Sewing Hacks - More Dollar Store Tricks || Dancing Stitches 

I loved the comedic video! It was real related to us sewists/quilters/ fabric stashed and gadget hoarders! Keep laughing 😊

Just a note about using spit to remove blood stains, it has to be spit from the person whose blood is in the fabric. It does not work if I was to use my spit on your blood.

I love your personality! 😃 You had me laughing when you were showing the Velcro part of the video! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Thank you for sharing the tips and for the laughs. It made my day! 😊🌹🦋

I use dollar store foam board and batting scraps to make my own mini design boards. I have large ones for chain piecing multiple block sections, and smaller ones to hold an entire block. When empty, they stand up or stack nicely.

As our six children came along, our two bedroom house became a little crowded. My multi talented husband divided the basement into five bedrooms, a bathroom and a food storage room. As the children grew up and got married, we repurposed their bedrooms. My sweetheart claimed one room for his office, and I claimed a nice, cozy bedroom for my sewing/craft room. When that room was built, some wonderful floor to ceiling shelves were built into about a third of one wall. They are wonderful for storing my labeled plastic shoeboxes beading boxes and various crafting supplies. I also have floor to ceiling book shelf for sewing books and genealogy. I have inherited my grandfather’s 5’ wide and 3’ deep desk with its center drawer and the drawers below the desktop on each side. My full size filing cabinet sits next to the desk, and I have several sets of plastic drawers. All of these do a good job of providing organized storage for my needs. The large desktop makes a great sewing desk too. I hope this answers the question of how I store all of my labeled plastic shoeboxes and sewing and craft supplies in a small room (about 7’ by 9’ ?). I really enjoy that cozy room. ]

Your videos are not only informative but they are so funny that I almost pee my pants. I litterly had to pause and run to the bathroom. Keep those videos coming!

I was laughing so hard at your “mishaps”, that would be me, every single time I tried to do anything! Your laugh is so contagious, I am rewinding to the beginning! New to this channel, I am staying.

A tip for the tomato pincushion that I learned from a sewing instructor years ago. With a pen, label the top of the each division of the tomato with the "size" of sewing needles - 10, 12, 14, 16, etc. If you only use a size 16 for a half- hour of sewing and you need to change needles, place the #16 in its pincushion quadrant. Next time you need a 16, there it is. Sometimes, I even add a small post-it to the needle telling me how long I used it. This works more for sewers of garments or people who do mending or alterations where they work with multiple types of fabric. It saves you money! I'm 82 years old and I remember when there weren't specialty needles. We used one needle for everything!

That small tackle box knocked me out😄😄😄😄. But - I bought a fishing tackle box years ago at WalMart and this is what I use for many tools when I need to carry stuff. At least I can actually find some of my tools because of this box🥴🥴🥴😄😄👍👍👍

I had a rocking chair pin cushion thread holder like yours 60 years ago!!

You are so incredibly funny!! My husband and I really enjoyed your video. 😂 Thank you for making this so much fun.

You always make laugh. Helpful things that will come in handy. Thank you!!

Totally appreciate your honestly and humor. 😉

I've just watched this video and have never seen your videos before. Your sense of humor made this video informative as well as fun.😊😊 I'm in the USA

just found your channel. so excited. I will be watching for more video's. Thank you

Who knew? Brilliant idea using the selvedge to match, incredible hint, thank you

Hello From Queensland Australia. I was watching your video and decided to tell you that I keep all my boxes on the shelving units along the wall in my sewing room. They are labeled with the size of the blocks that I have cut. It was the only way to use fabric from 20+ years ago. I have just now finished cutting the fabric from 1.5-inch to 6-inch squares and they are all in separate boxes. Since we do not have a dollar store here in my area I would like to tell you what I found at one of our cheap shops, I found a planter-type stand with rubber on the bottom side that I now use for my sewing pedal. It stops everything from moving and my foot fits it perfectly, so no more hunting it ll around the floor. It stays in one place now and I am happy about that. 🐱🐱 🪡

I like to save the strips of selvedge for tying up my tomatoe vines and sweet peas. I use pizza boxes lined with scrap felt or warm and natiral, it keeps my pre-cut pieces organized and lets me display the blocks in the lid. Add a little ribbon to the edge of the lid and bottom so you can stand the lid up and follow along with your blocks. I don't store them for future use because there may be acid in the paper and it will yellow and can deteriorate the fabric.

Sue these tips are incredible, you are a wealth a sewing knowledge!!!! 🥰 thank you for sharing.

you are the only thing getting me through this night....ty for your adorable fun living humor ❤❤❤🎉🎉😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I love that you laugh at yourself! You are so much fun!

