Help! Turning belt right side out

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

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, 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.

Yup, that's it!

-Irene

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

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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