I'm embarrassed to say the reason was I couldn't properly thread my blind hemmer right. Actually I couldn't thread it at all. If any of you have seen a blind hemmer needle, than you'd know it is curved. You have to thread it through the eye under the curved end of the needle. This is a tight spot to access!
(My blind hemmer. Sorry, no close up but if you look to the left you can see part of the curved needle )
For the life of me, I think I spent and hour trying and just couldn't get it. How embarrasing!!! So I had to enlist the help of a very common and not so new notion. Ms. Needle Threader.
( Wow, fancy--it comes with a cutter! It's been so long since I noticed one of these.)
And to think I actually used to be snobby and thought I was too good or too skilled to need the likes of Ms. Needle Threader. Seriously, I've always prided myself on being able to handle the task myself. Well that was until I met the eye of a curved needle!!! So I've got a new "Best" sewing friend. What sewing notion is your favorite at the moment???
My Clover double tracing wheel has been my favourite sewing gadget from the day I bought it (I sew a lot of BurdaStyle patterns). Coming up a very close second are my Chacopel chalk pencils for marking.
ReplyDeleteLOL I would be lost without a needle threader at this point in my life! 47 and the up close vision just isn't what it used to be! Reading glasses or not, sighhh I have been buying needle threaders for a couple years now :O)...
ReplyDeleteI'm still a rather green sewer and was only recently introduced to chalk. I'm still in love with it!
ReplyDeleteI'm all about my seam ripper. We seem to get a lot of together time (sigh)
ReplyDeleteSeam ripper is the best tool for me! You have a mean machine there Victoria! Cool!
ReplyDeleteGlad that you found a solution to complete the job. I really like your industrial machine. I would really enjoy an industrial straight stitch .
ReplyDeleteGlad you had an understanding client! My favorite notion right now is my Awl! I tell ya I'm reaching for that thing every few minutes to help me with something! and I used to think I didn't need one!! Well that was definitely not true!!
ReplyDeleteNotion, wow, let me think... I would say hands down seam ripper and I know this is not a notion but my french curve to alter my patterns. Can't sew without them.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen a blind hemmer before. I am pretty sure there is a surgury that can fix those poor machines :)
ReplyDeleteMy seam ripper and retractable tape....I have seam ripper in many colors
ReplyDeleteNotions are the tools that make sewing easier. I have learned to always be on the lookout for the newest gadget in unusual places. I found my new favorite notion at a quilt show.
ReplyDeleteIt is also a seam ripper, but more specifically a "surgical steel" seam ripper. The blade is a different shape and much more accurate. Take a look here and here, for examples.
Be on the lookout to snap one of these up. I recently noticed them on the notions wall at Joann's.
Have a safe trip!
My favorite sewing tool is the Chakoner, a chalk marker with a tiny wheel. It's a great marking tool! I bought it a few years ago at a Lyla Messinger seminar. I don't know how I ever got along without it.
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Blind hemmers are amazing, lucky you!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite right now and for a long time is my white tailors chalk that vanishes with steam.