Sewing Machine Wig Making | Watch Me Try The Sewing Machine Method For The First Time

Hey guys, it's me Tommy and I'm back again with another video in this video I'll, be showing you how I made this exact wood using same machine. So, let's just jump right into it. The sewing machine I'm using is the singer is being number two purchase it from Target. My settings are going to be a tension at five, my width at five, my length at four and that I'm going to be using the zig-zag pattern, I'll link below how I found up to use of these measurements. With the video that I found on YouTube. The thread that I purchased is from a Walmart and I'm gon na go ahead and show you guys how I threaded my bobbin. Now I am NOT a big strong machine person, so I don't know the exact terms for anything. So if I'm not saying it correctly, please forgive me, but my instruction manual told me to take the thread and insert it in the hole. I believe that's the bobbitt and then I'm gon na put it on that silver piece on the top and I'm gon na push it into place. So that can go ahead and thread it. I'Ve holding the thread at the top and i'm pushing the pedals so that it can travel just a little bit cut the excess thread off and then i'm gon na go ahead and push the pedals so that i can have it now. I'M gon na follow the instructions in the manual and i'm gon na drive my machine different stages and then last. But at least I'm going to take that Bobbitt, which I already had the sewing machine and I'm gon na go ahead and add in there. But I'm showing you guys exactly how to add that extra piece of thread inside some machine so that I can thread on the top and the bottom, making sure that fat piece of thread locks is the place and then placing that father holder back inside the sock Machine now, once you snap it into place, the next step is to take the thread on the top pull the dial towards you until it picks up the thread, and then you can use the top thread to pull out the bottom thread. So now that my sewing machine is ready, I'm gon na go ahead and use my deluxe really have. Since this is the first time I'm trying a sewing machine wake. I just decided to use this cap instead of using a spandex dome cap. I feel, like it'll, be a little bit easier for me to manage. I'M gon na go ahead and pin it down onto my mannequin head with Amazon and after tacking it down, and next I'm gon na do this. So my closure on I'm gon na be using my allure, deluxe body, wave, closure and 16 inches and when you're doing a sewing, wake, or even, if you're, making your wig with a hand for like handmade wig. If you want that natural look always place your closure, a little bit ahead of your weaving cap, wear spandex, dome cap so that I can blend when you're doing I'm gon na go ahead and sew down my closure just speed it up a little bit. So you guys can see, I start on one end and then I use thread and I start on the other end and then only in the middle. So that's how I do closures. I will link below more detail process on how I make my wigs and now I'm just gon na use a silver sharpie to make my lines on where I want my bundles to be, I'm just eyeballing it, and this is the finished result on where I want. My bundles to line up again found this method on YouTube. I will link it below, so I'm gon na be using actually two and a half bundles again. This is my lord to love body wave and I'm going to unravel the first bundle and now it's time for the fun scarf, so the bottom track, I'm gon na line it with that first line that I created now. Oh my gosh guys. This took me so long to do, but I know practice makes perfect, so you guys will see my mistakes in here now, I'm kind of familiar with how to use a sewing machine that no you're supposed to use the reverse to go back and forth when you Starting your tracks, so that's why I'm doing here so that I can tack down my ends and then slowly, but surely I'm just gon na press the pedal so that the track can go right across the line. So I would say the tip is especially if you using the Sharpie method is to definitely try your best try your best, because it gets hard as you get up so line your bundles, with the line that you made now the consensus on YouTube when seeing other People make wigs is that it's really hard to do the fold-over method. So that's why you constantly press that reverse lever so that you can attack the ends down because you're going to go ahead and cut the tracks and supposedly this is supposed to help with shutting. So once you're done with your track, you're gon na lift your lever up. You'Re gon na pull your track away from your machine, you're gon na cut thread. So I was highly impressed with my first track. I'M like this good! So I'm just showing you guys how that first track came out. I think I did a pretty good job but, like I said it starts to get really bad once I started going up, I'm gon na cut that track and now on to the next layer. Now this way was a little hard because you have that that elastic piece, that's there plus that metal piece. You don't want to sew on that, because obviously your needle can't go through that metal