1. Needle – this is a pointed metal with an eye to carry thread and sew fabrics together.
2. Thread – this is used to sew fabrics that comes in different colors and should match the color of the fabric.
3. Dressmaker’s pins – are used to hold pieces of fabrics temporarily.
4. Needle threader – helps to pull the thread through the eye of the needle.
5. Seam ripper – this has a pointed and a curved end used to undo stitches and slash buttonholes.
6. Pincushion and emery bag -the pincushion holds the pins and needles that are not in use and the
emery bag is used to polish rusty pin and needles.
7. Thimble – protects the middle finger from being pricked when pushing the needle through the cloth.
B. Measuring Tools
1. Ruler – used to mark lines or patterns on a fabric.
2. Tape measure – used to take body measurements
3. Dressmaker’s gauge – used to take detailed measurements such as the distance between buttons and buttonholes, pleats, and hems.
C. Marking Tools
1. Tailor’s chalk – hard square wax used to mark fabric
2. Dressmaker’s carbon – tracing paper that is placed between the pattern or design and traced using a tracing wheel
3. Tracing wheel – is used with the dressmaker’s carbon to transfer pattern to the fabric.
4. Soft pencil – used to pattern construction.
D. Cutting Tools
1. Scissors – used to trim pieces of fabric
2. Pinking shears – used to cut seam edges on fabric.
3. Bent-handle dressmaker’s shears – used for cutting large pieces of fabric.
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