I never did much in the way of sewing, but I'm pretty sure my husband ties the thread on the needle.
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Dana - Mar 31, 2017 6:10:22 pm PDT #9259 of 30002
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you thread it through the eye and leave a tail.
aurelia - Mar 31, 2017 6:14:23 pm PDT #9261 of 30002
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Yeah, if you leave the tail long enough it won't slip out. Doesn't a knot leave a hole bigger than the needle in the fabric?
Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2017 6:14:44 pm PDT #9262 of 30002
brillig
I put a thread double the length I need through the eye so the needle is the middle of the thread and I'm sewing with a double thread. If I'm lazy I'll tie the ends in a knot so I don't have to be careful when I'm pulling it through the cloth on the first stitch.
Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2017 6:15:49 pm PDT #9263 of 30002
brillig
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Kate P. - Mar 31, 2017 6:18:18 pm PDT #9264 of 30002
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Doesn't a knot leave a hole bigger than the needle in the fabric?
I see what you mean, but it's not a big knot -- I've never had a problem doing it this way.
The double thread way makes sense to me too, now that I know about it, but I would never have thought of that on my own.
Kate P. - Mar 31, 2017 6:19:36 pm PDT #9265 of 30002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Also, to be clear, I sew maybe a few buttons or a hem or two every year. I'm hardly very practiced at this!
Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2017 6:25:29 pm PDT #9266 of 30002
brillig
I don't remember where I learned how to thread a needle, maybe back in my 4-H days when I was a kid. I won a blue ribbon at the county fair for one of my projects! (I kept that ribbon for a very long time)
Steph L. - Mar 31, 2017 6:26:56 pm PDT #9267 of 30002
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I do the doubled-up thread method and I tie a knot in the tail because I am crap at sewing. I can either sew a button on OR keep track of the tail, but not both.
aurelia - Mar 31, 2017 6:52:43 pm PDT #9268 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
For buttons I do the doubled thread with a knot in the end. For high end work you shouldn't do that because the thread is actually directional. If you pull it through the fabric in the wrong direction it frays the thread slightly. *The more you know*