Thank you for the great advice. Especially the upholstery thread! I’m very new to bag making and have now had two bags fall apart at the webbing. As always, a fun channel to listen too ☺😊

Excellent video! Very helpful

Keep up with your audacious, super helpful and fun videos! U R THE BEST 😅

Love your wit! Good point about the holes in vinyl.

Girl you Crack me up your just down to earth and you tell it like it is love watching your videos 😂

You are so much fun !! I need some of that energy !! Thank you for a great video :)

I am learning so much from you about making bags. Thank you! And you are hysterical! Thank you for that too!

Just as I was wondering what kind of thread . . . you have all the answers! AWESOME! 🙂

I love your videos. Not only informative, but love your sense of humor!

@fiercekittenz

11 ай бұрын

Sometimes it depends on my mood, but I do like to get a little punchy with the humor ;)

You are hilarious!!!!! Thank you for sharing

Thanks for the tips! I'm planning a picnic bag for my mom-in-law & it's time to invest in some high tex thread for my new (to me) industrial machine. Thanks for the link! As always, I love your helpful videos!

@fiercekittenz

11 ай бұрын

Check out geekyhardware.com for some good industrial threads!!!

So helpful.............................and so funny!

Another great tip for a newbie as a webbing coming adrift would be frightening 😮

Great video ❤ you should do a video of different thread and needle sizes 😊

@fiercekittenz

11 ай бұрын

Oh! I have one! :)

Hi, I love your channel and I've learned a lot., and I love your sense of humor. I have a problem getting the threads Tex 70 and Tex 90 . I bought threads and I had to return them to the store because they are very thick for my Juki Ddl 227 where you get your threads 70 and 90 Tex? in the meantime I'm using nylon threads and upholstery thread and works great.

@fiercekittenz

11 ай бұрын

I get mine from GeekyHardware!

Hi, I love, love your channel and I've learned a lot, and I love your sense of humor. I have a problem getting the threads Tex 70 and Tex 90 . I bought threads and I had to return them to the store because they are very thick for my Juki Ddl 227 where you get your threads 70 and 90 Tex ? in the meantime I'm using nylon threads and upholstery thread and works great.

@fiercekittenz

10 ай бұрын

I buy my thread from GeekyHardware! They have so many pretty colors. I don’t know if you can use those threads on the DDL 227. I’m not familiar with that machine :(

@aleydasanchez9553

10 ай бұрын

@@fiercekittenz Thanks for the info

Hi Kittenz. Great tips! Do you prefer nylon or polyester for the seat belt webbing, and why? Thanks so much for sharing your vast knowledge.

@fiercekittenz

11 ай бұрын

I don't really care which one. Sometimes Polyester comes in more colors, but either works just fine! The stuff I get is from Strapworks, but sometimes I'll order 10+ yards from MeeTee World Store on Aliexpress: www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804401919374.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.4.30d81802TriXz5&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

Great video! I used to use Coasts Extra Strong Upholstery Thread. Are there other brands? I had problems with it jamming my machine up. (haven't tried it on my new Janome3160qdc)

@fiercekittenz

11 ай бұрын

Gutermann Extra Strong M 782: consumer.guetermann.com/en/products/extra-strong-m-782/

I can’t use candles in my house, smoke detectors go off, but I love them.

@fiercekittenz

11 ай бұрын

OH really??? that's WILD! They must be very sensitive!

@SparkyOne549

11 ай бұрын

@@fiercekittenz Yep, had to give all my gorgeous scented candles 😭

How do you feel about "box X" stitching for securing strap ends? Less or more secure than rivets?

@SparkyOne549

11 ай бұрын

The X stitch is extremely strong. But if you want to use rivets, go for it.

@fiercekittenz

11 ай бұрын

^^^ seconding Racergirl. The X is totally fine as well! Most of the problems I see coming from bagmakers losing straps is when it's in something like a gusset and not necessarily stitched down to the bag panel.

does the upholstery thread come in different sizes too, and what size needle to go with that? great video

@fiercekittenz

11 ай бұрын

Not really because it's domestic and meant to be simpler. The needle I'd suggest would be a denim needle (90/14). You CAN get 100/16, but they're hard to come by. You have to special order them.

@wmyoung1000

11 ай бұрын

thank you for all your useful information i am so glad to find you channel@@fiercekittenz

Do you still have your M7? I bought one after watching your vid on it but didn’t have much success with bag making with it. Still a lovely machine for other things.

@fiercekittenz

11 ай бұрын

I don't, but not because I didn't like it, just I felt I could downgrade, take the extra cash and invest it into something else. I swapped out for the Janome HD9. It doesn't have zig-zag capabilities as it's a straight stitch semi-industrial machine, but I have a serger for any of the ziggy zaggy stuff. I'm not a huge quilter either. I will do clothing and bags with it.

@blw1502

11 ай бұрын

@@fiercekittenz I have an hd9 also!!! What are your thoughts? I love mine!!! Sucker is strong!!! I will say though my only issue is not with the machine so much, but the thread holder. I use one of those big cones/spools u were holding and the thread is constantly getting stuck under the cone and yanking on my tension. Also it doesn’t seem to like thin thread when I want to sew clothing. The bobbin thread keeps coming out of the case and losing tension. Probably all user error.. but I’d love to see a video on your thoughts of the hd9!!

Out of curiosity, do you use higher tex for construction & lower tex for top stitching?

@fiercekittenz

11 ай бұрын

Nope! I just use Tex70 or Tex90 interchangeably. I haven't noticed a significant difference in construction vs topstitching.

Bernina says don't use heavy duty thread in the Bobbin case. And a Bernina technician said don't use heavy duty thread in the top thread either. He said, use regular weight thread, and triple stitch.

@fiercekittenz

11 ай бұрын

That may be specific to Bernina machines. I’ve never had issues but I have mostly used Vikings and Janomes.

I only have a domestic machine mid range, I don’t know if my machine can sew any webbing.

@ivoryhenson1285

11 ай бұрын

It should at least be able to sew that seat belt webbing. It's pretty thin

@fiercekittenz

11 ай бұрын

Yeah this! You can do seatbelt webbing for sure. Cotton webbing is also more loosely woven than you'd think. You'd probably be just fine. I was sewing bags with domestics from 2003 to 2017. I just didn't venture into vinyl and leather until I got an industrial.

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it doesnt have to be bricks...gold is heavy

@fiercekittenz

11 ай бұрын

FAIR POINT

To secure my straps i use duck tape and hope that it'll hold. Just joking to be silly. :)

@fiercekittenz

11 ай бұрын

You jest! I put duct tape on the inside over magnets and metal labels.