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    Sewing Kit Tools: Thaedra Reid

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    This document provides information about various tools used for hand sewing and dressmaking. It describes thimbles, dressmaking pins, pin cushions, beeswax, measuring tools including tape measures and rulers, marking tools such as tracing wheels and tailor's chalk, cutting tools like scissors and pinking shears, and seam rippers. The tools are used for tasks like basting, hemming, sewing buttons, darning, transferring patterns, measuring fabrics and body measurements, marking fabrics, cutting and finishing edges, and removing stitches.

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    Sewing Kit Tools: Thaedra Reid

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    This document provides information about various tools used for hand sewing and dressmaking. It describes thimbles, dressmaking pins, pin cushions, beeswax, measuring tools including tape measures and rulers, marking tools such as tracing wheels and tailor's chalk, cutting tools like scissors and pinking shears, and seam rippers. The tools are used for tasks like basting, hemming, sewing buttons, darning, transferring patterns, measuring fabrics and body measurements, marking fabrics, cutting and finishing edges, and removing stitches.

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    This document provides information about various tools used for hand sewing and dressmaking. It describes thimbles, dressmaking pins, pin cushions, beeswax, measuring tools including tape measures and rulers, marking tools such as tracing wheels and tailor's chalk, cutting tools like scissors and pinking shears, and seam rippers. The tools are used for tasks like basting, hemming, sewing buttons, darning, transferring patterns, measuring fabrics and body measurements, marking fabrics, cutting and finishing edges, and removing stitches.

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    Sewing Kit Tools: Thaedra Reid

    Uploaded by

    Lij Sinclair
    This document provides information about various tools used for hand sewing and dressmaking. It describes thimbles, dressmaking pins, pin cushions, beeswax, measuring tools including tape measures and rulers, marking tools such as tracing wheels and tailor's chalk, cutting tools like scissors and pinking shears, and seam rippers. The tools are used for tasks like basting, hemming, sewing buttons, darning, transferring patterns, measuring fabrics and body measurements, marking fabrics, cutting and finishing edges, and removing stitches.

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    Thimble

    Other Tools This protects your finger while


    Hand-Sewing Needles hand sewing. They come in various
    sizes. They may be made of metal Home Economics
    They come in large variety and are or plastic. It should fit your middle
    available in different sizes. They are finger snugly.
    used for different purposes such as
    Dressmaking Pins
    basting, hemming, sewing on buttons,
    darning and mending. The following
    types are available: sharps, betweens,
    This should be made of rustproof SEWING KIT
    stainless steel. Pins with coloured plas-
    crewel/embroidery and darners. tic heads are easy to see. Dressmaking TOOLS
    pins are slender with a sharp point.
    They are used to hold fabric together
    or transferring
    Thaedra
    Pin Cushion Reid
    This is a small cushion that comes in
    Bodkins
    many shapes and sizes. It stores a sup- 75
    ply of pins and needles safely while
    These look like short thick needles you are sewing.
    without a sharp point. They are used
    Beeswax
    for threading elastic or ribbons
    through This helps to smooth the very tiny
    casings. hair like structure on sewing threads.
    It makes it easy to pass thread
    through the eye of the needle and fab-
    ric. It reduces tangling and knotting.
    Measuring Cutting Marking
    Tape Measure Scissors Tracing Wheel

    A tape measure is used not only for These usually have handles of the This is used with dressmaker’s carbon
    taking body measurements, but also same size. The blades are usually less to transfer pattern markings to fabric.
    for measuring fabric widths and than 15cm long. These are several types and sizes. The
    lengths. Numbers appear on both handles may be wooden or plastic.
    sides, usually centimetres on one side
    and inches on the other.
    Pinking Shears Tailor’s Chalk
    Ruler
    These are special shears made of metal. This may be chalk or wax and is avail-
    This is a handy tool for measuring Their blades have sharp, zig-zag edges. able in square in several colours. It is
    short lengths, such as button holes They are used to neaten the raw edges used for transferring markings to fab-
    and pocket openings, A see-through of fabrics that they don't fray easily. rics that cannot be marked with
    plastic ruler is best. Choose one that dressmaker’s carbon.
    has centimetres and inches.

    Hem Gauge
    Dressmaker’s Pencil
    Seam Ripper
    Useful for measuring the width of hems
    This is made of chalk with a brush at
    to ensure the width is even throughout. This tool looks like a pen with metal one end. You can sharpen this type of
    It can also be used for measuring button prongs at one end. It is used for quickly pencil to a fine point. It is used for ac-
    holes. Usually made of metal with meas- undoing seams and removing stitches. curately marking fine lines, such as the
    urements in centimetres and inches.
    size of buttonholes on fabric.

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