EQUIPMENT USED IN DRESSMAKING

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EQUIPMENT USED IN DRESSMAKING

• Tools are classified according to the function
  they perform

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SIX FUNCTIONS ARE

• Measuring
• Marking
• Cutting
• Sewing
• Pressing
• fitting

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Measuring Tools

• Tape measures
• Meter stick

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SKIRT MARKER useful for measuring hems
accurately, especially wide hems.
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MEASURING GAUGE used for marking off small
measurements
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MEASURING EQUIPMENT

• L-square
• French curve
• Hip ruler

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FASHION RULER

• Used for drawing in curved areas on a pattern.
  (example necklines)

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FRENCH CURVE

• Used for shaping curved areas

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Marking Tools

• Tailors chalk
• Dressmakers Pencil
• Tracing Wheel
• Dressmakers carbon paper

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Marking Equipment

• Tracing Wheel - used with dressmakers carbon to
  transfer markings from paper to fabric

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CUTTING EQUIPMENT

• DRESSMAKERS SHEARS

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CUTTING EQUIPMENT
Embroidery scissors
Pinking shears
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Sewing Tools

• Needle threader

An assortment of needles

• Thimbles

• Wrist pin cushion

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Sewing Equipment

• Bodkin used for threading elastic and ribbons

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Sewing Tools

• Keep pins in a container or in a pin cushion

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SEAM RIPPERS

• Used to remove unwanted stitches

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LOOP TURNER

• Used for turning over loops

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PRESSING EQUIPMENT Steam /dry iron
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STEAM PRESS
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Ironing Board
A firm well padded surface is required for
pressing.
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PRESSING EQUIPMENT tailors ham used for
pressing curved areas
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SEAM ROLL
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POUNDING BLOCK

• Here the point presser is combined with the
  pounding block
• The pounding block is used with the aid of steam
  to flatten bulky areas

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Point presser and pounding block

• The point presser is used for pressing stitched
  points for example collars

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NEEDLE BOARD

• A BOARD FITTED WITH FINE PROJECTING NEEDLES, USED
  TO PRESS VELVET

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Place the Thread in the Wire                    
                                                  
                
Pull the Thread Through the Eye of the Needle
                                                  
                                   
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SLEEVE BOARD used for pressing sleeves and
small
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FITTING EQIUPMENT
Some are adjustable to different sizes. They are
used to obtain the correct fit of a garment
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