Making my own SEWING TOOLS: Tabletop Ironing Board, Tailor's Pressing Ham & Pin Cushions! 

⏱️TIMESTAMPS: 00:00​ Intro 00:22​ How to Make a Tabletop Ironing Board 05:12​ How to Make Tailor's Pressing Ham 10:41 How to Make Pin Cushions (3 different types) 14:52​ EXTRA: How to transform an Old Speaker into a Magnetic Pincushion

Vintage tailors hams were apparently filled with hardwood sawdust/shavings, for those curious. If you have access, you may want to try that as a filling instead :)

I'm really pleased to see how you make the tailors hams. I've recently moved house and now I only have a small sewing room so I'll have to make do with my fold up ironing board, however I'll certainly make the hams that you have shown. Fortunately I have a few wool blankets that I can cut up for the hams. I remember when I was a little girl (I'm almost 70 y.o.), folding ironing boards always came with a separate folding piece underneath the ironing board so that when you opened the ironing board, there was another part that could be lifted up for ironing the shoulders on sleeves, cuffs, ruffles, etc. I'm so often surprised when I hear people who not only don't iron anything, but they don't even know how to iron! It's a shame that some of these things that we just used to take for granted, have now just become a thing of the past. I was only telling a young lass today that when you bought purses or handbags, they were always manufactured with a coin sewn into the inside because it was considered unlucky to give a purse or handbag without a coin inside it. I also remember that females, including children, were also expected to wear hats and gloves for church and Sunday school, as well as school uniforms. I find myself telling younger people some of these things that have disappeared nowadays, but there are other things that are celebrated nowadays such as Halloween and Valentines day. I live in Australia. I realise that this isn't sewing related, but I'd love to know in what country you live and if you have noticed any changes in your country. I love that thanks to the internet, we are able to extend our knowledge on certain subjects, such as sewing related information here, but it's also given us the opportunit learn about the various cultures and countries around the world. Back to your excellent and very informative sewing related video. I'd be really grateful if you would please put the measurements for the hams in the area below as it's difficult to see the measurements on the screen because of size and colour of the font of the measurements on the screen, and also the contrast of measurements on the screen and the size and colour against the background colour. I'd be really grateful to you if you would be kind enough to do this for me please. I'd also like to suggest something to make it easier to turn the fabric from the inside out. If you sew a piece of thread doubled over at the opposite end of the opening, so that where the loop is doubled over at the top part, it's caught under a couple of the stitches when sewing (around the end opposite the opening), ensuring that the thread is long enough to hold onto to pull it at the opening end. When turning the piece through to the right side, it makes it so much easier to turn back from the inside out. This is especially handy for turning thick fabric through, or narrow pieces such as for straps, etc. The thickness of the thread required will depend upon the thickness of the fabric that needs to be turned, and the amount of tension that's required to pull through. If you don't want to double over the thread, then a piece of nylon ribbon also works well because it will be strong enough to pull on, and it will catch over a few sewing stitches so no need for a loop to double it over. I'm sorry if I haven't described this very well as it's probably easier to show on a video than describe it with words, however I'm happy to expand on my explanation if you would like.

These are great ideas. Luckily, I've been able to find tailor's hams and a wrist pin holder (magnetic) in thrift stores along with other nice sewing tools. I just found a mechanical sewing machine for less than $20 that works great. Shop around--bargains are out there. Happy sewing!

There is nothing quite like making your tools the colors and styles you want. What wonderful ideas and work.

Good idea to use an old wool blanket as padding for your pressing board! 👌🏻Turning an old speaker into a magnetic pin cushion was also so creative. I have made most of these items as well - but I have yet to make those jars with pincushions on top and I think that will be really helpful to store my pins in. 😊

Очень хорошо всё показано и сделано, единственно, внутрь подушек для утюжки лучше не дожить обрезки ткани, от пара они будут увлажнятся сильно и не просыхать, лучше положить опилки для животных из не смолистых деревьев. Всё аккуратно, красиво, спокойная музыка,просто супер

Juda ham ajoyib video. Menga juda foydali boʻldi. Sizdan minnatdorman. Oʻzim uchun kerakli narsalarni oʻrganib oldim.💛💛💛💛💛💛

