Turning long tubes of fabric

Posted by Pam in Iowa on March 29, 2006, 6:56 pm

Any really good ideas for turning 40+ inches of a 2" tube? The way I
learned in Home Economics 35 years ago just isn't working very quickly!
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Thanks in advance.
Pam

Posted by on March 29, 2006, 8:13 pm

Dear Pam,

Look around your house for something you can use. A piece of PVC pipe
works. You can sew a large needle to one end and drop it through the
pipe. Once you get that thru the other end, you just pull. If you
have to go to the store for something, go to the hardware store rather
than the fabric store. You can find pipe or tubing there much cheaper
than a tube turner at the fabric store.

Teri

Posted by I.E.Z. on March 30, 2006, 6:20 am

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I just turned a tube about that size (4" fabric sewn together, about 30
inches long). I sewed one short end of the tube closed. Then I just
pushed on the closed short end with a dowel, and it turned quite easily.
Afterwards, I cut off the sewn end of the tube.

Iris

Posted by Dannielle on March 30, 2006, 11:21 am

What an amazing idea! Who woulda thunk?

Dannielle

Posted by Andy Dingley on April 2, 2006, 9:13 am

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:56:11 GMT, Pam in Iowa

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Sew a string into it before you make it into a tube - then pull it
inside out and cut the string off. This is easier than poking away with
a yardstick, because it doesn't tend to ruck up into a solid knot.

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