tube tuners

what do you do when the length of material is too long to crunch onto
the tube turner?

and the diameter of the fabric is large enough for the tube but when you
start crunching it down, it stresses the seam and parts?

I using a serger to seam a piece of ribbon for a handle to a purse.
3 thread narrow rolled edge to minimize the width of the seam.
maybe i need just a 3 thread narrow overlock?

klh wrote:
what do you do when the length of material is too long to crunch onto
the tube turner?

and the diameter of the fabric is large enough for the tube but when you
start crunching it down, it stresses the seam and parts?

Use something else!

I using a serger to seam a piece of ribbon for a handle to a purse.
3 thread narrow rolled edge to minimize the width of the seam.
maybe i need just a 3 thread narrow overlock?

That would probably do. Chain off a good 12" at the end of the seam.
Thread that through a really big tapestry needle (or a blunt doll
needle) ans thread it down through the tube, and use it to pull the tube
through to the right side out. Or use a loop turner:
http://www.sistersanddaughters.com/tools.html

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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Or simply sew into the tube a length of chain off or string and pull it out
to turn it.


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Ron Anderson
A1 Sewing Machine
PO Box 60
Sand Lake, NY 12153
518-469-5133
http://www.a1sewingmachine.com
"Kate Dicey" wrote in message
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klh wrote:
what do you do when the length of material is too long to crunch onto
the tube turner?

and the diameter of the fabric is large enough for the tube but when you
start crunching it down, it stresses the seam and parts?

Use something else!

I using a serger to seam a piece of ribbon for a handle to a purse.
3 thread narrow rolled edge to minimize the width of the seam.
maybe i need just a 3 thread narrow overlock?

That would probably do. Chain off a good 12" at the end of the seam.
Thread that through a really big tapestry needle (or a blunt doll needle)
ans thread it down through the tube, and use it to pull the tube through
to the right side out. Or use a loop turner:
http://www.sistersanddaughters.com/tools.html

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Dear Ron,

Actually, you don't have to scrunch up the fabric along the tube.
Firmly sew a length of thread to one end of the fabric after sewing it.
Make sure that the thread is long enough to come out the other end of
the tube. Thread the tube into the fabric. Drop the needle through
the tube, and gently start pulling it. Once the turned fabric is
visible at the other end of the tube, you can grasp onto it to complete
turning it.

I once had to turn enough fabric to make panes for 20 Renaissance
garments. I used a piece of pipe, and had it turned in no time at all.
I have also used straws for tiny items.

Why? I had a set of commercial tube turners that we used in class, but
my students were so rough on them, the handles came off the hook things
that come with the tubes. So we devised this method, improvising when
we needed larger or smaller sizes than were in the set.

Teri