I am new to the sewing world and this video really helped encourage me. Plus your wallpaper reminded me of my days helping my grandma in her sewing room. You are a delight!

Love the wallpaper.

Mine is also the embroidery scissors on a ribbon about the neck. I also can’t live without my 18” pink see-through drafting ruler

Excellent 👌 video

Just starting out. Not sure. Excited though to learn.

I've been a tailor for nearly 30yrs and never seen a Simflex. Dont know how i missed that tool. Pretty awesome. I have a sleeve button card for marking buttons on a suit coat sleeve but somehow missed that sim flex. I have those other tools but cant live with out my double sided sleeve pressing board and wax based tailors chalk. The marks disappear when u hit them with steam from your iron.😉

Simflex button gauge! I have to have one of those! 😍

I can’t wait to try the straws Magic.

well you taught this old lady a few things ! My Nona was trained in Rome, italy to be a dress maker/tailor. No patterns, no gadgets, basic sewing machines. She taught me all she knew. I have been doing dressmaking, costumes, weddings, and creative solutions to sewing problems for 50plus years. My tube turners come from my local hardware store. i want my niece to watch this video! thumbs up

Great video. I do my buttons a tad different in that I place them so the buttonholes cannot slide up and down on the buttons. Of course, my buttonholes are a lot longer. That may make a difference. Usually, I make them horizontal so the fronts stay put. I have all the tools except the stork scissors and the neckband. I attach small scissors to my machines so they are always there when I reach for them. I love that the storks can rip out seams!

Good to see you! You look marvelous! I like to have duplicates of all my favs! On the ironing board, next to the sewing machine, next to the serger! If it is good, more is better.

Nice to see you on ytube again, went looking a few times to see if you’d done anything recently. It’s from you that I use your tip about putting elastic in pj bottoms waists

Thank you dear!!!

Wow that's a different but very useful set. I might get a clapper now. And the button gauge

I'm surprised you didn't mention an awl. I can't live without mine. it's so multifunctional, from pattern marking to sewing to pressing small pieces - it's the wonder tool.

It's so good to see you back! I have and use all of those except the tubes (which are now on my wish list). I love my tweezers for helping thread machine needles, ye old eyes need help sometimes lol.

Seam ripper. I always have one in my hand bag.

Thanks for sharing your favorite toolsand....so glad you're back! I've been hoping you'd make some new videos!

I have the Pyrm tubes and they are a life saver from the old days using a safety pin like you used to use. I would be interested now in purchasing the Simflex button gauge they seem like a big help. Thank you for doing this video.

Lovely to see you back!!

thank you so much for this wonderful video.

Hello I’m new on here, have just started sewing again after many years, and found your tips very interesting. I have never seen anything like all these tools for helping us all with our home sewing 🧵. l have subscribed to your channel and look forward to some more tips🦋🦋

Hi. Thanks for these great tools and tips, so useful! My must have sewing tool are my pinking (or zigzag) shears. My mother always had them and I use them constantly to finish my seams and to reduce fraying on edges.

I have all your tools except the tube turner. Another tool that I just love is a buttonhole cutter. It makes cutting open buttonholes so much easier. I also use a seam roll a good bit. I recently purchased a Clover Hot Hemmer and am surprised at how much I prefer it over the metal one; no more burnt fingers! The other must have tools for me are a handful of specialty sewing machine feet I love.

Awesome tool tips. Thanks

Love your wall coverings, going to try the tube for turning long strips of fabric😀

Great tips, thanks for sharing

Nice job!

Good to see you! I don't have all these tools, but now I have to find a few! I love my Purple Thang... it has sew many uses! I'm also fond of a surgical seam ripper. Gonna go check out you blog and see what else I need! 🤣

So good to see you do a video. I have all but the tubes, now they will go on the list to get. I have the normal hook one but it sometimes can be tricky.

