A million thanks for explaining not only how to stay stitch, but why this preparation stage in garment making is so important. I quilt and make handbags and totes. I’m attempting my first simple summer dress. Pattern is cut out, markings are made and I’m petrified about the next step…stay stitching. Thanks to your video and masterful instruction, I’m ready to proceed. Heartfelt thanks!🌺

Nobody has ever explained this better. I had two teachers in NYC who said, "It doesn't matter which direction you stitch!" "Why would anyone ask such a question?" Incompetent and Nasty! Darryl cracked the code!

Wide to narrow, high to low. I'm going to print out these words and pin them to the wall of my sewing room.

@ruthirwin8222

3 ай бұрын

So am i

@grayhairedgal1441

2 ай бұрын

Me too!!

The cat analogy at the end is fantastic, and a great mnemonic. Pat the cat from high point to low point, which is also widest to narrowest. Thank you!

Been sewing for decades and never had this explained to me--wide to narrow, high to low. Thank you!

@naughtybynature6213

4 жыл бұрын

jandipeach don’t feel bad 😞 I have been sewing 🧵 for 65 years never even though of this or even heard about this live and learn I guess lol happy 😃 sewing 🧵

@janinebrown9773

3 жыл бұрын

I’m with you also. We were told to stay stitch but it was never explained like this...so it all makes sense! 👍🏼

@catofthecastle1681

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, that was definitely in my home ex books, but I already knew how to sew, so it was too boring and I skipped it completely!

This is my favourite video on KZread. I feel it explains everything about life. Now i understand why things don't make sense, or add up.

This felt like an actual class. Thank you!

@Threads

4 жыл бұрын

Daryl has a lot more tutorials on our website if you enjoyed!

I’m new to sewing and I have watched a lot of videos and you are the best instructor…THANK You! You explained stay stitching at a beginner’s level, that I now feel confident to start my first project. You showed me HOW to do stay stitching and explained WHY to do it. If you wrote a book about sewing I certainly would buy it. I bought a stack of how to sew books and nobody has taught me better than you did!!!

I’m a total novice, I have cut my pattern out, and I’m scared lol, the pattern says to stay stitch... I have found this video and saved it, even I understand! Hallelujah!! Thank you, your explanation is awesome.

I love the jacket she is wearing with the triangle buttons. I also Love the teal jacket in the background with the off-centre collar.

Amazing video. Solved most of my sewing problems. Guess I can't blame it on the machine anymore.

Very articulate and to the point teaching. Not a wasted word. Excellent tutorial. Thank you for posting.

Thanks. I’ve been sewing 60 years and never had this so thoroughly explained!!!

I am a beginner, and always heard of staystitching, but thought, it could not be very important. Now I have learned why it is important, before I messed up. Thank you so much.

Thank you sooo much! My neckline matched after I watched this!

@mariav.4832

3 жыл бұрын

Mine too! :)

Wow in less than 15 minutes I learned more about good sewing habits than I have in my lifetime (have been sewing for 50+ years) Thank you for such concise explanation.😮😊

I learned this in home ec back in the late 60s. Our sewing teacher was a cranky old lady, but boy did she know what she was doing and I really appreciate how much I learned from her.

I, too, have never had it explained so clearly. Thank you.

This is a fantastic lesson. My mother was a professional dressmaker, and I can remember her staystiching, and basting everything before she sewed. Pins never went near her machine.

WOW 🤩 you are my new sewing HERO!!! I am a self taught sewist and your explanation of stay stitching is by far .... off the charts!!! I am instantly a fan! ✅✂️❤️

@elisevillemaire8344

3 жыл бұрын

I've been taking courses at my local J.C., and with very good professors, but they never taught this decisive detail, just that we 'should' staystitch, but no directions on how, even when one class did weaving! I really need to buy this subscription!

@NinaKeilin

Жыл бұрын

Threads Magazine is the best authority!

I’ve not seen this explained in any book I’ve read on sewing. Really important and basic information. I’ve been sewing for decades. Proves once again what I find so satisfying about sewing: you will always learn something new. Thank you very much!

@queenwere1

4 жыл бұрын

We were taught this in the 80s, no longer taught in school

@elisevillemaire8344

3 жыл бұрын

@@queenwere1 Even in my excellent Jr. College courses, this has never been explained!

