Sewing ToolsSewing Tools

Sewing -> is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a needle and thread. It is easier and more convenient if all the essential equipment are orderly arranged inside your cabinet. Although usually associated with clothing and household linens, sewing is used in a variety of crafts and industries, including shoemaking, upholstery, sail making, bookbinding and the manufacturing of some kinds of sporting goods. Sewing is the fundamental process underlying a variety of textile arts and crafts, including embroidery, tapestry, quilting, appliqué and patchwork.

Different Sewing Tools

Bodkin

A sharp slender instrument for making holes in cloth or a blunt needle with a large eye for drawing tape or ribbon through a loop or hem.

Dress Form

A dress form is used to give a three-dimensional view on the article of clothing that is being sewed. When a piece of clothing is made, it can be put on the dress form so one can see how the piece of clothing will turn out. Then one can make alterations upon the clothing after seeing what it looks like on a body.

Measuring Tape

A tape measure or measuring tape is a flexible form of ruler. It consists of a ribbon of cloth, plastic, or metal with linear-measure markings, often in both imperial and metric units. It is a convenient, common measuring tool. Its flexibility allows for a measure of great length to be easily carried in pocket or toolkit and permits one to measure around curves or corners.

Needle

A sewing needle is a long slender tool with a pointed tip. The first needles were made of bone or wood; modern ones are manufactured from high carbon steel wire, nickel- or gold plated for corrosion resistance. The highest quality embroidery needles are made of platinum. A needle for hand sewing has a hole, called the eye, at the non-pointed end to carry thread or cord through the fabric after the pointed end pierces it.

Pins A pin is a device used for

fastening objects or material together. It is usually made of steel, and is formed by drawing out a thin wire, sharpening the tip, and adding a head.

Pincushion

A pincushion is a small cushion, typically 3-5 cm across, which is used in sewing to store pins or needles with their heads protruding so as to take hold of them easily. Pincushions are typically filled tightly, so as to hold pins rigidly once placed.

Rotary Cutter A rotary cutter is a tool generally used by quilters to cut fabric. It has a circular blade that can be found in different sizes.

Scissors Scissors are types of tools used for cutting thin material which requires little force.

Seam Ripper A seam ripper or stitch ripper is a small tool used for unpicking stitches. The most common form consists of a handle, shaft and head. The head is usually forked with one side of the fork flattening out and becoming a blade and the other side forming a small point.

Sewing Table A sewing table or work table is a table or desk used for sewing. Generally is has large amounts of space and a full set of sewing tools. Other attachments can be a cloth bag for storing sewing materials, drawers, or shelves

Tailor's Chalk

Tailor's chalk is traditionally a hard chalk used to make temporary markings on cloth, mainly by tailors. Nowadays it is usually made from talc.

Thimble

A thimble is a protective shield worn on the finger or thumb generally worn during sewing.

Thread/Yarn

Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibers, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery and rope making. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine.

Tracing Paper

Tracing paper is named as such for its ability for an artist to trace an image onto it. When tracing paper is placed onto a picture, the picture is easily viewable through the tracing paper.

Tracing Wheel

A tracing wheel is an instrument with serrated teeth on a wheel attached to a handle. Used to transfer markings from patterns onto fabric with or without tracing paper, this sewing tool also makes slotted perforations. Such markings might include pleats, darts, buttonholes, notches or placement lines for appliques or pockets.

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