Video 4 in the series. Until you made masks, you may not have realized how much of a problem it is to cut elastic accurately and quickly. In this video I show you how to make a tool out of trash that will solve all your problems.

There are four videos in this series. I'll update this with links as I have them. It is best to view them in this order:
Video 1: Sewing Straps and Ties in seconds no ironing -or pinning!
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This includes how to sew straps and ties to masks (or anything) while sewing the strap itself. One step!

Video 2: Cutting Straps and Ties in one tenth the time.
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I show you how to sew ONE seam and adjust your overlock (serger) to make one long continuous strip, yards and yards long.

Video 3: Sew tucks & pleats FAST. NO PINS or IRONING
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Three ways to sew tucks and pleats faster, no pinning or ironing. Included are instructions to make DIY tool templates. Also, a link (tbd) for the patterns to make the DIY tools will be included.

Video 4: Measuring Elastic and Trims accurately and quickly.
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I'm almost embarrassed to include this but everyone (I showed it to) thinks it is very necessary in general but is timely for making face masks. Maybe until you made masks, you didn't realize how much of a problem it is to cut elastic accurately and quickly. In this video I show you how to make a tool with 2 drinking straws that will solve all your problems.

About me: I'm Kathleen Fasanella and probably never bothered to fill out a youtube bio but I've been working in the garment industry for nearly 40 years. I started as a pattern maker and when most of the factories in the US closed, I started my own business. I wrote a book about how to start a clothing line (the only book that practitioners in the trade recommend to understand manufacturing). I have a blog that is a reference site for the industry (Fashion-Incubator.com). I run a private forum for mostly small companies (everyone from designers to factories). It's super cheap to join but we are strict about the rules -we don't want money to be the reason people can't join but we do have high standards (READ the rules before signing up!).

I own a factory now and provide sewing services for hire in addition to pattern and CAD services. I do everything from product engineering to training and consulting (hire me!), often in my factory which is very nice. I get to do cool things like figure out better and faster ways to sew things. I invent tools (as these videos will show, albeit simple ones). I invent new sewing methods. I also run a not for profit. Twice a year I close my factory and with 25 volunteers (99.99% have NO industrial sewing experience), we make warm coats that we donate to needy kids here in New Mexico USA. We call it Apparel Manufacturing Boot Camp. It's a blast, we do good work and we all learn. You can find out more at ABQFI.org

Thanks for reading and I hope these videos are useful to you.

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