BEFORE YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT THE BACKGROUND MUSIC: I am aware that for some people the music is distracting or annoying. Sorry about that. However, it is currently impossible for me to change the volume or remove the music. I have applied the feedback I have received to my many other videos, so feel free to check out my channel for more sewing content. Thanks for watching!

The stapler trick is great. On a lot of staplers, you can spin the metal striker plate on the bottom of the stapler 180 degrees, making the staple ends go out instead of curling in. This makes the staple a pin that you can slide out very easily.

Great tips. I managed my Uniiiiivrsity costume shop and used the chalk line frequently. Here is a tip I found useful. I hated having to bend and lean at a cutting table so I created my own. I bought 2 - 4 drawer chest of drawers and a sheet of 4x8, 3/4 inch plywood. I covered the plywood with a heavyweight canvas stretched very tight, attached tape measures on the edges of all 4 sides and lay the plywood on top of the chests which were placed facing out on both ends. The canvas covering keeps fabric from slipping and sliding and lets you pin pattern and fabric down which helps speed up cutting. The bonus is the storage the drawers provide and, since I made 2 of these, I had my shop organized in a day. We costumed 4 major productions in 9 months, minus exam times and holidays. This meant designing, cutting patterns, buying fabric and keeping 4 regular sewing machines and 1 industrial machine humming. Of course, I didn't do it alone. Never the less I constantly faced deadlines. COULD HAVE USED THOSE TIPS OF YOURS.

I'm learning to sew. For whatever reason, I genuinely like learning tips from men. Maybe it is because you don't assume that sewing is intuitive. Maybe it's because you don't assume that I'm a quilter. I'm not. I inherited the family farm. I'm looking after my father, who is 88 yrs old. I need to do a lot of things here, and I'm willing to do what I can. Some of that means that I need to do some sewing. I'd love to be a fine sewer like I watch on t.v., but that isn't what is needed just now. What is needed is practical, and I am doing that. You, and people like you, are teaching me. I am very, very grateful. Thank you. (Oh, and on the side, I'm learning a bit about altering thrift store finds. I have not altogether forgotten that I am a woman.... and that I enjoy it!)

Well, I've been sewing for a LONG time, and I still learned a lot from you and Alexander! I can't wait to neaten up my bobbins - ha! Thanks a million, Annette

Cutting thick seams - open up the scissors and move the thick bit as close to the hinge as possible that way you will get the maximum leverage from the handles. This may well be enough to avoid getting your fingers in the blades.

Great tips! I’ve been sewing on and off for 48 years and have never though of doing these things. Thanks!

Ive learned so much from your videos! Love the industrial perspective. Its a bit more challenging to work on a canvas bag with lots of pockets than a basic pencil case. Thanks for sharing.

Because of the technique of wrapping the bobbin thread against the inside to secure it, now I can live out my remaining years in peace and with confidence.

I've known these tips for years. From the lap of my mother and aunt. Great tips for sure!

Really whacking myself upside the head. Been sewing 62 years and learned at the knee of a college degreed home economist and yet I'm still learning new tricks that seem so obvious! For those who are all worried about the chalk line, there's no reason you couldn't use a piece of string or heavy thread rubbed with or dipped in tailors chalk, soap, or disappearing iron-away quilt pouncing chalk, or even baking soda or cinnamon depending on the color of your fabric. It only needs to last long enough for you to cut it. You don't have to use your local builder's pre-chalked line. On pulling a thread to find the true straight grain; this is done when a woven fabric may have been pulled off true by poor storage, and stretched on the bias. It will show if the weft isn't straight across, and one can then hopefully pull and smooth the fabric back into true, maybe with the aid of some steam. This is a good thing to do with things like draperies and clothing. But tech fabrics, such as used for jackets, tents, baggage, boat covers, wet suits, and awnings, often have special properties and/ or have been coated for water- repellency or scuff- or wind-resistance. The weave is often pretty much fused in place by a coating or the fabric has been laminated to another material, making it much more stable than other fabrics. I say go ahead and chalk that line!

Thanks Jason my favorite is the stapler no matter how i do pins i always wind up bleeding luckily i sew a lot of vinyl not cloth so a damp rag will keep it clean of permanent stains

Wow, like the tips. I have had a metal yard stick hanging in my broom closet for years. It is moving to my sewing room.

I think I've found a sewing channel I'm in loooooooove with! This awesome...