piece. So I decided to do is to not stitch there. It'S a stitch like before that area, which was really hard to try to line it up with the leather like this, I believe, was like the hardest part of doing this way is trying to get that piece underneath and sewing it and lining it up. Oh, my goodness I took me like four or five tries, but obviously with the magic of editing. You don't see that so now that I have my lever down, I want to make sure that that bundle is lined up with that. Second layer that I made with my sharpie and then I'm gon na go ahead and start showing it down again, I'm gon na reverse it. You should always use the reverse lover, just to tack it down that way. Your bundles stay in pack and now I'm just making sure that now I didn't finish the bundle all the way to the end, because remember that elastic band is there and you want to keep that so that you can make sure that your cap fits almost perfect. So you don't want to sew on the lasting fan, so I made sure that I stopped before I hit the left it can now, when I cut my webs off you're gon na see that I'm gon na cut the part, that's not tacked down. I'M just gon na hand-sewn that just so that it's a little bit more, it can't think of the word, but I'm just gon na go ahead and just throw that part. So, as you can see right here, I was a total fail. I don't even get to the end, but on this side I did I was able to stop in time before I hit that metal and I'm just going to cut that left off and now you can see I'm already off my line like guys. This takes a lot of practice, so I'm just gon na go ahead and just continue with my method, trying not to sew in the elastic band, and this is another one problem that I got into is that my thread got traveled up to the point where I Couldn'T move my sewing machine anymore, so when that happens to you basically what you do is you just take apart? The bottom portion pull out all the pieces and then you're able to take that thread that got stuck in the sewing machine. You basically assemble it together and then you're good to go. I would advise looking at the manual just to figure out how to take it apart and put it back together, but just be aware that sometimes your needle does get stuck in a thread. Don'T get stuck in the sewing machine, so that's just the best method to get it. I'M using now I'm going through the flaps area, so I'm gon na go ahead and go back and forth on the flaps area, making sure that it's nice and attached and then I'm gon na go ahead and continue to sew across the line. Eventually, I was not involved with the line. I don't know where I went wrong when it came to doing this line, so my lines were a little bit off. I did have some bulky pieces when I finished my wig, so I'm just gon na personally find a different method on making sure that my bundles are lined up with the lines that I created, because the lines are your guide. But I just don't know like just trying to line everything up with what I did with the Sharpie was just really hard. As you start moving up with the bundles, you have to make sure that the cap is stretched out. It was just really frustrating personally, I think I did a decent job on my first try. You would have never noticed that I had any issues with it. You guys are going to see just this is just the middle wait where'd the sweats over a little bit shorter, I'm just packing it down, so that it's overlapping on the bundles and I'm gon na cut it off. But I really was not sewing on the lines anymore, like I gave up like this religious up in three hours when it's supposed to take like 30 minutes, but it was my first time giving it a shot, and then this is just me doing my last bundle Making sure that I check it on so yeah, that's how that looks again using the reverse lever, making sure that's tacked on. So that's what the last bundle looks like which it looks like I did a pretty good job. I'M gon na show you the inside of the wig, looks pretty decent, but when I played it on baby, it was a different story, so I'm gon na go ahead and I'm gon na cut off that excess piece so that my clothes, you can blend perfectly making Sure looks like I'm doing this. Here'S an example. You see that I was totally off of my line. I had a huge happy end, so I had to put the weight back on the sewing machine and fill in that gap. I don't need the wind to blow and you just see my whole way cap showing so once I'm done with filling in my gaps, I'm gon na go ahead and my soldier I'm gon na treat it like it's a frontal. And now my closure is a nice tip for you guys if you want your lace to cut perfectly by these exact scissors. I think I got this idea from Ellijay, so I'm gon na go ahead and I'm gon na cut the excess lace off my closure and I spray you guys. You don't have to worry about. So that's basically it guys. That'S my first time trying to make a wig. Please stay tuned for my next video, where I'll be showing you guys how I installed this unit. The installation process is very serious for me. I know you guys will enjoy it. It'Ll be much much of a shorter video, but I'll see you guys in my next video bye, guys