Prevent Thread from Tangling When Hand Sewing
| January 4, 2018 | Quilting How-To
Two Tips to Make Thread Glide Smoothly Through Fabric!
Does your thread tend to tangle when you’re hand sewing? There’s an easy solution for minimizing snarls, a dreaded development whenever you’re hand stitching.
In the following video Ruth Ciemnoczolowski shows us the needle threading tip she learned from her Mother and Grandmother. She also adds a nice, handy tip of her own for conditioning the thread. The two together make for smooth hand sewing with few if any snarls. Nice!
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Great tips! I will use these. Thanks!
Thank you very helpful
Lovely, charming.
I also condition w/ bees wax.
My mom taught me that too. But not the lip balm part, just the threading the needle part. And I do think of her whenever I thread a needle.
I learned the same method, but was told if you’re left handed to do the opposite end…knot the end that comes off the spool, and use the end that you just cut to thread the needle. Does anyone know if this is true?
In the video she implies that the end that first comes off the spool is the one you want to go through the fabric first, as that works best with the twist of the thread. Based on that explanation, it doesn’t seem like it will make any difference of you’re right or left handed. Place the knot on the end where you cut the thread from the spool. I could be wrong, but that’s how I interpret her instructions. I’d love to hear what others think.
Thank you. I will use this method the next time I sew a binding to my quilt.