Help! Turning belt right side out

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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.


What a shame! I can see that would be very irritating...maybe you
should contact the maker? I've never had a problem with mine, but maybe
they haven't been used as enthusiastically.

Doreen

I have a custom made you-beaut specialist tool for this (I use it when
I'm making scrunchies en masse for school fundraisers). It's just a wire
coathanger straightened out and then bent in half with a very sharp
bend. You insert the 'bent end' all the way up the tube of fabric and
then either run a gathering stitch around the end of the tube and stitch
it to the hanger or just safety pin the fabric on and pull it (the
hanger) back again. Works like a charm, even for very narrow openings.

I got heartily *sick* of edging safety pins up rouleaux and find this
method is great for turning tubes in two easy steps!

HTH ;-D

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Newcastle, Australia

"Doreen" wrote in message
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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.

I have a great tool, not sure what its proper name is, but it is a 14"
long length of strong, flat, rigid 1/16" metal with a *latch-hook* on
one end and a loop on the other. On almost any turning job I have ever
come across, I just feed the latch-hook end through the sewn
strap-belt-loop-whatever, catch the latch through the fabric, and
gently pull.

When I first learned to sew, mumble years ago, the method I was
taught was to sew the mid-point of a piece of string at the end, sew
the rest of the seam, and then try to pull the string though (which
left a length of string inside the strap if you wanted it like that).
Way too often the string broke loose, or it was just plain impossible
to pull right-side-out. Plus, you then had this piece of string sewn
into what should have been a finished end. Bleagh! I like the
latch-hook gizmo much better. And, you can release the hook to
withdraw it, if you are turning a strap which you've sewn shut on one
end, too. But I'll probably take a look at the Fasturn thingie, too,
thanks.

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TammyM wrote:
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!

Ah, forgot to say - that I cut the whole end including string off (gives
you an openended tube if that's what you want) or you leave the string
in and just deal with it.
sheesh I even manage to confuse myself many times.

liz young in sunny california

have you tried using the eraser end of a pencil to use as a turning rod.
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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...

But it's nice to be sewing again :-)

Tia,
Tammy

In article , BEI Design of uttered
I have a great tool, not sure what its proper name is, but it is a 14"
long length of strong, flat, rigid 1/16" metal with a *latch-hook* on
one end and a loop on the other. On almost any turning job I have ever
come across, I just feed the latch-hook end through the sewn
strap-belt-loop-whatever, catch the latch through the fabric, and
gently pull.

It's a rouleau loop turner. And if you spot where mine's got to, could
you let me know?

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In article , BEI Design
of uttered
I have a great tool, not sure what its proper name is, but
it is a 14" long length of strong, flat, rigid 1/16" metal
with a *latch-hook* on one end and a loop on the other. On
almost any turning job I have ever come across, I just feed
the latch-hook end through the sewn
strap-belt-loop-whatever, catch the latch through the
fabric, and gently pull.

It's a rouleau loop turner. And if you spot where mine's
got to, could you let me know?

just buy a new one & you'll not only find your missing one,
but it'll probably brought along a friend or relative...
last summer i couldn't find my tape measure *anywhere* (mind
you, i have a 4 year old. i *have* to look everywhere!)... so
i bought a new one. as soon as i got it home i found my tape
measure, plus 5 *more* tape measures... i now have 3 yellow, 2
white & a blue tape measures (oh & a llama weight tape, which
is a tape measure with average weight for the girth printed on
it)
lee found the pinking shears without buying a new pair
though