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My favorite and recommended Sewing Supplies for Apparel making and home decor projects!
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items I've been sewing for the last 5 years pretty solidly (I learned as a kid but Covid put me into high gear). These are some of my favorite items along with some of my personal wishlist items to make things easier and have a great project everytime. Feel free to reach out if you have questions, I'd love to help!
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Tools
Helps to make sure pleats and button holes and buttons are evenly spaced!
Simflex Expanding Sewing Gauge, Aluminum
Perfect for working with cone thread!
Embroidex Adjustable Single Thread Spool Holder
To make PERFECTLY matched buttons!
HARFINGTON 100 Sets 30L 19mm Aluminum Buttons Kit with Tools
Zippers... A necessary evil
45 Yards 15 Colors Nylon Coil Zippers Kit
Hooks and closures for everything!
112 Pairs Sewing Hooks & Eyes Closure Set
Great for alterations and pattern making!
Fashion Clear Metric Sewing Ruler Set 9pcs
You will be forever ironing when sewing, these help with the smaller pieces and curved areas
2 Pack Tailor's Ham & Seam Roll Set
Perfect for sleeves and collars and smaller projects when you don't want to lug the entire big board out.
Oedema Mini Ironing Board 10.2" Portable
Great for turning small tubes (like spaghetti straps and apron belting.)
YEQIN Quick Turn Fabric Set, 3 Tube Turners
A good rotary cutter is a must, but blades go quick if you sew frequently. These are universal blades and fit both my Fiskars and Olga rotary cutters.
HEADLEY TOOLS Titanium 45mm Rotary Blades 15 Pack
Interfacing is a must with certain pieces/types of fabric. This one is easy to work with and comes in a big roll for a good price!
Medium Weight Fusible Interfacing 13inx22yd
Ironing seems to be never ending. These help with getting those clean and crispy seams! And the bigger pack comes with an awl and a great seam ripper just in case!
AceOrbit 5 Pcs Wooden Clapper Sewing Tool Set
Make a mockup BEFORE you cut your good fabric!!! This is cheap and easy to work with and is great for using in a mockup!
5 Yards 100% Cotton Unbleached Muslin Fabric
An absolute must for sewing with jersey type material. Use a ball point for jersey (a stretch needle can still catch and pull on jersey so ball point is best for jersey!)
SCHMETZ Jersey Ball Point Needles 80/12, 5-Pack
My favorite for doing the necklines and hems with stretch fabric for a professional finish without a serger.
18Pcs Twin Stretch Needles w/ Threader
Universal needles for working with woven fabrics like cotton! Schmetz or Singer all the way!
SCHMETZ Universal 90/14 Sewing Needles 20pc
A big pack of stretch needles because if you sew a lot you know you need to change your needles every 6-8 hours of sewing time on the needles (if you don't manage to break them before then!)
SINGER 10-Pack Stretch 2045 Needles 90/14
No one is perfect, but this is perfect for finding those pieces of needles that break off and fly off the back of the table and into the floor or when you drop your sewing pins. Better this than finding it in your barefeet (which is normally how I f...
HONEYSEW Magnetic Needle Stick Retriever 39"
Keeping your machine clean is necessary to keep it working for you for a good long time!
15pcs Sewing Machine Cleaning Kit with Tools & Bag
You have to oil your machine regularly for best results
Singer All Purpose Sewing Machine Oil 3.38oz
Perfect size for marking alterations while wearing a garment
OZXTYO Triangle Tailors Chalk 10Pcs
The absolute king of shears! And Gingher has the best warranty!
Gingher 8" Dressmaker's Fabric Scissors, Stainless Steel
Great for making uniform curved corners in all of your projects!
Curved Corner Cutter Quilting Ruler Acrylic
I prefer clips over pins for most of my projects, and these are great. A big tub (with a good lid!) so you have plenty for just about any sized project and store conveniently inside the tub and you can keep a visual on how many you have in there!
Sewing Clips 100 Pcs, Fabric & Quilting
Great size ruler and perfect straight edge for when you're using a rotary cutter. Don't forget a cutting mat!
Fiskars 3x18 Acrylic Sewing Ruler Clear
I have two of these! They last a good long while, just lay them flat or hang them by the hole when you're not using them so that they don't warp!
Fiskars Self Healing Cutting Mat 24x36
My favorite of all my rotary cutters because of the ergonomic handle that makes it easier to maintain control over all of your cuts!
Fiskars 45mm Rotary Cutter with Ergonomic Grip
Patterns
Love Simplicity patterns! This is one of my favorites and most complimented
Simplicity US8462H5 1940's Women's Vintage Sewing Patterns
Another Simplicity pattern. Super cute and works up quickly!
Simplicity SS9466H5 Misses' Vintage Dress Kit
Seeing a pattern with Simplicity? I love all their patterns, especially their Vintage collection!
Simplicity 1950's Vintage Collared Dress Pattern
Another beautiful pattern, but this is a Butterick pattern, and is one of the easier vintage dress patterns to follow! Beautiful outcome!
Butterick BB Sewing Pattern, Paper, Multi
Awesome pattern to get the classic halter top fitted properly! Works great as a whole or just use the bodice part and attach a different skirt pattern if you want!
Butterick B6938 Misses' 1950s Halter Dress Kit
Machines
This is on my personal wishlist! I want a serger something fierce but there are so many workarounds if you can't afford one yet!
SINGER X5004-HD Metal Frame Serger & Overlock
a workhorse machine! This is what I use for everything and it's great. And the needle threader is great. Easy to maintain and great support with the Singer app for when you have a question about the best needle or stitch to use for your project!
SINGER Heavy Duty 4423 Sewing Machine Grey