Sewing Intro - Equipment

Holds the lower thread in a sewing machine

• needle

• pin

• bobbin

• button

Used for waistbands in pants for example

• zipper

• elastic

• snap

• button

Threaded through the eye and used in hand sewing

• Needle

• Bobbin

• Pin

• Thimble

A tool used for ripping out stitching

• Fabric Shears

• Pin Cushion

• Needle

• Seam Ripper

Used to cut fabric and should NEVER be use to cut paper

• Scissors

• Fabric Shears

• Thread

• Elastic

Used to close a garment and hold it together

• snap

• zipper

• button

Used as a closure on a garment

• button

• snap

• zipper

Used to temporarily hold layers of fabric together or patterns to the fabric

• needle

• thread

• bobbin

• pin

Used to protect finger tips when hand sewing and pinning

• pin cushion

• thimble

• zipper

• seam ripper

Used in hand sewing or on a sewing machine to create stitches

• Thread

• Snap

• Yarn

• Pin