You’re very creative. These tools are great and you hand made them ! 👍 well done. I am saving this video to make them when I can clear up a room and make it into a sewing room. These tools cost so much in stores so by making them ourselves , we stand to save $$$ .. lots of $$$ in savings 😉 . That old speaker …omg , who would have thought we can repurpose it the way you did ! It feels good to repurpose stuff . Thanks for this inspirational video! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I love this! My grandfather was a professional tailor who made custom suits for both men and women back in the day. I’ve visited his shops many times while I was younger though he didn’t let me touch client’s garments. Lol. I sewed around him when I was 7 he let me touch Singer manual sewing machine. My mom is also a very good seamstress and made all of my dresses for piano recitals and concerts! Now I’m into making quilts (though I’m not American I’m in Japan!) and making all kinds of stuff, and I love to make my own sewing tools like this! I already made pincushions and needle books that hold tons of needles that don’t take spaces and can carry in my purse if I wanted. I was shopping for tailors hem and what we call sleeve pressing cake (the long one), and I was surprised they can be quite expensive! I love that I can make these things easily! I have old wool blankets (100% felted wool) that I don’t use as it’s super heavy lol. Yes it’s warm but so heavy in a queen size 😂Now I know how to upcycle them. 😊 Thanks for the inspiration! This is wonderful! Just subscribed!

Как же мне нравится-тихая,спокойная музыка,уютненько и всё понятно,что и как сделать,только благодарность автору.

TY! A perfectly made video! I iron everything and these boards will make it so much easier. I sew when every I can and adding this great large ironing space will make my bigger projects so much easier.

Good morning. Two years ago I commented on this video. I was impressed and assimilated, every action of recycling and design. Today I put into practice what I learned from you. You are talented. Fotini from Greece ❤

Здравствуйте! Спасибо за видео! Вы замечательный человек! И приспособления для ВТО, и игольницы, и органайзеры для хранения булавок очень классные получились! Благодарю! Вдохновили!🥰🥰🥰😘😘😘❤💯🌹

What a relaxing and inspiring video, your pin cushions jars are so cute! If you do a lot of notching in your projects it is worth investing in pinking shears to save yourself cutting each notch individually. It also helps to prevent fraying.

The pressing pads are so attractive and what clever idea to use scraps to fill them. Can't wait to make my own.

I made a small board as you have for my doll clothes, but seeing how you have made a large board for ironing I think will make a large board too. I will have more space without an ironing board in my sewing room. Genial!! Muchas Gracias!

Thank you for this relaxing and informative video! I like your message of upcycling and reusing what you already have to create something new and beautiful!

I love all sounds in this vdeo.. sketchg, cuttng, sewing.. 😁

I just love the pin crushing jar ! 🧵🧵

gracias gracias dios te venigas Mexico Sonora GUYMAS San tanclara saludos 😇😇🤗🤗🇲🇽

Soy músico pero me atrae la costura desde hace algún tiempo, admiro este tipo de contenido es muy bello y relajante, felicidades por transmitir tu talento y creatividad, saludos de una nueva suscriptora desde Veracruz Puerto 🇲🇽🙋🏻‍♀️👏🏼

Спасибо огромное ♥️ очень ценная информация и золотые руки 👍👍👍🌹

Justo me compré una máquina de coser, y me saltó tu video, debe ser una señal!! Lo amé, es muy aesthetic y relajante, pero también muy útil y ecologico en varios aspectos, justo como a mi me gusta! Gracias por enseñar esto, será uno de mis primeros proyectos de costura, en cuanto sepa usar la máquina jajaja

I finished making the ironing forms last night and all in all I am very pleased with them. Thank you for your helpful and soothing tutorials, I am planning on updating my sewing area using your examples and reusing supplies I have available.

Smart, entirely doable, and with very pleasnt presentation. Thank you--

Как приятно было смотреть!!!! Спасибо за предоставленное удовольствие созерцать волшебный процесс создания красоты!!!!!

Gracias por COMPARTIR desde BUCARAMANGA COLOMBIA

The sewing machine was my favorite item!! I'm going to make my machine a pin cushion. I already know what fabric I'm going to use.👍🪡

Судя по просмотрам, есть три вещи на которые можно смотреть вечно. Как течëт река, как горит огонь и как кто-то работает.