Great video and tips. Also, I like what your doing. To many people who do not sew any mor! I have only one constructive criticism. I have 30+ years sewing and sewing machine repair expierence. I would just caution against the threading tip for two very good reasons. First, I have seen many times thread get hung up in the tension when threading this way and it can be a hassle or even do damage. Second, never put anything metal between your tension plates ever! Use something wood or plastic a tooth pick or plastic needle for sewing knits. If you use metal it could marr the disks and leave a bur or gouge on them that will cause you much consternation to say the least. Marred tension disks are a common reason I replace tensions on the sewing machines I get for tension issues.

Wowza!! Bobbin tip is awesome!! 💗😍 thanks for sharing all of your tips 👍 so helpful!

I have a sewing box that I rarely use, but it's pretty well stocked from minimal use over many years. To be honest, I don't know what to do with most of it, or even what it is. I do, however, tape off or otherwise secure the ends of bobbins or thread spools and place just a few in small baggies so that they don't interact with other "stuff" in my box and start un-threading. I"m not sure about the stapling, but I'm very very intrigued. For some of my outdoor projects, I think it might be great! I'm a JP (Justice of the Peace) and I want to start hosting small ceremonies on the farm. My only little hook is that I have a cute little barn and a big fire pit next to the barn. There are big -maybe 2 1/2 or 3 feet diameter? log chunks that I've been hauling into place (I am so strong and my back is so angry) to use as seating around the fire pit, and I want to sew some cute little seat pads as covers for wedding guests. I think I'll make the tops out of discount upholstery fabric (I bought some at a local discounter), and I'll make the bottoms out of tarp to be a bit resilient. I'm not sure that I'm right about the bottom, but I need to do something, right? I think I might need to change my needle. I think the staple method might be perfect for the wedding-seat project. I'll give it a try. Anything to help me make all of this happen. Thank you very much for your advice and tips. Although I've always wanted to learn to sew, you are genuinely helping me to get things on track at the farm. I don't want to live here, but if this is where I am, I'm going to make the most of it. That means digging in and doing work for myself. I'm going to sew. And raise some easy animals that I know and understand. I am determined.

GREAT TIP about the bobbins. Very easy and useful. Thanks!

A really interesting set of tips! I always use Bottomline silver thread in my bobbins. Most of my sewing is patchwork and quilting.

Great tips!! You can always use a chefs safety cut glove for the tip you mentioned about holding the scissors down by the tip when cutting thick fabric. The cut glove will protect your hands from the blade. There are different grades of cut gloves, make sure you get a strong pair. Thank you sew, so much for these great tips!!

Bobbin thread: match bobbin thread to the spool. fill the bobbin. use child size soft hair tie (the colored ones) and wrap around the bobbin twice. hair tie and bobbin thread color similarly matches; yellow on yellow, white on white, etc. quick and simple.

My wife also caught a few tips from this video, and we both enjoyed this video. After i saw your video about the machines, i started looking for an old Singer 201 K machine, but it is extremely scarce here in South Africa. It is also not even on the cards trying to get one from overseas, as the cost for that will be much more than what it is worth. Yeah, i do have a Kingstar Walking foot machine, but i want one of the Singers 201's also, along with the other 2 lighter duty industrial machines which line the walls of the working room.

Clever Jason - Your such smart guy I would have thought you could have come up with a 100! Happy New year! Sew hard!

Love the bobbin tip! (Murphy's law of sewing: no matter HOW many projects you have sewn, and how many hundreds of spools of thread, you will NEVER have the exact right color for the new project!) Chalk line is a good idea; before you showed that, I immediately thought of my laser line tool that will even shoot a straight line around corners. ;-)

Very helpful advice for people who may not be familiar with some of the equipment such as snap lines and using a stapler instead of pins. (new to me)

That bobbin tip....freakin' genius!!

I watched one of your tips on sewing machines/sergers. I purchased a used computerize machine, read the manual. Few days later set it up constant E4 error. Back to manual... again can't clear the error. Tried all the tricks I knew to do also. Then a tip I heard from you. Change the needle. Sure, why not they are cheap enough. Unscrewed and surprise the original owner had placed the needle in backwards. Replaced needle with new, in the correct direction and error is gone. Sadly they let a nice machine retail price 300.00 go for 25.00 for one reason.

Nice collaboration! I have to say that I believe you were the person who inspired me to get into sewing. I have spent a long time trying to figure out what I want to do and what machine to get. I just picked up a barely used Juki LU 563 for what I think is a fair price. I'm looking forward to more videos! Cheers!

