Sewing Tools and Equipment

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They make sewing easier and help in producing quality output.

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Sewing tools and equipment

Question 2

Are generally used in obtaining body and fabric measurement. They are also helpful when drafting pattern and assembling garments.

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Measuring tools

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Is a 60-inch-long measuring device used to take body measurements, draft patterns, and perform other measuring activities.

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Tape measure

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Is a 6-inch-long device with a movable indicator convenient to measure short lengths such as hem, seam, buttonholes, and pleats.

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Gauge

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Is a 12-inch-long device marked off in inches and centimeters used to measure small details such as seams and hems.

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Ruler

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Is used to measure fabric length and check grain line. It can also be used to mark a long straight line and to measure hem length.

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Yardstick or meterstick

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It facilitates patternmaking. They are used to make perpendicular lines and to shape curved parts of a garment

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Drafting tools

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Is also called tailor’s square and is used to draw perpendicular lines, to maintain square corners, and to draft pattern because of its divisional part. It can also be used to obtain crotch measurement.

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L-square

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Is also called curve stick and is used to shape slightly curved points on hipline, hemline, and lapel.

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Hip curve

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Is used to shape armholes, necklines, and collars.

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French curve

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Are used to cut, trim, and clip fabrics and seams.

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Cutting tools

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Is a 7 to 8-inch-long scissors with bent handles suitable to cut fabric.

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Cutting shears

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Are 6-inch-long scissors used to trim and clip seams and cut thread ends.

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Trimming scissors

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Are scissors with zigzag blades used to finish hem edges and seams

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Pinking scissors

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Is a handy tool used to take out seams and remove unwanted stitches incase of sewing error

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Seam ripper

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It facilitates the transfer of construction details such as seam allowances, darts, center front, among others, from the pattern onto the fabric.

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Marking tools

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Is a thin piece of hard chalk in varied color used to mark construction details on fabrics.

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Tailor’s chalk

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Is a carbon-like paler used with tracing wheel to transfer construction details onto the cloth.

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Dressmaker’s tracing paper

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Is used with dressmaker’s tracing paper to transfer markings from pattern onto fabric.

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Tracing paper

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Are handy devices that make sewing easy and fast.

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Sewing Aid or Materials

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Are used to make stitches, baste, sew buttons, and mend torn clothes.

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Needles

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Is made of either plastic or metal worn on the middle finger to push the hand needle and protect the finger from being pricked when sewing by hand.

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Thimble

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Is a tiny piece of metal with a rounded head and pointed end used to baste or join seams temporarily.

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Pins

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Is a cotton-stuffed sewing aid used to keep pins and needles.

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Pin cushions

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Is a sand-stuffed sewing aid used to sharpen and remove rust from needles and pins

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Emery bag

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Is a thin strand of material used to join two or more pieces of fabric together

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Thread

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Is a small device used to help put the thread through the eye of small needles.

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Needle threader

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Is a utility box used to organize and keep sewing tools.

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Sewing box