Sewing tools and equipment

1. BASIC
DRESSMAKING
MODULE 01:
Sewing Bath skirts
LESSON 02:
SEWING TOOLS

2. LEARNING COMPETENCIES
• Identify sewing tools and equipment and
their uses.
• Discuss the history of early sewing machine.
• Identify the different types of sewing
machines.
• Identify parts of the single needle lockstitch
machine.

3. WHAT IS TOOL?
A tool is a device or
implement,
especially one held
in the hand, used
to carry out a
particular function.

4. Categories of
Sewing Tools
MEASURING TOOLS
CUTTING TOOLS
PINNING/SEWING TOOLS
MARKING TOOLS
PRESSINGTOOLS

5. MEASURING
TOOLS

6. TAPE MEASURE
It is a tool used for
taking body
measurements. It
should be flexible and
has metal ends.

7. Yardstick or
Meterstick
It is a rigid tool used
to take and mark long
straight
measurements or to
check grain lines.

8. Transparent Ruler
It is a ruler that the
sewer can see through.
The tool fits the hand
comfortably.

9. SEAM GAUGE
It is six-inch metal
marking ruler with a
sliding marking used
to measure hems,
buttonholes, and
pleats.

10. HEM
MARKER
It is a human-made
measuring tool used
to measure hem
lines.

11. HIP CURVE
It is a tool used for
redrawing gently curve
lines and used in shaping
hips skirt hemline and
hip shape seam lines.

12. FRENCH
CURVE
It is used to shape
necklines, collars,
armholes and other
curved modified
designs.

13. CUTTING
TOOLS

14. SHEARS
It is use for cutting
fabrics. The two
handles have a
different size of holes.

15. SEWING
SCISSORS
These are pointed
for trimming and
clipping work. The
two handles are the
same in size and the
blades are 5 to 6
inches long.

16. SEAM
RIPPER
It is a handy wire rod
that is used to remove
seams and stitches.

17. PINKING
SHEARS
It gives an attractive
zigzag cut edge to
the fabrics that do
not ravel.

18. THREAD
CLIPPERS
It is a handy little spring-
loaded cutting tool that
allows for the snipping of
threads. These clippers are
specifically used to cut
excess threads and they are
not designed to cut fabric.

19. SEWING AND
PINNING TOOLS

20. DRESSMAKER’S
PIN
It has sharp points
and will not leave
marks on the fabrics.

21. PINCUSHION
It is a bag full of cotton
used to place the pins and
needle when not in used.

22. EMERY BAG
It is a bag filled with
sand and fine
glasses used to
sharpen the pins
and needles.

23. NEEDLE
It is a pointed metal
and an eye to carry
thread and sew two
fabrics together.

24. TYPES OF NEEDLE

25. MACHINE
NEEDLE
It is attached to the
machine, its eye is
located near the
point.

26. HAND
NEEDLE
It is a slender metal
with an eye at the end
point that is used to
join fabric together
using hands.

27. THIMBLE
It is used to pushed
pins and needle
through the
materials.

29. SEWING
BOX
It is used as a
container for all the
tools and materials.

30. MARKING
TOOLS

31. TRACING
WHEEL
It is used with
tailor’s carbon
paper to transfer
pattern markings
to fabric.

32. TAILOR’S
CARBON PAPER
It is used with a
tracing wheel to
create a temporary
marking on fabric.

33. TAILOR’S
CHALK
It is an oil-free chalk
used for transferring
markings from the
pattern to the fabric.

34. PRESSING
TOOLS

35. FLAT IRON
It is an electrically
heated appliance for
flattening, creasing
and shaping fabric.

36. PRESSING
CLOTH
It is used to cover fabric
while pressing. It
distributes heat, prevents
scorching and when wet,
creates steam.

37. IRONING
BOARD
It is a padded flat
surface for ironing and
pressing.

38. PADDING
It resists the heat of
the iron useful for
marking pleats, bias-
strips and pressing.

39. Self-Check 1.2-1
Identification
Directions: Identify what sewing
tool is described in each item.

40. 1. It is a cutting tool that gives an attractive
zigzag cut edge to the fabrics that do not ravel.
2. It is a sewing and pinning tool used to
sharpen the pins and needles.
3. It is a sewing and pinning tool used to
protect the finger from the pins and needles.
4. It is an oil-free chalk used to transfer the
markings from the pattern to the fabric.
5. It is used as a container for all the tools and
materials.

41. 6. It is a type of needle that is attached to the
machine and produces stitches.
7. It is a bag full of cotton used to place the
pins and needle when not in used.
8. It is a handy wire rod used to remove seams
and stitches.
9. It is a marking tool used to transfer pattern
markings to fabric with tracing carbon paper.
10. It is a marking tool used to shape
necklines, collars, armholes and other curved

42. 1. Pinking Shears
2. Emery Bag
3. Thimble
4. Tailor’s Chalk
5. Sewing Box
6. Machine needle
7. Pin Cushion
8. Seam Ripper
9. Tracing Wheel
10. French Curve

43. THANK
YOU!