Sewing Tools and equipment

1. TLE 8
Week 12 & 13

2. Sewing Tools and Equipment
Measuring Tools
Tape measure
Sewing gauge
Rulers

3. L-square
Yardstick
French Curve

4. Cutting Tools
Bent-handled dressmaker’s shears
Pinking Shears
Trimming scissor

5. Embroidery scissor
Buttonhole scissor
Thread clippers

6. Rotary Cutter and Mat
Seam Ripper

7. Chalk Pencils/Dressmaker pencil
Liquid Marking Pen
Tailor’s Chalk
Marking Tools

8. Wax chalk

9. Tracing wheel
Dressmaking tracing paper is a specially waxed carbon paper
that transfer’s the tracing wheel’s markings to the fabric
Two types tracing wheel
1. Serrated edge
2. Smooth edge
Dressmaker’s Carbon Paper

10. Pinning and Sewing Tool
Hand Needle
Thimble
Pincushion
Sewing Needle Threader

11. Materials
Fabric
Thread

12. Types of Sewing Machine
1. Lockstitch Sewing Machine
2. Hi-Speed Lockstitch Sewing Machine
3. Over Edging Machine
4. Embroidery Machine
5. Button Holer Machine
6. Button Attachment Machine
7. Double Needle Machine
8. Bartacking Machine

13. Two major Parts of the Lockstitch Sewing Machine
1. Upper
2. lower
The Upper Parts:
1. Head is the complete sewing machine without a
cabinet or stand.
2. Arm is the curve part of the head containing
mechanism for operating the needle.
3. Bed is the flat portion of the machine and beneath
is the feed dog where it is mounted, and the shuttle
and lower thread are placed.

14. Parts of the Sewing Machine in the Arm
1. Spool Pin is the thread holder.
2. Thread Guide keeps the thread in position.
3. Thread Take up Lever releases the thread and
interlocks with the bobbin thread.
4. Presser bar lifter moves the presser foot.
5. Tension controls the looseness and tightness
of stitches
6. Needle Bar holds the needle in place

15. 8. Presser Foot holds the fabric in place while sewing.
9. Needle is a slender tool attached in the needle clamp
used for sewing.
10. Bobbin Winder controls the bobbin while winding
thread.
11. Stitch regulator checks the length of the stitches.
13. Belt connects the balance wheel to the drive wheel.
14. Stop Motion Screw hinders moving when loosened
and starts

16. Part of Sewing Machines under the Best
1. Feed Dog moves the fabric while sewing.
2.Throat Plate is the windows of the feed dog and it is where the
bobbin threads come out.
3.Slide plate is a movable plate that covers the shuttle and bobbin case
Shuttle holds the bobbin case while sewing.
5. Bobbin is a metal spool for winding thread.
6. Bobbin Case holds the bobbin.

17. The Lower Parts of the Lock Stitch Sewing Machine
1. Band Wheel leads the balance wheel through the belt connection.
2. Band Wheel Crank moves the band wheel.
3. Pitman Rod holds the treadle to band wheel crank.
4. Built Guide holds the belt to its place
5. Belt Shifter removes the belt from the wheel
6. Dress Guard protects the dress from the wheel
7. Treadle is where the feet are stationed to drive the
band wheel through the pitman rod.
8. Legs support the cabinet of the machine.
9. Cabinet holds the head of the machine by
interlocking screw on the hinges.