Let’s talk about Sewing Tools and Notions

What are the Types of Hand Tools and how are They Important?

1. Laying out the tools – measuring tools.
2. Striking tools – hammers, and sledges.
3. Metal cutting tools – files, drills, reamers, etc.
4. Holding tools – Pliers and clamps·
5. Sharpening and grinding tools.

Categories of hand tools include wrenches, pliers, cutters, files, striking tools, struck or hammered tools, screwdrivers, vises, clamps, snips, saws, drills and knives. Outdoor tools such as garden forks, pruning shears, and rakes are additional forms of hand tools. Portable power tools are not hand tools.

• Scissors. You need them to cut your fabric and thread.
• Measure Tape.
• Needles.
• Pins and Pincushion(s)
• Iron and Water Sprayer.
• Thimble and Threader.
• Threads.
• Rulers.

7 tools for professional pressing

• Ironing Board.
• Steam Iron.
• Clapper and the Point Presser.
• Seam Roll.
• Tailor’s Ham.
• Sleeve Board.
• Pressing Cloth.

Ironing and pressing are often used interchangeably, but are actually two separate techniques. Ironing is the back and forth sliding motion most of us are familiar with and do regularly at home. Pressing is the placing of the iron on the fabric, holding it there, and then removing.

Garment Pressing Technology. Pressing: Pressing is the application of heat, moisture and pressure to shape, mold or crease fabrics, garments or garment into the geometric form intended by their designers.

The iron is the small appliance used to remove wrinkles from fabric. It is also known as a clothes iron, steam iron, flat iron, smoothing iron or iron box….Ironing board cover sizes.

Press tools are commonly used in hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical presses to produce the sheet metal components in large volumes. Generally press tools are categorized by the types of operation performed using the tool, such as blanking, piercing, bending, forming, forging, trimming etc.

How to Get Rid of Wrinkles

1. Wear sunscreen.
2. Limit sugar intake.
3. Quit smoking.
4. Use coconut oil.
5. Take beta carotene.
6. Drink lemon balm leaf tea.
7. Change sleep position.
8. Wash your face.

Pull the fabric taut from the bottom edge of your garment as you’re wearing it to pull the wrinkle smooth. The key move after you’ve “ironed” out the creases is to make sure that you don’t re-wrinkle the garment. Let the fabric cool before you throw on your jacket!

Folding clothes is the quickest way to pack and is preferred over rolling for items that easily wrinkle such as a cotton button-down shirt or linen. Fold items along their existing creases. Be warned, unwanted creases will show up where the garment is folded in half and the bottom of the pile is more likely to wrinkle.

Rolling Keeps Clothes Crease & Wrinkle Free To that end, rolling your clothes can be very effective. Especially for items that wrinkle easily (like gauzy dresses), rolling can be a simple way of keeping them neat. Depending on how you roll them, however, you may still end up with a crease.