Yay! Go kitty! I manually rethread the machines rather than tie-off and pull through. It’s a single fluid motion based on my machines. Slightly different for each. I would never risk getting a thread caught or jammed in any of the parts.

I really liked your tips and loved the kitty at the end!!

As soon as you gave the bobbin tip I hit the like and subscribe buttons. Because no one ever in my many many years of sewing has ever shared that tip. I am telling everyone now.

Oh my God! Thanks for telling me how to manage the thread on the spin. I am going to crazy to see so many thread are out if it especially when it fall from my hand

Love it! That is such a great tip using the talk lines many-faced that will really help with making bedding and other things with wide salvages

Will try the threading. I use garden or bonsai scissors for thick pieces and leather. Buy a non-european scissors. Plant scissors from a dryer climate is touch. Liked the ruler demo, although I never do big things.

my son was preparing framing for a slab with a laser leveler and at one time it was sitting around 600mm off the ground as he was working i noticed that the laser light was around the hem of his shorts, i thought how awesome to use that to level a hem for a dress, skirt pants, shirt.

Excellent tips. Want more!. Thank you.

great video. love the bobbin thread hint, and the chalk line is AMAZING. I did home painting as a business and never thought of using the plumb line. I use old rotary blades for cutting thick seams as well. I use up bobbins as the top thread for small jobs, especially when the colour does not matter. Liked and subscribed. thanks again

Loved the rethreading of the sewing machine trick, great video.👍 👍 👍

Hey, nice Singer 29-4 in the background. Glad to see them still around, I've got one too

Storing bobbins - also, I keep them together with the partially used spool of thread in a small freezer bag. Otherwise it can be tricky to match the bobbin to the thread, especially when you're using different weights of the same colour.

Excellent! Lots of great info from both video’s!

Oh my goodness! I love the staple basting tip!

First time I've watched one of your vids, and I am favourably impressed! I like your intelligent style.

Very informative. I love cats so I had to subscribe. Thanks for sharing. Your cat is beautiful.

you both got me as a new sub - clever guys

Great video as usual!! Just one thing that drive me crazy tho...that background music while you were talking.

My Grandmother was a seamstress. She showed me the Bobbin trick when I was 10. I didn't use it until many years later. At the time, I had no interest in sewing. LESSON: Always pay attention to your elders when they show you skills, even if you don;t think you have use for them!!

Thank you for posting! I need all the tips I can get...smiles.

I'll sure use the stapler for my sowing projects. Thanks.

And the best scissors are Fiskars spring assisted, they help keep my hands which have tendon damage from tensioning fabric and Awning materials. They stay sharp, the cut cleanly and they are light weight. All my old heavy scissors have been retired to being decorations on my wall.

Thank you for the great information!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a BIG gorgeous cat!

when you have to cut with the scissors but encounter a harder part such as a seam use the part closest to the fulcrum. That way you'll increase leverage and you can still use the tip in this video but also with much much more control.

Wow these are some great tips! Lots of "why didn't I think of that?" tips. Great stuff! Also I notice you cover your spools, do your cats try and eat the thread as well? My cat loves bonded nylon for some reason. Always gotta cover it when not in use

Bobbin Brilliance! Thank you.

Thank you so much for helping

Jason one of the easiest ways to cut through a heavy seam is with a Rotary Cutter, but my brother showed me I could use wire cutters.

By the time I have tied a knot in the thread I have already rethreaded my machine. My hassle is threading the needle but I have discovered a wonderful needle threader which saves me having to squint to find the hole.

Thanks Jason

I really enjoy all your videos. Very informative. Keep em` coming! By the way...I have 14 sewing machines. It is nice to see someone else loves the older machines like I do! Thumbs up all the way. Thanks!!

I cant believe how many people are greatful for the bobbin trick , wow . Just so people know you can buy a longer strait edge at home depo , they sell them up to 8 feet , if your not a fan of putting lines on your fabric or want to cut your time down , not that the string line isn't good , but faster just to use a striat edge long enought to the job in one pass .

Thanks! It really works the chalk line...Dude! Thanks!

