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?
Use something else! :)
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:
Or simply sew into the tube a length of chain off or string and pull it out to turn it.
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
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