanks, Caroline!
I sew so much through the week and yet I'll sit here and watch you sew because it relaxes me so much. And, you're very eastern listen to and watch.
What a nice compliment! Thank you so much.
Master of the Trade, you are. Thank you for the lesson, you remind me a Lady from Russia ,she was at Zar house dressmaker 1910. ,after the Revolution , she left to my birth country. She made lots of beautiful clothes for me ,when i was a child . I love your style, the way how you talk ,wonderfull . Kamilla Canada.🤩
I really like the way you handled the thread ends at the dart end. Thank you for your "no nonsense" approach to sewing.
Glad you liked it!
Laurel, you are a treasure. Thank you for sharing your expertise; I'm a better seamstress because of you.
That's the idea! :-))
Thank you so much for showing how to finish a dart point. I really appreciate that lesson.
I love watching people who are masters of their craft. Thank you for sharing your expertise. I just discovered your videos. 😊
Can't tell you how much I enjoy making these videos. My son is so helpful. They were his idea. So he is the one to thank.
Thank you for the little details, what is second nature and obvious to you is new and impactful for me, masking tape with width of foot used together to sew a seam with staggered seam allowance. I also need to change my mindset that hand sewing is superior, not a failure of not being able to machine "stitch in the ditch" or top stitch
In the industry the sample makers were well paid, as they had machine skills. I don't think the hand sewers were paid as well.
You are a brilliant machinist as well as knowledgeable seamstress Laurel ❤
I just discovered your videos and I love them! I have been sewing over 50 years but I have not really KNOWN how to sew in many ways until I watched your videos. Thank you!
I will confess I have an irrational fear of drafting and sewing in a lining, particularly for a jacket or coat. I get terrible anxiety at the thought of it 😰 Can you make a video to address linings some day? Thanks nd I look forward to binging the rest of your shows,🥰
Thank you for your comments! You have made my day! What you need to know about to know about drafting and sewing in a lining, particularly for a jacket or coat, is in my book, "Tailoring a Jacket." But the book does not address fit, so you would need a pattern that you have already tested and know that it fits. The book is available on my website at laurelhoffmann.com/product/tailoring-a-womans-jacket/ I use my books when I sew. Granted I wrote them, but I don't remember all this stuff. 🙂
@@laurelhoffmann1594 Thank you so much for your reply! I will check out your books😃
@@susanlawlor7201 Thanks! I've had a real run on my books. Currently waiting for supplies so I can fit the orders that are coming in.
Just the kind of refinement touches and hints I've been looking for to give my garments a more professional finish. LOVE!
Thanks for your comment and support. More coming. Lrl
Wonderful as always.
Thanks Yolanda! Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday.
@laurelhoffmann1594 Awesome class Laurel, see you again soon!!! It was great seeing you.
@@yolandaagnew2508 Great having you back in my life, Yolanda!
Wow! Sewing the thread end into the dart. Beautiful finishing. Thanks for sharing your expertise with us. ❤️
My pleasure!
So iconic, these videos are very well produced. So much talent, thank you!
Thank you for your comment!
Thank you, Laurel! Nicer is nicer! ❤
Thank you, Robyn!
Hi Laurel,
Thanks for another lovely episode. I’ve had the same problem of the bias having two seams close together. Grr, the air is often blue when that happens. 🤬🤓😘
🧵 Well, thank you so much for the information that when a machine does zigzag even the straight stitch is a little bit zigzag! This is not ideal for topstitching when you want the stitch to be perfectly straight and when you’re using topstitch thread it is even more obvious. I have just bought a new Husqvarna and I thought there was something wrong with the machine! Fortunately I still have my old Husqvarna - same vintage as me,1950, and built like a tank - it only does forward and backstitch. So I shall use that in future for topstitching. Best wishes from a Granny in Scotland 🏴
Hello Scotland! Glad I could be of help. :-)) Thanks for your comment. I sew on my 260 Pfaff, which is set in an industrial table and sews like the wind. It was built in the mid 1950s for professionals to use in their home. I wouldn't part with it for love or money. But when I need to teach one of my students something that requires a machine, we use my Featherweight, which was built in 1941 and sews forward. It will sew backward, but it's easier just to resew over the first couple of stitches at the beginning of a seam. It takes a student approximately 3 minutes or less to learn how to use that machine. Simple is easier.
@ Yes, the oldies are the best - including us 😆X
@@elayjayudny9741 GREAT comment! LOVE it!
Wonderful tutorial. Very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you for your compliment!
10:46 Did I miss something? How do you make sure the middle of the dart doesn't undo if there's no backstitch?
Thanks for commenting, Rosemary. The dart is sewn down from the top, then the threads are tied at the point. Back stitching at the point would bulk the point.
@laurelhoffmann1594 But you started from the middle to each end, yes? Do you do a couple of stitches over the first lot when you do the second lot? At the starting point in the middle. Tying the ends I'm familiar with, but in the middle it looks like you just snipped the ends really short, which doesn't seem very secure.