Tools and Equipment Cutting

Dressmakers Shears: 6"-12", electrical shears exist. Don't use for paper or they will be dulled.
Cutting Table: 1yd by 4yd is good, minimum 28" by 2yd, this will allow cutting doubled fabric or fabric stretched to its full potential. plywood on horses works.
Yardstick: smooth with ,metal ends, ruler would be useful
Tapemeasure: never roll them.
Straight Pins: Steel, highly polished. Seamstress pins are 1 1/8" for light-tomedium fabrics. Recommend 1 1/4" pins for heavy fabrics and Ball point pins for pile or knitted fabrics. Pinheads are flat or round and colored

Sewing

Needles: size 1-12 (course to fine), Sharps are average length with round eyes, Straws are longer with round eyes for millinery, Betweens are for hand sewing with egg eyes used for embroidery, crewel, and darning. Self-Threading are available for thick materials. Insert thread by force through the pin top.
Thimble: size 6-11, for middle finger

Pressing

Iron-ordinary for pressing, steam for light weight fabric
Ironing board- with cover so it stays clean
sleeve board-padded, useful for pressing darts and shoulder seams (picture to the right)
Pressing cushion-useful for armhole seams and curved joinings. (picture to the right)
Seam or Padded Roll- For pressing seams whose marks may show through the body, will direct the iron wight to the stitching only, can be made with a padded broom handle covered with calico
Pressin Cloths- 2 lengths: 1) 18" by 36" used for damp pressing. 2) smaller for dry pressing when the iron would mark the fabric
Velvet boards- used for pressing pile fabrics like velvet to prevent matting. Instead use the same pile fabric as the garment to make a pressing cloth, use pile side on the fabric and use steam iron. for darts and seams stand steam iron up with muslin draped over it and hold fabric against this
Turkish Toweling- use 4 to 8 lays depending on the fabric on ironing board, use for pressing embossed fabric, lace or raised patterns
Wooden Clapper- smooth piece of wool 12 1/4" wide for beating the steam into woolens and wool blends, for flat sharp corners for collars, corners, etc.

	Created by faithkateridarli over 8 years ago

Diploma Dressmaking and Design Note on Mod. 1 Introduction to sewing, created by faithkateridarli on 06/12/2015.