TOP 10 SEWING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT IN MY SEWING KIT I WOULDN'T WANT SEW WITHOUT!

These are my personal sewing tools and equipment that are so essential to me, that I just wouldn't want to sew without. I hope these might give you inspiration for you to build your personal sewing kit.

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[Evelyn__Wood]

Now you know mine, I want to hear YOUR top 3 to 5 sewing tools that you just wouldn't sew without?
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[jobellecollie]

My one luxury in sewing is to have a dedicated room always ready to sew. It doesn't have to be big, once it was just a walk in closet. But setting up a project, then having to put it all away to use the dining room table, that takes the joy out of sewing. It also leads to mistakes and lost pieces. So a room I can just shut the door and enter to only enjoy sewing is a must in my list!

[snooksmcdermott]

A large, sticky lint roller. I have three very "helpful" cats and inevitably I get cat hair on everything I sew!

[thebratqueen]

Such a gorgeous sewing box. I love a good notions video, it gives me so many ideas of what's out there to use. Something that occurred to me while I was watching is that it would be interesting to have a video on sewing tool maintenance. Like how does one keep their scissors in working condition for years? Do you need to clean the iron inside and out? Do tailor's hams ever need to be washed? Things like that I think would be very interesting. Not necessarily the actual steps even but just a list of things about our tools that we should know to keep them in shape.

[schandler]

1. Mindset / Mood Be ready and in the mood to sew 2. Clean table to set up my sewing space 3. Seam ripper.

[rondaschafer]

My mom was a master seamstress, she always said that “you can tell how good a seamstress is by the quality of her seam ripper”. My absolute favorites are a good seam ripper, good shears, double sided tape, my cricket press/ mini press, and my tv in my sewing room.

[cornelianery]

This video helps
I just used the sewing machine my sister gave me 3 yrs ago & successfully made 3 sets of two small pillow cases.
Now need to buy gadgets to get into this new hobby. Got 6 yrs to retire & I'm finding something to when I retire. Thanks for all the tips

[tomkuball]

as a newbie 66 year old sewing beginner, your videos are invaluable. I'm learning so much! thank you so very much for being so cheerful and engaging. Thank you for these learning sessions. I'm using my husbands computer site, I suppose I had better get my own if I keep uploading all this great information. Cheers!

[jobellecollie]

I inherited my Great-Grandmothers cantilever sewing box. Still full of 1920's to 1950's items. I bought a smaller one for my granddaughter. I lined hers with velvet as well. I am filling it with jewelry, not sewing supplies. She is only 3 years old, so when she is 18, she will have a lovely collection of pretty baubles. Sewing is such a relaxing hobby. One I won't give up to even with Parkinson's tremor hands!

[debbiemiksch]

1. Sharp shears, I have multiple ones, just in case one goes bonkers on me.
2. My Rowenta steam iron. It has 400 holes underneath, compared to the 33 on my old, back up one. (I was watching QVC one night, and was totally impressed.)
3. Heat erasable pens. Awesome idea.
4. Good quality thread.
5. My newest addition is the strip of led lights I added to my sewing machine. Older eyes need a little help.
And thank you Evelyn for all your wonderful videos. You're an inspiration to lots of sewist.

[trishgrant]

Everyone has picked the most usual useful things. So I’ll add some left of field ideas.
A comfortable but supportive chair with adjustable heights on castors so you can glide from machine to overlocker and back
A blue tooth speaker for busting out some tunes, an audio book or podcast.
A tv to watch those YouTube tutorials while you sew along.
Two small artery clamps (mosquito), one curved and one straight, great for manipulating things like zipper pulls while the object is on the machine.
Non slip thin yoga mat. Cut into sizes to fit under your machines and foot pedals. Reduces noise and vibration, helps protect your table surface, and stops that chase the pedal game that ruins posture at the machine.

Bonus: surge-protected power board to enable plugging in of all machines, light and iron from the one cord. I put mine in the middle of my table. Four machines and my iron rotate out of it, and only one cord goes to the power point. I sew in the dining room so safety for passerby traffic is important.