Pin Cushions are some of the things I have been wanting to make (for gifts and for use at home). I love your pin cushions on top of jars idea; and, the one on top of the sewing machine. The jars may be used to hold spools of threads, snips, buttons and other items in plain sight. Wonderful. Back in Public School my sewing teachers told me that Tailor's Hams and rolls were filled with sawdust. I don't know how I would ever completely fill a Tailor's Ham or Roll with sawdust (or what kind of wood saw dust to use). Your way of making those very useful tools looks like something I should be able to do by myself. These are wonderful ways to use up all those scrap pieces of fabric and threads. Thank you for this video.

Your work is so delicately done! I get excited that I see many hints of Japan here and there in your videos,,, and you’re even ironing

Wow! I'm inspired. Been wanting a video like this. Now, I can make mine. God bless you.

Thank you so much for this video I completely enjoyed it and appreciate the saving the scraps for the stuffing idea, fantastic. That idea alone made it worth having to read the closed caption interpretation.

Спасибо огромное за интересные идеи! Очень красиво получилось! И котик у вас прекрасный породы као мани . 😊❤️🙏👍👏🙄🌹

Wish all sewing videos on youtube had quality like this

Какое замечательное профессиональное видео! Для не профессионалов, для тех, кто шьёт на бытовом уровне, это может и не обязательные предметы, но... смотришь видео, и невозможно оторваться от этого действия. Очень полезно. Спасибо из России.

You've designed and created some beautiful and fully functional sewing tools. Congrats! And, thanks for sharing.

Какая аккуратная работа, очень понравилось!

Travail chevronné ! Merci infiniment pour toutes vos idées très bénéfiques. Excellente journée !

Wow that speaker magnet! What a great idea! Who would’ve known!!!!

Wow!! This video is so amazing! Starting with the soundtrack you choose... Perfect! SO calm and relaxing! Your ideas using recycling materials are sustainable and so actual. Congratulations! Cheers from Brazil!

Ha! I had been thinking about maybe using the fabric scraps as well for filling before it showed up on your video, so glad to know it’s going to work! Thanks for the tutorials!

Wow 😳 genial! No sabía de los Taylor cushions. 🤔 Y la idea para dar uso a los retazos de telas.. super canal y video. Gracias 😊 bendiciones

Que placentera manera de comenzaar mi manana---un cafecito, y este video. Me gusto muchisimo. Gracia, Katia!

What a beautiful elegant video. You have turned sewing into an artwork. I am captivated. Thank you for a quality production unlike any other on RU-vid.

Your work is so delicately done! I get excited that I see many hints of Japan here and there in your videos,,, and you’re even ironing 袴⁉︎😳 I love the idea of DIYing ironing manjus, I was just struggling last night using bed cushions, but would be lovely to have them sitting around even when not in use if made with favorite textiles🥰

¡Maravilloso trabajo! Practico, lindo y verde. 💚☺️👏🏼

I recently watched this video and made a tabletop ironing board a little smaller than a piece of A3 paper, and I use it almost every day. Thanks so much!

Katia, I just started watching your channel. By 40 seconds, I was subscribed! 🙂 You're definitely capturing your audience's attention.

Я наконец то нашла время для того чтобы начать учиться такому увлекательному ремеслу.Благодарю,Катя,💞💪👍 за такое вдохновенное видео,в нем нашла все что мне необходимо сделать в настоящее время.🥰😍✂️

Thanks for the video. I really enjoy watching videos that makes me more self sufficient in my hobby.

What a great idea to attach it to a sewing machine! Thank you very much.💖

Definitivamente wwwuuuuaaawwww está increíble esté proyecto profe gracias Bogotá Colombia

Todo ala perfección 👍👌❤️ bendiciones desde Guatemala 🇬🇹

Wow this is brilliant! Would never have thought to make a pressing ham!

Hermoso trabajo el que haces... Estoy ansiosa esperando el siguiente video 😊

Excelente 🎯💯👌👍👏👏👏muchas veces me pregunté como sería que se podía hacer esos almohadones tan útiles de costura gracias por mostrar con maravillosa técnica el paso a paso de la confección de cada elemento, felicidades gran video 💯👌👍👏👏👏saludos desde Costa Rica,Centroamérica.