I stumbled on your video while watching something else. There in the top right corner I see your video and I’m thinking where do I know you from. Aha, Dancing Stitches. I watched your video and loved it and your humour. My suggestion if someone does appliqué, used and washed dryer sheets are free and lightweight and readily available. They must be washed before using for turning under appliquéd pieces. I use mine many times in the dryer because the softener chemical applied to the sheets does not get completely used and when I turned a piece and pressed it the chemical stained the fabric.

Girl, you crack me up!

Love your suggestions and your humor when things don't seem to go right when filming. Suggestions: Use a pool noodle to roll up quilt project or finished quilt for storage. Cover the noodle in a cotton sleeve before placing quilt on it. Also use a dish drying mat under sewing machine or serger to reduce movement and noise. Dollar tree has small stackable organizing drawers which are great for storing bobbins so you can see the colors.

I agree with all the previous comments. I have started cleaning my sewing area. I have to limit myself couple hours a day. But your suggestions on storing items is great, and appreciated.

You are so funny and entertaining. I couldn't help but laugh at what was happening. Thanks for the fun!

Hello from Idaho! Love your videos! My Sis used to work in a china store. The square boxes for dinner plates make great storage for large quilt blocks, no pizza stains, and I’ve had mine over 30 years now, very sturdy. Boxes for plate chargers are even larger.

What a great way to explore and share gadgets. The twirling thing really is for hanging socks or underwear on I always use them, because I dry my washing on the line in the fresh Irish air. I'm really delighted that you said about using a fleece backed table cloth for seeing the quilt blocks. I have asked on a few quilting videos how they managed to get the blocks to stay attached on a hanging background. But nobody answered. So now thanks to you, I will use the fleece backed table cloth that I bought last year and didn't use. Now it has a use.

I am only 1 minute 17 seconds into this video and I can tell I am going to LOVE IT !

You are great to watch! Loved those tips!

Love your videos, and your humour 😂😂😂😂😂

Suzie thanks for another hilarious, informative video. I do use a lot of the things you recommend.

I taped the flannel backed tablecloth to my glass sliding doors for my design wall, works great 👍

You made me smile!

I just found you today. You just popped up I loved your ideas and found you very entertaining I will be watching your channel and I will subscribe

Thoroughly enjoyed your informative video….your sense of humor was a great bonus! 😊

I just happened upon your video and I love it. You kept my attention.😂😂😂😂. I am in New Orleans and am going to look for the spinnie thingy😂😂😂😂😂

Love your videos - so natural and funny - along with some great tips! Keep it up. Looking forward to the next one!

Hank you for sharing, I like your videos.

I buy Styrofoam boards and cut them into 8 equal pieces. I use them to wrap my large pieces of fabric on. It works great. You can buy special boards to use, but the Styrofoam works just as well and a LOT cheaper.

Dryer lint + TP or paper towel rolls = excellent fire-starters

Love this! You are so real. 😂👍

Thank you so much I really really enjoyed watching you take us through all these sewing tips and tricks too

Hi Susie Thank you for sharing your tips. I use Self Adherent Bandages for wrapping around my thread spools to keep the thread from unwinding. I love that I can cut it to size for the different spool sizes I have. I also bought tape dispensers and use them to hold my washi tape. I hot glued the tape dispensers to a clip board ( 4 total) and hang on the wall for easy access. I like to you the washi tape for marking seam allowances, pattern or machine. Love to see more dollar store tips. Thank you again Susie

Where have you been all my life!? Subscribing today!😊

You can use your stove grate the one on the top to rest a hot iron on.

Like your little 'dryer' for the lint, but I put mine inside a recycled tissue box. Sometimes I even put it inside a recycled tp or paper towel cardboard roll and my DH uses them for fire starters.

Thank you for another great video and the laughs. ❤

I have used a nail emery board for the little burs on our pins and needles. It does work

😂I enjoy your videos. Love the tips. I would love to visit your store. Not so sure however, about usine dryer lint😊

I've been using full-size tackle boxes for 40 years.

Yes, I'm still laughing...I particularly liked the dryer lint, NOT. I had a "spinning thingy" about 35 or more years ago (I'm old) you wondered about. I used it to hang lingerie to dry. Not fancy stuff just bras etc. Since I have 2 daughters it came in very handy. I needed some humor today so once again I say THANK YOU and keep the videos coming!

“Bob your uncle”?? Never heard that one. BTW I’m so glad you left in the “blooper” near the beginning of this video, with the rolls of velcro and the sewing foot/ knee pedal! 😂 Please keep this educational and entertaining videos coming…❤

You are very helpful. I love the fact that you have fun with this.