Havent heard warp and weft since i was at school sewing 50 years ago, thank you amazing amazing lesson i never realised how direction mattered

Wow, I have watched a lot of sewing videos and no one has ever explained Directional Stitching and why it is done in it this way. Finally, a good sewing teacher. I'm definitely subscribing!!

I recently made an outfit and was instructed to start at the bottom. I was like what? Now I understand why. And yes this had happened to me where my fabric would move and change. Thanks for this.

This blew my mind! There were elements to the math and physics behind warp and weave that I never thought of... There's so much more than just knowing where the bias is

Whoaaa! This just solved so many of my sewing troubles.

@Threads

4 жыл бұрын

Glad we could help!

What a useful tutorial - I wish someone had explained this to me when I started sewing in my teens. It’s funny how all the most useful facts and tips seem self-evident once you’ve been told them, but we never managed to work them out for ourselves!

Thank you for a truly excellent tutorial. I have never seen such a terrific explanation of why staystitching is important. I really appreciated being able to learn from Ms. Lancaster.

Hi from England. I have been sewing for years and have at various times, read that to sew in specific directions is important but I have never understood why so, obviously, I have not done as I should. Now that it has been explained so well I will staystitch and sew in the correct direction. Thank you for doing these videos.

Thank you. Helpful in a way that I didn’t know I needed.

I'm picking up sewing after being intimidated by it for years. And of course I pick a ballgown to start with! 🤦‍This tutorial is a huge help, though. It gave me a ton of wonderful information that I know I'm really going to need for this project and presented it in a direct, easily accessible format. Thank you!

This is amazing! I learned so much about fabric just by watching it. Thank you so very much

This is the best explanation of stay stitching I've ever watched.

I've been wanting to know more about staystitching. Thank you for making this video! ✨

@Threads

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you from the bottom of novice seamstress heart!

This makes so much sense! I weave too and I had never thought about this before. I will endeavour to stay stitch and to sew in the proper direction.

I am new to sewing. I have looked at several of the videos on stay stitching, and none of them have explained this as well as your video. Thanks for not only showing how, but also explaining why. Too many instructors do not seem to understand that the viewer wants to know the reason for doing something.

@elisevillemaire8344

3 жыл бұрын

The why is so critical! If I don't know why something is needed, I just won't bother! I will now staystitch everything! everything!

Gosh, I never knew! This is very thorough and clear explanation. Thank you!!

Thank you! My sewing will be better now. It is easy for me to remember petting the cat. That is beautiful silk fabric.

I've never seen this basic sewing concept explained so well. What a wonderful teacher you are. Thank you.

Been sewing since the 60's, stay stitch necklines and shoulders but now realize that isn't always enough. And no one ever said anything about directional stitching. You explained the whats and whys so well. Thank you!!

OMG! This explains **so much**! Just, wow. There have been so many times when I thought I was losing my mind. I couldn't figure out how I kept cutting my pieces incorrectly. I was just sewing them all wrong. I will be stay stitching everything and sewing in the correct direction from now on. Thank you X 1,000,000!

Pure genius sweing science explained in a way that even I, a totally beginner, could understand. Thank you!!!

Great information. I learned to sew in the 60's but with all the knits I sew I tend to forget good woven techniques. Thank you for the reminder!

This was so incredibly helpful! Most importantly because you explained "why!" Then made it understandable. I feel like I can sew with more confidence. Thank You!

Oh, that's very valuable information, thank you very very much for sharing🙏🙏🙏

A really excellent and clear summary. Thanks. I loved the cat-stroking analogy!

Excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent!!!!!!! Great class, great teacher, clearly explained. Thank you so much!

Best explanation of the physics of staystitching! Thank you!

I truly enjoyed your video on stay stitching. I've been sewing for 52 years and never knew any of what you just explained. I'm teaching my twin grandsons who are 21 how to sew and I will definitely pass on that information. thank you so much for thinking of even presenting this to us! be well

Wow, crystal clear explanation! Congratulations!

This has been so interesting and helpful. Thank you so much 😊

This was an excellent video. The hows and whys will help me prevent warping of my garments. It also explained my mishaps.

