HELE G6

1. These are used for small cutting jobs. One of the points is blunt to prevent the fabric from snagging.

• Light Trimmers

• Dressmaker’s carbon

• Tracing wheel

• Tailor’s chalk

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2. It is used in pattern construction. It makes dark marks that can be easily erased when error is made.

• Needle Threader

• Soft pencil

• Sewing Thread

• Dressmaker’s pins

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3. This has a pointed and a curved end used to undo stitches and slash buttonholes.

• Seam Ripper

• Pin cushion

• Emery Bag

• Needle Threader

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4. This is used to take detailed measurements such as distance between buttonholes and hems.

• Dressmaker’s carbon

• Tracing wheel

• Soft pencil

• Dressmaker’s gauge

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5. This is a hard, square wax used to mark fabric. It comes in different colors and does not leave permanent marks on the cloth.

• Tailor’s chalk

• Light Trimmers

• Pinking Shears

• Best-handle dressmaker’s shears

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6. This is used to sharpen or polish needles and pins. An emery bag is a material made of fabric and stuffed with sand.

• Ruler

• Tape measure

• Emery Bag

• Dressmaker’s gauge

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7. It is used with the dressmaker’s carbon to transfer the pattern to the fabric.

• Hand-sewing needles

• Tailor’s chalk

• Tracing wheel

• Pin cushion

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8. This are fine, sharp, and pointed pins with plain or colored round heads commonly made of steel or brass wire.

• Tape measure

• Dressmaker’s pins

• Dressmaker’s gauge

• Seam Ripper

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9. This is used to mark lines on a fabric pattern. You can use this as a substitute for a gauge when measuring the distances between buttonholes, pleats, or hems. It may be made of plastic, wood, or metal.

• Needle Threader

• Sewing Thread

• Ruler

• Emery Bag

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10. This is used for taking body measurements. T is at least 60 inches long and is numbered on both sides.

• Tape measure

• Light Trimmers

• Pinking Shears

• Best-handle dressmaker’s shears

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