3.02 Tools/Machine parts

A pressing tool used to press darts on blouses.

• Tailors ham

• Seam Roll

• sleeve board

• hem gauge

A tool used to protect fabric from being scorched or stained while ironing/pressing.

• hem gauge

• tailors ham

• press cloth

• bodkin

A tool used to measure seam allowances, hems; 6" or less.

• yard stick

• seam gauge

• measuring tape

• bodkin

A cutting tool with a bent handle -used to cut fabric

• thread snips

• xacto knife

• dressmaker shears

• rotary blade

A tool used to pull elastic or drawstring through a casing

• a seam gauge

• a needle threader

• a bodkin

• a thimble

A type of pin used on kniT fabrics

• silk pins

• T-pins

• ball point pen

• bowling pin

A tool to mark on fabric that disappears over time or can be washed away (not brushed away)

• fabric marking pen

• tracing wheel

• tailors chalk

• thread

A machine part that holds the fabric in place while sewing

• hand wheel

• presser foot

• feed dog

• bobbin

If a needle breaks, what machine part is used to loosen and tighten the needle

• throat plate

• spool pin

• bobbin winder

• clamp screw

A machine part which moves the fabric through the sewing machine (under the presser foot)

• presser feet

• hand wheel

• feed dog

• bobbin