Great explanation. I think next pattern I sew I will use a yellow highlighter to mark the stay stitching on the paper pattern with directional arrows showing which direction I should stay stitch to make it easier to keep track. I can just refer to the pattern each time I need to stay stitch. Thank you so much.

Thank you for explaining this! I am finally understand why and how stay stitching should be done!

Fantastic video! I've learned a great deal, thank you so much for this :)

I even staystitched ALL edges. Learned this in the 1960s and still do this. Straightening the fabric was the hardest when double or stretch knits came into fashion. Clothing I made then have kept their shape even today in 2020. Excellent lesson.

This is such a useful lesson! Thank you for teaching the physics of fabric in garment-making!

This video was very informative, I knew it was important to stay stitch to stop stretching but was never told how to do it and how important it truly is. I will always stay stitch now. Thank you, Cindy

Wow…what a gem of a tutorial. Essential knowledge!!

Moment of Enlightenment! I finally get it! This was something I have been so fuzzy on for a long time. Thanks!

Thank you so much! This explains some of my problems with my projects. I'll follow your advice from now on!

Thanks for doing this video. I have been sewing for several years using KZread videos as a guide but have never come across anyone explaining this most fundamental concept. Sewing seams in the right direction is definitely going to improve my finished garments. Thanks again. X

Fantastic tutorial. So clearly explained. Of all the beginner sewing videos I've watched, this one was truly the most valuable. Thank you.

This really does make sense to me. So often I see fabric move when I’m sewing it. I hope you will be able to do another video on armholes and darts. Darts would be easy sewing widest to narrowest but armholes look as though the bottom half should be sewn up and the upper part sewn down to meet the earlier stitching. I’ll try it and see what happens. Thank you so much for teaching this.

Such a simple, logical concept and yet often overlooked. Thanks for the video, I learned something new today!

Great video. I've been sewing over 50 years. It's never too late to learn something new. And knowing the reasoning behind a technique, helps to promote attention to detail. And that makes all the difference in garment construction. Thanks

Thank you! A lot of good information here and your tone is pleasant, respectful and easily consumed. Will be checking out more of your content.

Thank you so much! How informative! When explained from a weaving point of view that really brought the information home for me! Fantastic!

Excellent presentation! Tysm. Been sewing for decades & never heard of alot of this info.

What a fantastic tutorial, thank you! You’ve managed to make quite complicated things sound so clear.

Thank you! Such a clear explanation. It’s all these little details that make such a difference in the end.

Thank you!!! I love that blue jacket on back stage👍

Very very much needed. Thank you so much 💞

Thank you! So clear!

Thank you for making this video. I'm new at sewing and a new subbie. 😊

Excellent, and such an eye opener!!!

Excellent tutorial! Thanks❤ Should put the very final cut, describing petting your cat at the very beginning! With the fabric triangle visuals, that's when I finally understood🐈why wide to narrow was so critical🤗

Lesson learned, well presented. Thank you.

Brilliant explanation I finally understand 😀💖🌟💖

Absolutely fabulous tutorial, love stroking cat explanation

I do stay stitching only at necklines. Even so never do ike this ot never knew logic behind it with this much details. when I saw this vedio I was like " stay stitching for 14 mts.? What do you have to talk that much about staystitching for 14 mts?" Clicked out of curiosity and never regretting doing that. So glad I watched this. Amazing teacher she is

Brilliant instruction. Thank you.

Thank you for this tutorial! Those tips Go a long way 😊

Found this so useful, thank you

Such a good video. You explain and demonstrate so clearly. I had no idea ! Thank you 😊

Adding my thanks. Very nicely explained.

Yes!! Thank you for taking the time to explain stay stitch!! Very useful! Can you show how to do a tailors tack?

Love that thread holder!

Great explanation! Thank you!

Very clear and very useful! Thank you!

Thank you very much for this explanation.

Fascinating. Never knew this .thank you so much .

Thanks for the reminder on stay stitching

Perfectly explained! Thank you!

Very informative. Thank you!

Best explanation I have ever heard. Thx

That was such a great tutorial!!

This is a brilliant video. Thank you!

Wow, it is really useful. I'm sure that I'll use this in my sewing because I like paying attention to little details like this. Thank you very much!