Thanks Elizabeth for this insightful video. I love learning about gadgets and each and every tool that can be useful. Keep doing these videos. It would be great to do a video on various interfacing on fabrics.

Glad you are back! My favorite tool is a whatsit ( don’t know what it’s called) it a little metal ruler type thing that has little tabs that are 5/8th, 1/2,”, 1/4 etc. it’s hugely helpful. I did just get a sim flex though so...

I love the idea of using straws for turning tubes of fabric. I was stuck on the inverting method by safety pin or bodkin. I have a set of metal straws that would work great with bamboo skewers. I bought them because they are reusable AND I can pit cherries with them. Thanks for the brilliant aha!

Welcome back!! I want that button hole marker and the straw turning tool. That's all I need so far, for sewing tools. So good to see you again, can't wait to see more videos from you!

What avery clever ideas you have I have just subscribed you are so good at explaining in easy terms thank you so very much

Hey Elizabeth, great to see you back. You have some great tools there! I have a simflex, love it! I have a clapper but havent made the most of it yet. Magnetic pinholder is probably what transformed my sewing area (and reduced injury lol) x

Gday lovely. Great to see you. I must get me a clapper thingy, I have heard how great they are. Thanku for sharing. Anna x

Hey Elizabeth....thanks for sharing....I have my eye on the Simflex......now that I can do a buttonhole.....lol. I also always wanted a Clapper, may have to treat myself 😁

Great video Elizabeth and welcome back! It’s funny but I only own one of the sewing tools you featured in this video, LOL! That is the fast turn tubes! I bought them many years ago and have only used them twice because they aren’t fast, LOL! I really like the ones you’re using with the dowel! Now that tube turned very fast! I may have to check those out! That fast turn tubes I have don’t have a dowel, it’s a metal piece with a hook on the end. That hooks never stays in the fabric and I always have to start over again halfway through the turn! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for the great video! I have some of those but now I’m going to have to get the clapper and simflex (?). I have the little stork scissors and didn’t know they were anything more than cute embroidery scissors! Thank you for that tip! My favorite tools might be my Pilot Frixion pens that will disappear with heat or steam, and those little red clips called Wonder Clips. Subscribed!

tube turners who new but going to get me some of those thanx

You‘re back!!!!! 💕

Elizabeth, just found your channel and I really really enjoyed it.....those tools are really great 👍 and one of the tools I like to use a lot is a hem gauge, but, that button gizmo that you showed is awesome and I will definitely be getting one of those. Thank you so much

The button gauge I’ll keep an eye out for and the turn it tubes. I hope I can find them online here somewhere. The safety pin is the method I use for the lack of tool and get the sore thumb thing. Loved your video. I have none of these tools 😬.

Nice to see you back. I would take my magnetic pin holder - sand & pins? Bad combo! Definitely the sim flex tool too.

I use all these tools but forgot how to use the tube turner. Thanks.

So glad you’re back! I missed your videos. 🙂

I love your wallpaper please tell me where you got it from or tell me how to do it I would greatly appreciate it

Where did you get the ironing board cover. It’s neat.

Where did u get this beautiful wall paper from?

How do you use the straws slowly

Great video! Thinking the walls behind you are decorated with pattern wallpaper?🤔 Where to buy?😳

I feel it’s quite dangerous to hang scissors round the neck so I wouldn’t do that. The clapper is a great tool, I have one.

I saw your posts on Pattern Review and found them so informative. It’s nice to see you in person! from Miss Fairchild.

Just found you.. omg...Thanks so much.. you made things so easy!!😁

I thought the simplex would be used for pleats lmaoo 🤦🏼‍♀️😭 you probably could use it to mark pleats also

Please don't keep scissors (or anything else) around your neck if you're machine sewing. It's a really, really dangerous thing to do, that's banned in most sewing studios. If the cord / ribbon gets caught in the machine it can pull you into it and cause major injury, especially if using a fast machine.

Missed you. Thought you’d given up on Vlogs.