Do more of these! Young people don't get Home Economics anymore! Following a pattern can be confusing for a newbie, and ignoring things like "nap' can ruin a project. I love a tin roof too. 🌧️
I’ve been sewing for 50 years and I had no idea where some of those terms came from! Thank you for teaching this old dog new things! Fat quarter makes sense!
When I was in school they were called the teeth of the machine, you can probably imagine my confusion when l started watching RU-vid and heard people talking about feed dogs on their machines. I understand that the UK and the US have different names for things, but l also think the names of things change over time, too. I grew up learning to sew in the 70's and early 80's, schools taught things differently then, and most of my sewing skills were learned at home alone, out of necessity of wanting new/nicer clothes to wear, not hideous old fashioned stuff from the charity shop. The rest of the terms are all used a lot now on most sewing channels, so they are sort of common place all over the world, but some places in the world pre cuts are much more readily available. Thanks for sharing your time with us all 💐
I love your intros and outros and everything in between! 😂 Thanks for touching upon the difference between salvage and selvedge. There are 'seasoned' content creators confusing people who are picking up this term maybe not knowing that they're using the word incorrectly. 👍🏼 Teach on Professor Totten. 😊
I was taught to sew and quilt by my mom and my great aunt lee...and they learned from their female relatives...and honestly they didn't use barely ANY of the sewing terms that I see on RU-vid videos. Seams were "edges" that then became "flappy bits", feed dogs were "sewing teeth", pressing was "if you want to impress someone hit it with an iron (and if someone complains hit THEM with an iron), they were appalled when I asked if I was supposed to trim the blocks to square them up or trim dog ears...fabric is a resource we don't waste by trimming it... so I find videos like this so helpful (at least I can now understand what other quilters are talking about and don't feel dumb asking what they mean)😂😂😂
I always want to correct people (my OCD grammar side) when they say salvage. Never sure if they know that it’s selvage or if it’s one of those weird things like young people these days calling sweatshirts sweaters. HUGE difference. Ugh! Great video as usual Tim! Thanks 💜👍🏻
Great video, Tim. I ran into the questions of jelly rolls, charm packs and layer cakes. I leaned to quilt probably about 40 years ago and then was away from it for many years - the years when those terms came into use. Even though I understood what I had to do, I had no idea what people were talking about. I thought everyone was going to a bakery. I finally caught on. ❤
Great video! I've been sewing for many years, but am new to quilting. You have explained the terms so well, especially about the jelly rolls, charm packs and layer cakes. Totally makes sense to me now! Thank you!
Hello again, I have used that exact fabric trhat you have on your table. I only have a little left. :-) This video will be so helpful to beginners. Thanks you sooooo much about the word selvege. I struggle not to correct it when I hear it. Those color blocks or spots can be a tremendous help in picking a good mix of fabrics for a quilt. I want to mention that more often than not the usable fabric is 42 inches wide, once the selvages are gone. My solution to the scant 1/4 is to carefully select patterns where I can fudge a bit.
I am an American and have been sewing for over 60 years. While I knew all of these terms, I didn't know that selvage was the correct American spelling of selvedge and not just an appropriate alternate spe. I believe that I have spelled the name of the self edge as selvedge as long as I could write. When I get home in a few days, I need to check the old home crafts book that I used as a kid to learn about sewing, weaving, knitting, and other crafts to see if it was published outside the US. I also went down the Wikipedia search path to learn that knitted self finished edges have only been called selvedges relatively recently.
Hi Tim. Another very helpful video. Your explanations are easy for anyone to understand. I’ve been sewing a long time and found this video very informative. Now if you could please explain to me how to figure out these darn zigzag stitches I would be so appreciative. I just can’t figure out the size and length settings. Also love the rain and thunderstorms. I’m in Titusville. ❤
I also live in Florida and love the sound of our afternoon rain on a metal roof. Thank you for explaining to people the difference between selvedge and salvage. I cringe everytime I hear an instruction video saying salvage. Just as bad as the person who says irregardless. Or, "I could care less." Gosh, how much less could you care. Thanks Tim.
Hahahaha! I do agree but I’ve been learning to give others grace in hopes they do the same to me. Still, when people thank someone for letting them be “apart” of something I almost come apart myself.
Great tutorial Tim. ❤ Somewhere down the line, you can talk about "pinked" edge precuts. Some sewists trim them off, which changes the fabric size. I just tolerate them, as I understand they are a part of the precut measurement.
Only thing you forgot in the precut fabrics in the Junion Jellyroll which is only 1 1/2 inch wide. Great for out lining a block or using as a lattic between blocks and rows of blocks. Great explanations of the sewing terms!
Good Morning, Though I know most of the "terms", your tutorial is very helpful. Especially showing what the terms mean. Thank you! (Pinellas Park, St Petersburg, Fl) (Maybe the next tutorial is setting the stitch size. I am never sure where it is...).🥰
Hey, Tim. I changed my needle on white treadle and now my thread breaks at the needle almost every time after I leave needle down and turn fabric, sometime it last a few stitches. I have used machine ever since pandemic to mend blue jeans mostly and a few Christmas blankets. I’m sure it is something I’m overlooking. I have tried several needles and tension settings, and cleaned and oiled everything (like always). Thanks for your help in advance.
I always completely unthread the machine and start over. You need all new thread too. And check the guides your thread has to go through to make sure it’s not getting caught up on some new burr or something.
Thanks for your response, did all that stuff, still no affect. I am still breaking at the needle like it is bad thread. Tried new bobbin thread as well as top thread, different material to sew...
I JUST had this happen to me. I googled it and it said the eye of my needle was too small. I changed the needle to one with a bigger eye and it worked. I hope this helps. 😊
Good question! This blog post from Madam Sew says 2006 or 2007 for jelly rolls. madamsew.com/blogs/sewing-blog/what-are-jelly-rolls-in-quilting#:~:text=The%20term%20Jelly%20Roll%20when%20referring%20to%20fabric%20was%20coined,have%20created%20their%20own%20versions.
I would not recommend prewashing jelly tools. The time I tried putting them in a mesh bag to wash, and then a dryer, they were a tangled mess. If the edges were not pinked there would be a fair amount of fraying.
@@timothytotten9409 it’s up to you, because how do you know how to learn to adjust the tension and how long the stitches are. I watch everyone and they are always change the tension and stitched
What Lumewarm said below. One of my companies makes products for funeral homes and that’s what we use those rolls of fabric for. You wouldn’t believe just how much fabric we have in the rest of the shop!
