In praise of Sewing Workshop Videos; a better bodkin technique

I have had my issues with Sewing Workshop over the years, but damn if they aren't giving us goodness ago go on the interwebs

https://youtu.be/vGA6jZS7-Yw

This video is nominally about matching pattern motifs, and it is, but it's also just a really nice 'this is the process I used to get what I'm wearing' video.

But this is five minutes that could change my life

https://youtu.be/vGA6jZS7-Yw?t=987

(time marked to start)

https://sewingworkshop.com/shop/Ball-Point-Bodkin-p38176295

You sew the thing you're turning to the eye so it doesn't slip out along the way.

This video has a lot of good stuff in. Most of them do. You can put it on in the corner and stop and rewatch something when it strikes your fancy.  This one is just my jam, and does answer some pattern matching questions (mismatch on purpose, what point to match on the sleeve/body join, when to break the rules)

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My term project is done. 

We'll be back with sewing next week.

Added:

at the start mark of this video, Linda Lee talks about her history with the Sewing Workshop, and their "first" pattern