Sewing Tools and Equipment

These are used for cutting leather and suede. It has heavy serrated edge.

• rotary cutter

• pinking shear

• . seam ripper

• . leather shear

The equipment that makes sewing easier and faster is _________.

• electric iron

• iron board

• sewing machine

• working table

The size of sewing machine needle used for general sewing is __________.

• 10

• 12

• 14

• 16

A machine that is run by foot which may also be converted to electric power machine is known as __________.

• hemmer machine

• high speed over edger

• lockstitch machine

• over edging machine

It is a cutting tool with one handle larger than the other handle.

• leather shear

• seam ripper

• cutting shears

• seam ripper

It is 3 – 4 inches long and is used for trimming and clipping threads and snipping slashes

• trimming scissors

• buttonhole scissors

This cutting tool is popular in zigzagging or scalloped edge or for seam finishes

• rotary cutter

• pinking shear

• seam ripper

• leather shear

It is used to keep pins and needles when not in use

• Pins

• pincushion

• sewing kit

• emery bag

It is used for general marking and for measuring fabric grainline when laying out the pattern.

• ruler

• meter stick

• tape measure

• Yard stick

A machine used in making fancy stitches and in making different kinds of embroidery stitches on fabrics is _____________.

• button holer machine

• double needle machine

• embroidery machine

• lockstitch sewing machine