Tools and equipment in Dress making

• Tool is a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function.
• Equipment are materials, devices, and appliances that are used as a part of, or in connection with an electrical installation.
• Sewing Kit is small package containing items such as needles and thread that you need to sew.
• Sewing Equipment those are more complicated tool, it provides to carry out particular function or process.
• Sewing Machine is a machine used to sew fabric and materials together with thread.
• Sewing tools and equipment categorize into; Marking tools, cutting tools, and sewing tools.
• L-square divides the garment into the desired measurement and is useful in making straight lines and numbers.
• Tape measure is used in taking body measurements and fiberglass tape is commonly used by professional dressmakers.
• Yardstick is used for general marking and for measuring fabric grainlines when laying out the pattern.
• Ruler is used for general marking and aids in connecting lines.
• Seam gauge helps make quick, accurate measurements for hems, buttonholes, scallops and pleats.
• Hip curve is used in connecting and shaping curve points.
• French curve is used to shape the depth of the neck hole and armhole of the pattern.
• Trimming scissors are made 5-6 inches long for clipping threads of quality steel and hold a sharp cutting edge.
• Cutting shears have a length of 7-12 inches and are satisfactory for most apparel fabrics.
• Seam ripper quickly rips seams, opens buttonholes and removes stitches and should be used carefully to avoid piercing the fabric.
• Pinking shears or scalloping shears are popular in zigzagging or scalloped edge or for seam finishes and are used to finish seams and raw edges or many types of fabric.
• Tailor's chalk is essential as a marker for use on materials and is available in a range of colors that can be removed by brushing.
• Dressmaker's carbon paper is a type of tracing paper available in a number of colors including white, red, and blue and is used in marking all types of fabric in combination with a tracing wheel.
• A dressmaker's pencil is available in white or pastel shades and is used to make fine lines on fabric.
• A serrated edge shears, give maximum cutting control and is used for synthetic fibers and slippery knits.
• A hand needle is used for hand-sewing, is a long slender tool with a pointed tip at one end and a hole (or eye) at the other.
• A rotary cutter is an adaptation of the giant rotary cutter used by the garment industry and can be used by left or right-handed sewers.
• Leather shears have a heavy serrated edge.
• A tracing wheel is a saw-tooth with a sharp point and is used to transfer pattern markings to the wrong side of the fabric.
• Pins hold pattern pieces in place, anchor seam allowances as you sew, fit fabric on the body, and secure all sorts of squirmy trims, delicate sequins, and miniscule beads.
• Bent-handled dressmaker's shears are made of quality steel and hold a sharp cutting edge.
• A thimble is a small hard pitted cup worn for protection on the finger that pushes the needle in sewing.
• A pin cushion is used to keep pins and needles when not in use.
• A felt-tip liquid marking pen marks may disappear after 48 hours, and the other washes out.
• A sewing needle threader - aids in putting the thread to the needle.
• Thread clipper is used for snipping threads.
• Stitch ripper is smaller than seam ripper, and it can cut stitches close to the fabric.
• Embroidery scissor have two sharp edges that is enough to work with fined details and delicate fabrics and also embroidery works
• Chalk - used to mark fabric
• This is Seam guage

  
• This is hip curve

  
• This is a french curve