Sewing Essentials Kit Due 11/21/2024

Description

A set of essential sewing tools for hand and machine sewing projects.

The kit includes:

• Pencils (white, blue)
  
• Thread snips
• Small scissors
• Stitch ripper
• Ribbon tape measure
• Thimble
• Needle threader
• Pins (62)
• Needles:
  • Sharps (3)
  • Betweens (2)
  • Darners (3)
  • Tapestry (4)
  • Chenille (3)
  • Embroidery (3)
  • Over-sized embroidery (5)

Also known as: Sewing Basics Kit

Often used with: Darning Looms; Sewing Machines

Intended Uses

This sewing kit is intended for use with light and medium weight fabrics and threads. Each tool in the kit has a specific purpose:

• Pencils: For marking measurements and lines on fabric. Typically, the white is best for darker fabrics, and the blue is best for lighter fabrics.
• Thread snips: For trimming loose and tail threads, and for cutting very short lengths of fabric, like trimming corners or clipping notches. They are designed for small, fine, precise cuts.
• Small scissors: For cutting small lengths of light or medium weight fabric, like cutting patches.
• Stitch ripper: For cutting and removing stitches from a seam. Also known as seam ripper.
• Ribbon tape measure: For measuring lengths on curved or uneven surfaces.
• Thimble: For protecting your thumb or finger when hand sewing. It prevents you from pricking yourself with the needle.
• Needle threader: For helping you put thread through the eye of a needle.
• Pins: For holding fabric in place before sewing, like when you have positioned fabric a patch, a hem, or a seam.
• Needles: For making stitches in fabric. The needles in this kit are all for hand sewing. Several different types of needles are included:
  • Sharps: For general stitches. Also known as general purpose needles.
  • Betweens: For fine, detailed stitches. Also known as quilting needles.
  • Darners: For mending.
  • Tapestry: For stitching knits and knitwear, or for doing cross stitch or needlepoint. Also known as cross stitch needles.
  • Chenille: For making decorative stitches on heavy weight fabrics, like denim, or for making decorative stitches in ribbon or crewel embroidery.
  • Embroidery: For making decorative or general stitches. Embroidery needles are like Sharps, but with a much larger eye to accommodate larger thread.

Tool Resources

Diagram

Resources

• Web: Guide to Types of Hand Sewing Needles by Nisan Aktürk.
  
• Video: How to Sew by Hand for Beginners by Cutesy Crafts (22:56 m).
  
• Video: How to Use a Seam Ripper by Professor Pinchusion (4:40 m).
  
• Video: How to Use a Needle Threader by Treasurie (1:29 m).