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Must-Have Sewing Tools
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items Discover the essential tools that every sewing enthusiast should have in their toolkit to make the crafting process smoother and more enjoyable.
A great place and space to work on your sewing projects and store other notions and supplies.
Sewing Cabinets
Good quality sewing scissors, like Gingher, can last a lifetime.
Fabric Scissors
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Check out this Sewing Tools List! Great must have tools for learning how to sew!
A Beginner's Basic Sewing Tools List with Pictures
A Sewing Mat is very helpful when it comes to measuring and cutting fabrics. All the grid lines help to ensure you get a straight cut. A sewing mat is also a MUST when using a rotary cutter. The mat will protect surfaces and the rotary blade.
Sewing Mats
In some instances, fabric clips are a great substitution for using pins. They are easy to use and work great for thick fabrics that you don't want to use pins which would leave visible holes.
Sewing Clips
Marking tools come in handy for adding helpful visual marks to your fabric. There are marking pencils with different colors, what is known as tailor's chalk which is in the shape of a square, markers, and the tried and tested colored paper with a rou... ALWAYS test your marking tool on a sample of fabric first.
How Do These 7 Fabric Marking Tools Stack Up?
Needles, whether for hand sewing or machine sewing, are an item that you should keep extras. Needles can break, and when they do, you'll be glad you have ‘extras’ on hand!
Hand Sewing AND Sewing Machine Needles
Transparent Rulers work great with Rotary cutters when cutting long strips of fabric or just cutting long straight lines when measuring fabric.
Clear Rulers For Sewing
Thimbles are fantastic finger protection and aid in pushing needles thru thick fabric.
Sewing Thimbles
Favorite brands of all-purpose sewing thread are Dual Duty, Gutermann and Sewology. It's great to build up a collection of colors, to be ready for any color of fabric.
Favorite all purpose Sewing Thread
When you have a sewing project with lots of straight edge cutting, the rotary cutter can save time. I really like the ‘pinked edge’ rotary cutter blade which works great for finishing seam edges.
Rotary Cutter for Fabric
Be prepared for whatever you are sewing! Most sewing machines come with a handful of sewing machine feet. You can purchase extra feet thru the company you purchased your machine from OR you could get this great set from Madam Sew!
Ultimate Presser Foot Set - 32 Essential Feet in One Box from Madam Sew
A Seam Ripper is a must-have sewing tool! You'll also want an alternative tool depending on the thickness of the stitches and situations where a seam ripper won't quite get the job done.
Sewing Situations You'll Wish You Had A Seam Ripper Alternative
Check out this page of ideas for Must- Have Sewing Tools- I like the colorful ‘spool thread keeper’ to keep thread from unraveling off the spool.
Must Have Sewing Tools-Choices on Amazon