Measuring Equipment
Used for taking body measurements, measuring fabric, measuring pattern pieces
What is a tape measure?
Used to hold fabric pieces together
What are silk pins?
Bent handle allows fabric to lie flat while cutting. Usually 7 to 8 inches.
What are dressmaker shears?
What is a fabric marking pen?
Needles vary in size. Purpose: basting, hemming, Applying: fasteners, buttons, snaps/hook and eyes
What are hand-sewing needles?
Used for measuring seam allowances and hems
What is a sewing/seam gauge?
Silk pin with a rounded point to enable pin to slip easily between strands of yarn. Purpose is to prevent snags on fabrics
What are ballpoint pins?
Small round handles. Blade usually 4 to 6 inches. Good for detail work: clipping curves, corners
What are sewing scissors?
What is a tracing wheel?
What is a thimble?
Used for measuring skirt hems and tasks requiring long, rigid measurements
What is a yardstick?
Pins with colorful glass or plastic heads used to hold fabric pieces together. They are easy to pick up.
What are ball-headed pins?
Zigzag edge: finishes raw edge on seam. Helps prevent raveling. Not for cutting pattern pieces.
What are pinking shears?
Purpose: Mark pattern symbols onto fabric. Markings can be brushed away or will disappear when pressed with an iron.
What is tailors chalk?
Small tool with thin wire to aid in threading a needle.
What is a needle threader?
Used for measuring and marking buttonholes, pleats, tucks, bias strips
What is a transparent ruler?
Pincushions provide a safe way to store pins for convenience. They come in many colors and shapes. To sharpen a dull pin, stick the pin in and out of the emery
What is a pincushion?
1. 3 to 4 inches in length. Very pointed tip. Used for cutting: buttons holes, trimming embroidery threads.
2. Spring action blades. Used for clipping thread ends.
1. What are embroidery scissors?
2. What is a thread clipper?
Purpose: Mark pattern symbols. Make simple hand-sewn stitches to mark construction lines on fabric.
What is thread?
Resembles a large, blunt needle or tweezer. Purpose: pulls cord or elastic through casings.
1. Marks straight and curved hems
2. Used to measure and mark hemlines with either pins or chalk
1. What is a hem gauge?
2. What is a skirt marker?
1. Removes stitches with small blade. Blade lifts the thread away from fabric before cutting.
2. Round retractable blade resembling a pizza cutter. Purpose: makes straight clean cuts through multiple layers of fabric. Must be used with a self healing mat.
1. What is a seam ripper?
2. What is a rotary cutter?
1. Wooden tool with a pointed end for pushing out sharp corners on collars. Rounded edge is used for holding seam open while pressing.
2. A long metal rod with a hook. Purpose: turns bias tubing and casing right side out.
1. What is a point turner?
2. What is a loop turner?