Help! Turning belt right side out

TammyM wrote:
I haven't sewed in ages. I'm making a simple vest (waistcoat, if'n you're
from the UK), with back ties. I just stitched the ties, and the
instructions say to turn right side out. I seem to remember there's a
trick for this, and possibly even a special tool. I ain't got the tool,
so can anyone tell me the trick? Other than employing tinier fingers than
mine, that is! I'm getting nowhere other than frustrated right now...

I know from reading the other responses that it is too late for this
project, but there will be other projects in the future.
I like to sew a piece of string into the end seam of the tube, a piece
long enough to stick out of the tube. Fold the string into the tube, sew
the seams, grab the end of the string and use it to invert the tube.
Then I carefully cut the string off.

liz young in sunny california (Rescue, CA that is - if I jump high
enough to see over the hill I could wave at TammyM)

IMS wrote:
You could attach a large safety pin onto the fabric near the
closed end, and then work it to maneuver the piece to be
'inside out.'


I'm curious, how do you get the safety pin *opened* and *back out*
after it's at the (now) far end of an enclosed belt? I have used
safety pins to turn *tubes*, but only if the pin is headed for an open
end. ;-}

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Elizabeth Young wrote:
: TammyM wrote:
: I haven't sewed in ages. I'm making a simple vest (waistcoat, if'n you're
: from the UK), with back ties. I just stitched the ties, and the
: instructions say to turn right side out. I seem to remember there's a
: trick for this, and possibly even a special tool. I ain't got the tool,
: so can anyone tell me the trick? Other than employing tinier fingers than
: mine, that is! I'm getting nowhere other than frustrated right now...

: I know from reading the other responses that it is too late for this
: project, but there will be other projects in the future.
: I like to sew a piece of string into the end seam of the tube, a piece
: long enough to stick out of the tube. Fold the string into the tube, sew
: the seams, grab the end of the string and use it to invert the tube.
: Then I carefully cut the string off.

Oh, it's not too late! I have extra fabric, I'll just make new ties.
Also, I realized too late that my pattern is a unisex pattern, and this
vest is going to be FAR TOO BIG for me. Which may be ok too. I'm making
this vest for a program I'm managing in April. The signature motif for
this event is hot air balloons (the event is called "Soaring to New
Heights".) I looked and looked for fabric with that motif, at local
fabric shops and online. No luck. I did find party balloon fabric, and
that's what I made the vest from. This morning whilst farting about on
the internet, I found hot air balloon motif fabric and bought enough to
make another vest. So the one I'm working on now just became a practice
vest.

Just managed to thread my serger, by the way. So the alien has been
properly fed, and now I'm ready to rock and roll!


: liz young in sunny california (Rescue, CA that is - if I jump high
: enough to see over the hill I could wave at TammyM)

Beautiful morning, Rescue, innit? :-)

Thanks again for all the tips,
TammyM

In article , BEI Design of uttered
IMS wrote:
You could attach a large safety pin onto the fabric near the
closed end, and then work it to maneuver the piece to be
'inside out.'


I'm curious, how do you get the safety pin *opened* and *back out*
after it's at the (now) far end of an enclosed belt? I have used
safety pins to turn *tubes*, but only if the pin is headed for an open
end. ;-}


But it is headed for the open end. She said fasten it to the closed
end...



Now you're getting me confusticated ....
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Dear Friends,

Look around the house for a short tube of some description. Put the
tube inside the piece to be turned, then push the end of the piece
through the tube. It will come through right-side-out. This is
especially useful when one end of the piece to be turned in closed.

The string method and the safety pin method both work well, too, but
for really small pieces, the tube is better.

I once had to turn paning for 10 Renaissance breeches. I borrowed a
length of pipe from the scene shop next door, and turned it all lickety
split in just a few minutes.

Teri

wrote:
Dear Friends,

Look around the house for a short tube of some description. Put the
tube inside the piece to be turned, then push the end of the piece
through the tube. It will come through right-side-out. This is
especially useful when one end of the piece to be turned in closed.

The string method and the safety pin method both work well, too, but
for really small pieces, the tube is better.

I once had to turn paning for 10 Renaissance breeches. I borrowed a
length of pipe from the scene shop next door, and turned it all lickety
split in just a few minutes.

Teri


Teri,

That's basically the principle on which Fasturn is based, and I agree,
it's fast, easy and neat. The Fasturn set, however, is a little pricey
-- I see Joann's has it for $46.50, which is more than I paid for mine
several years ago. Otherwise, I'd be hard pressed to ever find in my
house, at any given moment, a tube of the size I needed.

I made a bunch of cloth dolls for a boutique, from Mary Hickey's Pioneer
Doll book...their hair consisted of a sewn-on portion and braided tubes.
Never would have gotten all those tubes turned without Fasturn!

Doreen

Doreen

Doreen

Doreen wrote:


That's basically the principle on which Fasturn is based, and I
agree, it's fast, easy and neat. The Fasturn set, however, is
a little pricey -- I see Joann's has it for $46.50, which is
more than I paid for mine several years ago.

Hmmm, never heard of that before, looks very useful. This site:
http://www.notions.fabricstodyefor.c.../fast_turn.htm
has it for $31.31 for a set of 6. But it would be under $24.00 at
JoAnn's with a 50% coupon.

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Beverly
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pin largish safety pin to inside of end;
push head of pin insidert side of tie;
work thru by scrunching the pin thru-a lil at a time; push thru to the
end and VOILA!
yer inside out!!!!!

yayayayay!














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BEI Design wrote:

Hmmm, never heard of that before, looks very useful. This site:
http://www.notions.fabricstodyefor.c.../fast_turn.htm
has it for $31.31 for a set of 6. But it would be under $24.00 at
JoAnn's with a 50% coupon.


For someone who sews a lot, I think it would be well worth $24.00. The
teeny tube will easily do really skinny spaghetti straps, and the other
sizes work for almost anything else that needs turning. You can also
use them to make filled cord.

Doreen

The fasturn thing is where I got the idea, but I had a set, used by my
students, and they pulled the plastic handles off them. I decided they
were too expensive to get another set.

Straws (the big ones) work for tiny turnings. I can usually find
something to use for other sizes. But if the piece isn't very long, a
string works just fine. I especially like this method for spaghetti
straps, and for things that need to be corded. In this case, a length
of string double that desired is used. The middle point of the string
is sewn to the right side of the piece, then pulled after sewing.

A safety pin works if both ends are open.