Какая умница-рукодельница!!!🤗

Que bonito!!! Muy detallados y lindisimos terminados!! Gracias por compartir!!

Amazing video! Thank you so much for making this very detailed!

Me encanta la fineza de tu trabajo. !!! Fue un deleite .... Gracias desde México .... Felicitaciones!!

Que ideas geniales! Primera vez que veo su canal y me gusta mucho la calidad del contenido y del video en sí. Gracias por compartir Ahora veré los demás de sus videos.👍🏻

Thank you so math ,hallo from Ukraine ❤❤❤❤

Oh! I've just finished making squares for patchwork and dumped the too small scraps into my bin. Thank goodness it was in my dry bin and I haven't thrown it out. Didn't know I could still use the too small pieces. Always interested in tailor's hams. Thanks! I also did the pincushion around the sewing machine for ages because I thougjt it was a convenient pincushion place for it, except I made the fastener with velcro on 2 places so I could make it either a sewing machine pincushion or a wrist pincushion. I also did a fabric basket wrapped around the body of my machine to place scissors, marking pens etc since I always misplace mine during projects.

Qué encanto de vídeo! Por supuesto que enseguida de comenzar a verlo me he suscrito al canal. Me encanta tu manera de trabajar, eres inspiradora, gracias!!!

Благодарю за очень полезный мастер - класс! 😍

Excellent beautiful work....I’m inspired. Thank you 👯‍♀️

Beautiful beautiful work 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽

Make sure you only stuff with cotton fabric, no synthetics, same goes for thread sewn with, for the tailors hams.

Спасибо вам большое. Очень красиво и аккуратно всё показано.

You are so generous! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! and your video is beautiful!

Muy bien explicado y muy práctico todo! Gracias 🌷

Me encanto: •Usas materiales reciclados. ¡Es muy importante! •Tienes todos sus hilos y retazos. ¡Yo tambien! •Tu gato. ❤️

Wonderful video-thank you! I’ve been needing a tailor’s ham and sausage press for a while, but I just couldn’t bring myself to spend $14 for just the ham at the craft store. And goodness knows I have oodles of fabric around. Thank you for the clear measurements! I’ll be making these very soon :3

Katia your video is both calm and relaxing to watch - and has inspired me to have a go at making these sewing room tools Thank You😊

Wow ! 🤩 beautiful, practical and green. 💚👏🏼☺️

Great tutorial! The storytelling is so well done and simply beautiful. I very much enjoyed it, thanks!

Amazing DIY's 👌

Jesteś profesjonalna👏

These are all great ideas! Thank you for sharing!

Que bonitos tus videos, me encantaron, todas las imagenes son muy claras y explicitas y ademas te gustan los gatos 😺💕, me suscribo!☺👍

Great ideas! Although I wonder how the wood will handle the moisture from ironing with steam over time. I also made my own tailor ham and sausage. Its super affordable

Me lleno de paz tu vídeo y me diste la idea de hacer los cojines para planchado gracias

I felt so relaxed watching your video🥰

Really great work! I'm saving this video to try make them at some point. Thank you for sharing these ideas

Exelente.👏👏👌✌

Que capricho amei o vídeo obrigada

Gracias por compartir tus ideas y conocimientos.Saludos desde Venezuela.

Wow! Such a fantastic video! Loving your channel! Not sure I've ever subscribed quicker than I did to yours after seeing this one. I was wondering if you would ever be interested in selling your patterns for these? For those of us who are lacking in the area of drawing and layout of such designs. Those who can do, those who can't, buy the pattern lol

So very nice ideas for the pincushions! Thanks!

Gracias. Me encantó. Mucha dedicación y prolijidad. Saludos.

Ooooh I loved the jar lid cushions 😊

This is very innovative and inspiring. Thank you.

Muchas gracias. Excelente video.

Vou fazer alguns . Muito obrigada pela ótima aula!

Brilliant! What a great video, such great money saving tips, thank you! 👌

Your video is so absolutely beautiful and touching, I can tell you gave it your all. Love it and your work 🥹

Thanks!

Estupendo !!! Maravilloso !!!! Muy útil . Muchas gracias !!!