Thanks for some great tips and for making me laugh 😆 still watching from England... Never heard the tomato story before so thanks for the history lesson as well

You r 2 funny. Thank you for the humor!

I just came across this video, and I must tell you, I laughed so hard! I had to subscribe to this channel. I don't even know if you're still putting out videos because I haven't checked! I sure hope so.

Hi from niagara, just want to let you know that i really enjoyed your videos, loved your sense of Humour.. i do enjoy being silly sometimes and I’m looking forward to more videos 2:50 😅.

I have some thread that I know is around 60 years old and I have used it with no problems. It came from my parent’s old country store so may be even older.

Harbor Freight has the magnetic dishes for pretty cheap.

look forward to more videos

Thanks for all the great tips! Looking forward to your next episode!

I get decorative boxes from dollar general with magnetic buttons for each of my projects

I am a scrappy quilter. I use the clear boxes to store scraps by color. They live on the top shelf of the closet. I use a Rubbermaid trash can with flappy lid for throwing leftover scraps into. I cut scraps occasionally during a movie. Use a cat litter box from the dollar store for my current project. At the dollar store is small rug that I under my sewing machine to keep from moving. Small plastic boxes store used rotary blades - safe for trash. At JoAnn's I buy small plastic locking containers to store misc tools, pins, needles. If you can find old wooden quilt racks - they are helpful next to your machine to hang your quilting strips during project.

Great!! You could substitute a narrow putty knife for a plastic one to hold down the fabric before the iron. With the shipping drying thingy, you could hang a rod from your far-away ceiling and use the pants hanger and the spinner. Some dollar stores are available online. The Dollar Tree has a site. years ago, my father made canvas tarps and sidewalls, but no one had told him about washing it before waterproofing it. The rain came thru as a very fine mist. 🙂 I searched online and found a pincushion that was all emery. Tomatoes have a tendency to eat needles. Thanks for all the wonderful tips!

Thank you so much for sharing. So very I formative and love the humor.😅 The blue hanger with clips can be used to hang damp starched blocks and also out of the sewing room, your undie items you don't want to dry in the dryer.😊😊 I was told to use the heavy drop cloths as a batting. I washed to remove the drop cloth odor. Have not quilted yet, so unsure of the difficulty it may cause.

Another tip Suction cup bath handle use for ya rulers to push down or easier pick up

You are a hoot. Pls keep making videos

I love how down to earth you are. Love the info. Hi from North Carolina USA

I’m subscribing just to get the laughs!

If you go to a local pizza place and ask to buy a couple of boxes they will sell them to you.

Where have you been all my life? Lol subscribed!

LOL! I have larger plastic tubs full of "shoe box" containers. It helps if you can see into the containers and you label them well. Tackle boxes work very well to store beads and findings.

You're quite the comedian!😅

Hi from Australia, i started dressmaking when i was 15 and i'm now 70 and i to have used my own mouth fluid(spit) to remove my own blood from garments.

Great information here, and your humorous delivery makes it lots of fun to watch. First time watching and new subscriber!

Your refreshing glad to find your channel

Dollar tree has onits hardware department some extendable magnet mirrors and stick to pick up needles and pins , definitely that department has many tools inexpensive

This was a very entertaining half hour. I almost scrolled past it on RU-vid... so glad I watched. What is the solvent that removes the Frixion ink?

please dont shake your snipped threads outside, birds pick them up for nests, but because most of the threads have a polyester core, they dont break. These threads can get wrapped around baby bird necks, feet and wings, causing death and amputations. thanks, a bird rehabber.

I put shelves on my wall, label the boxes and stack them, 3inch high

We have to be careful with magnetic pincushions around computerized sewing machines!

Maybe store over-sized stencil sheets in the pizza boxes.

Thank you

Hello from Syracuse NY USA ❤

I use a mustache trimmer as a seamer and never cuts the fabric. The first time I tried a trimmer I stole it from my husband anything sacrficed for quilting.

My project boxes are on shoe shelves in the bottom of a closet. In the same closet, I hang my fabric that’s yardage on pant hangers. Then hang by line or by color.

I I use old thread to baste. One way to use it up.

The tiny ice cube tray of silicone could work as a no slide foot control pad.

You can put a piece of waffle weave under your machine and it will not move. I swear by it. I use that under anything I don't want to move.

I have a shelf above my bed and put my cases up there

I use the covers for design boards

Peroxide removes blood rinse with cold water dab dry

I use peroxide on my scrubs and they all colored. No spots.

Will dryer sheets work for quilt foundation pieces

Yup there's enough puckering going on :)

I use selvages to tie totes

Are you talking about the Dollar Tree or Dollar General?

I can't wait to bleed on something so I can spit on it! 😁

Is this the blooper video