[michelelommasson]

I loved seeing your favorite tools! Those are so important. I have another few that I keep near my sewing machine:

My levelers for sewing over thick seams with the sewing machine. I have one that came with my machine, and it is useful, but my two favorites come from left over straps from purse making, one is leather, one is cloth. I find I can usually quickly find the right height between the two of them, either folded or single layer. As I approach the thick seam, I raise the foot with the needle in the fabric, and put the leveler under the back of the foot as close to the needle as I can get it, lower the foot and sew. The machine sails right over the seam, no skipped stitches, no funny too short or too long stitches.

Tissue paper. I keep tissue paper handy to use as a temporary stabilizer while sewing delicate or slippery fabrics; I also use it under any fabrics that tend to shift or change shape as they go under the presser foot. It’s great for stay-stitching and for sewing delicate rolled hems. Once I’ve got that first line of stitching, the paper is easy to remove, and the line of stitching becomes the stabilizer!

[Escapemom]

Love my Rowena iron, my Ott lights, and my magnifying light!
Side note- I actually have my great grandmother's tailor shears. They are made in U.S.A. ( which this company is no longer here) and they are over 100 yrs old!

[raraavis]

I would add a large safety pin, to get elastic through tunnels (or to reinsert the string into your sweater's hood, after your 5 year old nephew pulled it out, nearly strangling you in the process).
A homemade 'thimble', made from a scrap piece of leather - much easier to use for beginners, than the real thing. Bees wax, so your thread doesn't twist and knot, when you hand sew.
A fullspektrum lightbulb...makes such a difference, when sewing a lot by lamplight in winter. A piece of really thin cotton, you can use as ironing cloth, to protect heat sensitive fabrics/trims.
One of those spraybottles, that produce an ultrafine mist, if you don't have a fancy iron. Also helps with static electricity. A handheld vacuum, to keep the mess under control. Well ok, I'm not sure, if that would actually make my personal top 10 (lol), but it does come in handy.

[littlemissmel]

My favorite moment working in a bridal shop as a seamstress was when a stylist came in our room picked up a pair of scissors and asked to use them for something and we all jumped up and said for what? all panicky and wanting to snatch them out of her hand. Don't touch our scissors! Love these items!

[sonipitts]

Top 5 Tools:

1. A *sharp* seam ripper. I buy a new one as soon as there's any resistance on the current one. A dull seam ripper is a ripped garment waiting to happen. You can theoretically sharpen them, at least the better ones. I've just never bothered. And since I can't get through a single garment without having to pick out at least one mis-stitched seam, and there are so many times where you need to slice open pre-basted areas after final stitching, this one gets a regular workout.

2. Self-winding tape measure. I like and use the type of tape measure you do, but not nearly as much as I use the cased versions that automatically roll back up into their little cases when you click the button, since they take up much less room in the sewing box and don't get tangled around other stuff like my regular ribbon-type does. I've always got one sitting nearby for a quick measure-check.


4. Pinking shears. Along with regular shears and snips, a pair of pinking shears is a must have for quick seam finishes and other applications where you need to stop fabric fraying in its tracks.

5. Fray-Check. Speaking of fraying, I don't know how I'd function without this product. Not sure if this counts as a "tool" or not, but I certainly use it enough to consider it one. Buttonholes, rips and tears that I'm mending or patching, the edges of fray-happy fabric, knots that are at risk of unknotting...the number of times I reach for this during a project makes it a key part of sewing kit.

Bonus tool: Metal hem/turning gauges, both the odd-looking ones that have a variety of pre-measured "tabs" on them (like Clover's Seams Right gauge) for quick turn-over measuring and seam allowance checking, and the larger 'ez-hem' style you can iron over to create crisp, perfectly straight and perfectly even hems, folds and casings. I *could* get by without these (and did for years). But once you have them on hand to use, it's really hard to go back to turning hems and measuring seams the old way.

[Stranger_Than_Fiction]

Wow, didn't know I had a loop turner until now! I was wondering what that was!

[suzanneartist]

Seam ripper, good quilting pins and I love my magnetic pin “cushion”.

[pcshazaam]

Quilting pins are a lifesaver for arthritic hands! They are longer. I can no longer grip the regular sewing straight pins. I've been using pipe cleaners for loop turners. I did not know they made them specifically for sewing

[Oldstudent]

I just found your channel. Even though I've been sewing since I was a young girl about 1965, I now know what the difference between shears and scissors. It just shows that we can always learn something new.