Fastturn
Originally uploaded by The Paper Doll.
This is my fastturn, there are many like it, but this one is mine.
This sewing tool set me back about $25 4 years ago and today I wonder how I went so long without it. What you do is insert the appropriate sized metal tube into the fabric opening and gather the fabric over the tube until either it comes out the other end or your closing stitches stop it. If you're threading elastic you take the flexible metal rod with the twist at the end and slide it into the tube, attatch the ellastic by screwing the twist into it, then pull. Easy Peasy Lemon Sqeezy.
If you're turning a fabric tube inside out (for bag handles, straps or for the heck of it) you repeat step two of the whole process, but just twist the metal rod until the end pokes out of the closed off tube and pull the whole thing back through the tube. Voila! Fabric tube right side out! I just used it Tues. night to make the handles on that green bag. It never ceases to amaze me. I seriously don't ever want to go through a tote bag project or lose the draw string to another hoodie without it.
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4 comments:
LOVE it TFS!!!!
Oh my goodness! I have never seen anything like it! Is "fastturn" the original name? I absolutely need one of these!
Here it is, a link fo' you. http://www.clotilde.com/cl/product_group.asp?g_id=126893-3
It's actually called Fasturn. It's totally worth it.
I've never seen anything like that. It sounds as though it is a really useful piece of kit.
I'm going to check this out!
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