Sewing Tools

Good morning
class!
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. What is the video all about?
2. What are the sewing tools and equipment
mentioned in the video?
3. What creative techniques are used to draw
the attention of the viewer?
4. Are you familiar with the different sewing
tools and equipment?
5. What sewing tools and equipment do you
have at home?
Sewing Tools and Equipment
Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, 75% of the students will

be able to:
1. Identify the sewing tools and the equipment needed for
each of the processes of sewing.
2. Give the uses of the sewing tools and the equipment.
3. Classify each tool and equipment according to their use
or function.
Sewing Tools and Equipment
■Sewing Tools - instruments that aid in

accomplishing a sewing task. It can be
manipulated by hands.
■Sewing Equipment - those are the more
complicated tool, it provides to carry out a
particular process or function.
CLASSIFICATIONS OF SEWING
TOOLS
1
1. MEASURING
2 TOOLS
2. DRAFTING
3 TOOLS
3. CUTTING TOOLS
4 4. MARKING TOOLS
5. SEWING &
5 PINNING
MEASURING TOOLS
- denoting an instrument or device used to
ascertain the size, length, distance, amount, or
degree of something.
1. Tape measure
2. Sewing gauge
3. Ruler
4. Yardstick or Meterstick
5. L- square or Tailor’s square
1. TAPE MEASURE
- a flexible measuring device used in
taking body measurements.
2. SEWING GAUGE
-a small ruler with a sliding guide and is
about six inches long. This gauge is
used for measurements at hem lines,
button holes and areas where other
small measurements require checking.
3. RULER
-a ruler measuring 12 inches or even 18
inches, either clear or solid. It is a useful
tool to have for measuring and drawing
straight seam lines and cutting lines. It
also aids in connecting lines.
4. YARDSTICK OR
METERSTICK
-a yardstick is made of smooth,
shellacked hardwood or metal. It is
used for marking hemlines and checking
grain lines when laying out the pattern.
5. L-SQUARE OR
TAILOR’S SQUARE
- is used to transfer measurements to the
draft pattern and make perpendicular lines. It
also divides the garment into the desired
measurement. It has perfect squares and is
useful in making straight lines and numbers.
DRAFTING TOOLS
-tools used for measurement and layout of
drawings or drafted pattern.
1. French curve
2. Hip curve
3. L- square or tailor’s square
1. FRENCH CURVE
-This is used to shape the depth of the
neck hole and armhole of the pattern.
2. HIP CURVE
-aids in pattern making by providing an
elongated, curved edge for smoothing and
correcting pattern lines. It is used in shaping hips
and hemlines.
3. L-SQUARE OR
TAILOR’S SQUARE
- is used to transfer measurements to the
draft pattern and make perpendicular lines. It
also divides the garment into the desired
measurement. It has perfect squares and is
useful in making straight lines and numbers.
CUTTING TOOLS
- is used to remove some material from the work
piece by means of sharp object.
1. Bent-handled dressmaker’s shears

2. Pinking shears
3. Cutting scissors
4. Seam ripper
1.BENT-HANDLED
DRESSMAKER’S
SHEARS
- These are made of quality steel and hold a
sharp cutting edge. The blades move easily
and cut smoothly along the entire length and
the points should come together.
2. PINKING SHEARS
- This is popular in zigzagging or scalloped
edge or for seam finishes. This is used to
finish seams and raw edges and to create
decorative edges on many types of fabric. It
cuts a ravel- resistant edge.
3. CUTTING SCISSORS
a.Trimming scissors/ trimmer - It is used
for trimmings, clipping threads and
snipping slashes.
3. CUTTING SCISSORS
b. Embroidery scissors- It has 4-5 inches
finely tapered blades. Both points are sharp
for use in working with fine details in delicate
fabrics and in embroidery work.
3. CUTTING SCISSORS
c. Buttonhole scissors -This is intended for
making buttonholes.
4. SEAM RIPPER
-specifically designed for ripping out stitches
from seams, either as a result of an error or
during alterations.
MARKING TOOLS
-tools used for putting a design onto a piece of
fabric before cutting or shaping it.
1. Tailor’s chalk
2. Tracing wheel and dressmaker’s
carbon paper
1. TAILOR’S CHALK
-This is essential as a marker for
fabric.
2. TRACING WHEEL AND
DRESSMAKER’S CARBON
PAPER
a. Tracing wheel- Used to transfer markings
onto fabric.
2. TRACING WHEEL AND
DRESSMAKER’S CARBON
PAPER
b. Dressmaker’s carbon paper- also called
dressmaker‘s tracing paper is a specially
waxed carbon paper that transfer‘s the
tracing wheel‘s markings to the fabric.
SEWING & PINNING
TOOLS
-tools and equipment used for sewing.
1. Sewing machine
2. Needle
3. Thread
4. Pins
5. Pin cushion
6. Emery bag
7. Thimble
8. Needle threader
1. SEWING MACHINE
-is a machine used to sew fabric and
materials together with thread.
2. NEEDLE
-a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually
of polished steel, with a sharp point at one
end and an eye or hole for thread at the
other, for passing thread through cloth to
make stitches in sewing.
Sharp Between
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Crewel
Machine needles Darners
2. NEEDLE
a. Hand Needle- Needles uses when
sewing by hand.
2. NEEDLE
b. Machine Needle- Needles used in
sewing machine. Each brand of Sewing
machine requires a certain needle. Make
sure you have the right needle for your
machine
3. THREAD
-along, thin strand of cotton, nylon,
or other fibers used in sewing or
weaving.
3. PINS
-a thin piece of metal with a sharp point at
one end and a round head at the other,
used especially for fastening or holding
pieces of cloth while cutting and sewing.
5. PIN CUSHION
-used in sewing to store pins or needles
with their heads protruding to take hold of
them easily, collect them, and keep them
organized.
6. EMERY BAG
-used to sharpen pin and needles.
7. THIMBLE
-a metal or plastic cap with a closed end,
worn to protect the finger and push the
needle in sewing.
8. NEEDLE THREADER
-is a device for helping to put thread
through the eye of a needle.
“Sewing without the
right tools and
equipment is like trying
to cook without the
right ingredients”.
ASSIGNMENT:
1. Identify the different types

of sewing machines.
2. Identify the different parts
of lockstitch sewing
machine.

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Good morning

At the end of this lesson, 75% of the students will

■Sewing Tools - instruments that aid in

1. Bent-handled dressmaker’s shears

1. Identify the different types

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