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    Tailor’s chalk
    This is a fabric chalk that comes in a variety of colors. It’s available in pencil, cake, and
    powdered forms.

    Tracing paper and tracing wheel
    Tracing paper is a type of coated paper that comes in a variety of colors. When placed
    against fabric and rolled over with a tracing wheel (a tool that resembles a miniature
    pizza cutter), a mark is made onto the fabric.




















    Disappearing ink pen
    This is a fabric marking pen that comes in a variety of colors. It’s available in two types,
    air soluble and water soluble. Marks made with air soluble pens disappear with exposure
    to air. Marks made with water soluble pens are removed with water.


Smaller Scissors
                                                                                   

    A smaller pair of scissors, about 3”-5” in length, can make tasks like clipping threads and
    trimming seam allowances easier to do.


Pincushion
                                                                                   

    This is a little pillow you stick your pins into when you’re not using them. You can store your
    pins in the container they came in, but a pincushion can make the pins easier to retrieve.


Sewing Ham
                                                                                   

    This is a ham-shaped cushion that provides a rounded surface for pressing curved seams like
    sleeve caps, princess seams, and darts.


Seam Roll
                                                                                   

    Sometimes called a sleeve roll, this is a tube-shaped cushion that’s used to press seams in
    sleeves and other narrow areas. It can also be used as a surface for pressing other seams
    open. The rounded surface of the seam roll can keep the edges of a seam allowance from
    pressing a ridge into the right side of fabric.




















Thimble
                                                                                   

    This is a small, cup-shaped tool that fits over the tip of your finger to protect it from the sharp
    tip of a needle as you hand sew.


Point Turner
                                                                                   

    This is a hand held plastic or wooden tool with a point at one end. After an item, such as a shirt
    collar, is turned right side out, the point turner is used to poke out the corners to make them
    nice and sharp.


Bodkin
                                                                                   

    This is a hand-held tool used for pulling cord through a fabric casing.


Clear Ruler, 12”-18”
                                                                                   

    This is useful for taking measurements your sewing gauge is too small for and your yardstick
    too long and cumbersome for. A clear ruler allows you to see through to your fabric or pattern
    piece underneath.


Pinking Shears
                                                                                   

    These are scissors with sawtooth blades that make a notched, zigzag pattern when they cut.
    They can provide a quick way to finish the raw edges of seam allowances to keep them from
    fraying.


Press Cloth
                                                                                   

    Or pressing cloth, this is a lightweight cloth used protect fabric from the heat of an iron as it’s
    being pressed.
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More Helpful Sewing Tools
These sewing tools aren’t essential, but they can
make some sewing tasks easier to do and help
you get more professional-looking results.


Marking Tools
                                                                           

    There are marks on pattern pieces that need
    to be transferred to fabric before starting to
    sew.

    You don’t absolutely need the following
    marking tools because marks can be made
    with tailor’s tacks, which require only a
    needle and thread. But these tools can help
    you mark your fabric more quickly and easily.
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