What's your favourite way of locking the stitches on your mini sewing machine? Comment below and let me know! If you found this video helpful, please do share it with your crafty friends, and hit that like button. I would love to have you on board as a subscriber! Happy sewing! x
I'd likely have just tied the ends, but I do like the idea of locking by stitching back 5 stitches better than skipping back and having one long loop before going over it - so second method works for me on hidden work, the first is my choice for tidy work with visible stitching.
Another great video I am saving in my watch list. I appreciate the time and detail you provide to these videos :D 00:34 - Simple back stitch 02:46 - Manual double knot w/o needle 05:25 - Ooni's Ninja Trick! Kangaroo's hop
Glad it was helpful! I realize I tend to ramble at times haha. I'll try to cut down on it in future. Appreciate the time stamps. I don't know how to make these yet! xx
@@OoniCrafts Hi! I just wanted to add that I truly value your input and detailed explanation. This makes your voice in YT unique. I am just getting to the point where I practice more and more, so the timestamps help me while I'm working on a project. I literally saw with the laptop next to me sometime hehe :D
I have to say that I have soo much love your channel. I got the sewing machine about a week ago and you have made my life so much easier! Thank youuuuuu soooo much!
Hi Cristal, thank you so much for your beautiful comment, you made my day! I really hope to make beginner sewing fun and easy for you so please let me know if you would like me to make a video on any particular topic. I will do my best to help xx
@@OoniCrafts thank you so much for all you already do! your content is very informative and helpful. I actually do have a question I am not sure if it was already covered in another video. My mini sewing machine does not have seam allowance markers, I watch many videos and I see that you added your markers with tape. Is there anyway this could be covered I have only been able to mark 5/8 inch marker. That would be awesome if you covered how you made the measurement for the markers in your machine. sorry for the long comment! Thank you again!!!!
@@cristalrl hi hun, sorry for the delay. YT does not notify me of comment trails. I'll definitely try and put up a video of this soon! Thank you so much for your kind words xx
Thank you so much. I used to sew wayyyyy back like 35 years ago. I remember bits and pieces so I've been looking for instructions for this adorable sewing machine. I watched many I won't lie. But yours is the best. Very easy to follow you. Thank you 🙏
Thank you so much for this video...i was depressed how i am gonna lock the thread end.. But your video very beautiful help this poor girl... Thanks... Due to such videos our life style becomes very easy
The third step is the easiest for me and I found a way of making it look neat after sewing. I actually cut off the long thread "kangaroo" stitch from both ends
Thank you so much!!! I'm new to sewing. This is my first machine and I was so disappointed when I realized there's no backstitch. I've doing something that is basically the 2nd method you showed. I can't wait to try this Kangaroo Hop 3rd method!!
Another way used way back in the days of antique treadle machines was, while still stitching, raise the presser foot just enough that you can pull the fabric towards you while the machine keeps sewing for a few stitches. Raising the presser foot slightly means you are manually "feeding" the fabric in reverse in a controlled manner instead of the presser foot and feed dogs doing it. Then, when you want to resume sewing forwards, lower the presser foot again and stop pulling the fabric towards you. Now that the presser foot and feed dogs are feeding the fabric again it will sew forwards as usual.
Loved the 3rd one might not be as neat as the other 2 but it saved my problem in turning it a 180 degrees - my mini sewing machine is literally mini so its hard to turn the fabric backwards. Thanks very much.
Ooni Crafts TRULY thank you so much! the first time I used the sewing machine went great!! If I didn’t watch your videos first I would’ve messed up pretty bad from the start😅🙏🏽
I did that Kangaroo hop on vintage singer sewing machine that have no back stitch and my grandmother taught me kangaroo hop when I was 8 or 9 yrs old in 1955/56 cos my grandfather was in India in the war before ww1 1898. He told my gran how to do kangaroo hop. It’s good thing to do instead stitching 3 times.
Ohh my that's amazing! My mum also had a vintage Singer but I think it did have a reverse lever. Mum was born in India too around 1946/47! It's amazing how we can be connected through generations to multiple places on Earth. I would love to see how your quilt turns out x
So I’m making lanyards and I can’t flip the material to hide the knots, am I doing that wrong as well? There’s always thread sticking out. Please help! Thanks!
My mini sewing machine won't sew, I have tried your tutorial about the hook kissing the needle. The thread came out from the hole in the middle but when I try to sew the needle just puts holes! I saw a video about trying to rearrange the needle but still no effect. Pls help. Thanks a lot
If nothing still works, please don't waste your time and energy on the machine. There are too many people suffering due to a bad product. Try to get rid of the machine and invest in a full-sized sewing machine like the Brother LS14 or a second-hand one. At the very least, you have learned how a sewing machine works and this will help you go so much further with your next full-sized sewing machine. I have discussed this issue in detail in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pTtk6bpx4UE.html Hope this helps xx
Hi Cia, thank you for your comment. I bought mine on Amazon. You can find it here: amzn.to/2VEcS2Z although I'm unsure if it's still available. I don't think there are any real or fake sewing machines. They appear to be mass produced in China and then branded and sold by different sellers. Don't worry about the light though, not having it will not affect sewing at all!
Hi Kondi, When you say weak, do you mean it is making big loops and hanging loose? If yes, it is a tension imbalance. Fix it like this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZEky17PmJo0.html
Hi Vicki, I could dig mine up and send you snapshots via Instagram DM if it helps. Meanwhile I made a short tutorial on how to use the machine for beginners. It's very easy. Please find it here 👇👇👇: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vQKFvp9BHj0.html Also please print or scribble this mini sewing machine operating checklist list and keep it on your sewing table for reference: 👇 mailchi.mp/4c24ab312dc9/mini-sewing-machine-operation-checklist I do hope this helps. Holler if you need any further help x
I spent 2 hours trying to make this mini sewing machine work but failed((( lower thread still bunching, nothing helps. Is it I got the broken one or I can’t understand how it works, I made the upper thread more loose, more tight, sew so many times, now I’m all stressed, I don’t understand how ppl use those, I’m going to return it but I still need to fix my clothes
Hi , Thanks for your message. No it has no option for double needles. If you know the basic anatomy of a sewing machine, I would recommend that you go for a proper bigger machine. Hope this helps
Ashish what thread are you using, and is the tension correct? Please watch this and get back to me ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N1cXsZISszE.html
My grandmother’s vintage sewing machine is gone or sold by my aunt as it’s suppose to be for me, my mum asked my aunt (her Sister). Where is the machine and my aunt said it’s gone sold and my mother was fuming cos my gran told my grandad and mum it’s for me and my aunt was there. She’s so selfish for selling for money so she and her family can go to Australia. I’ve a number of sewing machine and traced every where but failed and I was in tears just to remember my grandmother taught me every details of sewing machine and my mum hugged me tightly and she got another sewing machine but it’s with handle but it’s not bad as I preferred the other one my gran suppose to be for me. I’ve seen my aunt again not nor write a letter cos stole my machine. 😒
