Sewing Tools

3.0: Demonstrate ways to manage clothing resources

3.03: Manage a sewing project

The TWO Most IMPORTANT SEWING RULES:

1. NEVER use the sewing equipment in any way other than its intended use.

2. NEVER behave in a way that is UNSAFE.

****You will receive ONE warning. After this warning you will put your sewing materials up for the day and complete book work.

Sewing Shears

Use: Use fabric shears

for fabric ONLY Keep fabric on a

surface as your cut

Safety/Care: Pass with the handles

toward another person Keep blades closed when

“resting” Do not run with shears in

your hands Do not point or throw at

other people Do no attempt to cut the

table, pins, needles, etc…

Pins

Use: To attach your

pattern or other pieces of fabric

To hold fabric in place

Safety/Care: Do not put these

in your mouth Do not use pins to

clean fingernails Do not stick

through your skin, or stick/point at someone else

Pin Cushion

Use: Holds your pins

and needles

Safety/Care: Do not throw the

pin cushions Push pins all the

way through the pin cushion

Needles

Use: For hand sewing

Safety/Care:• Do not put these in

your mouth• Do not use them to

clean fingernails• Do not stick

through your skin, or stick/point at someone else

Seam Ripper

Use: To take out a

seam (or row of stitches)

Safety/Care:Do not run with

a seam ripper in your hands

Do not point at other people

Tape Measure

Use: To measure your

body so you get an accurate fit

Safety/Care:Do not cut the

tape measure or misuse

Roll back up when finished

Seam Gauge

Use: A measuring tool

that helps you keep seams and hems even

Safety/Care:Do not bend or

misuse

Thimble

Use: Protects your

finger in hand sewing

Safety/Care:Do not throw or

misuse

Marking Tools

Use: These can be in

the form of chalk, marker, pen, pencil, or tracing wheel and paper

They are used to mark your fabric

Safety/Care:Do not throw or

misuse If it is a pen or

marker, put the cap back on

Pinking Shears

Use: Shears used on

fabric only that make a zig zag pattern instead of straight edge (keeps the fabric from unraveling)

Safety/Care:Use only on

fabric (Same

safety/care as the fabric shears)

Other Important Procedures to keep YOUYOU and OTHERSOTHERS SAFESAFE: Please Refrain from the following:

RunningPushing Pointing sewing equipment at

self/others