I own a lot of jackets. There are different things I like on different jackets. A few jackets I love but the manufacturer changed the jacket so the jacket isn't as good anymore. The thing I most hate is whats on the label. MADE IN CHINA!!!!!! With todays improved insulation and better nylons I want to make my own. Your page has given me ideas. The one thing that drove me crazy was the idea of basting and how to pin the insulation. How much wasted insulation you will have and how to keep it in place. Using a stapler would surely be the way to go. Gosh I am so glad I found your page. Thank you! Thank you!!

This video is even better watching it a year later. Thanks JasonofallTrades. I miss your new videos. Probably means you’re busy working on cool projects. Best wishes from Michael E....

This is awesome. Subscribed. I am a new sewer, and a lot of "tips and tricks" I have under my belt so far is doing a lot of sewing and trial and error. I've come up with a few "lazy girl" hacks. Lol.

super cool tipps and good colab👌🍀

Just to upgrade the way you tie two pieces of threads together faster is to take the 2 pieces of threads together and roll them in your fingers so they wrap around each other before you do the overhand knot (granny knot). Couldn't tell if that's what you were doing but our seamsters do that and it's very quick. Also use compressed air to pass thread through tubes if you have a machine that has thread guide tubes.

I do a lot of Herculite projects. We use 60/80 inch contractor straight edge and a framing square. For long runs we make marks 3/4s of the length of the ruler then connect the dots for a straight line.

Always great tips

one guy, one tip: if you use staples as a baste, you can remove them safely and easily using an unstapler. from any stationer or office-supply shop. you are more than welcome.

I use the bobbin thread as my top thread when I have extra bobbins.

Some great tips, thank you. This is definitely the "Guy's" version......staples instead of pins, chomping through pencils, etc. But hey, whatever works. I especially like your method of changing threads on the machine.

Great tips thanks for sharing

Great tips! Thank you!

Nice tips! Thank you for sharing!!

Awesome tips, thanks so much

I loveeeeee, thanks so much!

I like your idea of using tools from other trades! I deal with 60” fabric a lot, & have a Logan 660 mat cutter. It will cut 60” wide fabrics easily. It has a straight edge clamp mechanism with blade carriage built in for the cutting. It also has a squaring arm built into it so you can line up your fabric & make multiple cuts, one after another and get parallel edges. Looking at your setup from the video, I’d get one & put it right under your rack for your rolls of 60” stock you have on the wall. Using it has cut down on my scrap waste a lot!

Hey - the two guys I enjoy watching are collaborating! Lol There must be a lot of guys who will get more into sewing and the machines with videos like you make.

Love that red sewing machine. Cool!

Bobbin Tip: I cut 5/8 clear vinyl tubing a bit narrower then the bobbin width with PVC pipe cutters and then slice the ring. It doesn't completely encompass the bobbin but it is enough to keep the tail from unwinding!!

if you tie a square knot in your thread, you can pull it through the needle. Also pull thread through with the presser foot raised to release the pressure on the tension disks.

i follow you for years nows, always good

Loved the bobbin tips!

I gave you a thumbs-up because of your beautiful cat playing with a bobbin.

That bobbin tip!?! OMG 24 years of runaway bobbins. I'm dead.

Thank you

Jason instead of taking the cap of tension, loosen tension to pull that knot through. I also tie a square knot, as you would do for the threading of a serger. Nice vid. Thanks.

Great tips. Hope its ok to add. When cutting multiple layers of vinyl or canvas use a rotary cutter. May have to make more than one swipe. But you get a clean cut and it saves your fingers

Good advice and I like that you make me feel sane since I only own four machines! (My husband disagrees on the same thing.)

Love the stapler idea! Thank you (-:

I was taught to rip fabric to get a straight edge. First you pull a thread out all the way across the fabric. You can then cut down the line created by the missing thread, or snip down the line about two inches then take the fabric one side of the missing fabric and rip the fabric into two pieces both having a straight line. It is a problem that solid measuring sticks, yard sticks, or meter sticks, are considerably shorter than an ell of fabric. Thank you for the video. I had been putting the tail of bobbin thread through two of the the holes to keep it from unwinding on its own.

Awesome!

Loved that bobbin trick. My bobbins lose their ends all the rime.😊

Love that bobbin trick!

bobbins also wear out by expanding. 72" ruler for straight line. S-100 scissors best. If presser ft raised thread will pass easily.

love the bobbin tip

On pulling tied on thread. If you will turn the wheel to where the needle in in a down position this will release the tension on the thread and it will pull through with ease.

Thank you.

Great tips! Thank you for sharing.

Great tips! My husband is going to wonder where his chalk line went to! 😂