Nowadays, the trend of handcraft is rising again, and tailors seem to get some people's attention again. When you see some DIY of popular women's clothes in fashion magazines, do you also have the desire to create your own clothes?
If you want fashion, you have to move. This will no longer be a fantasy. Let's talk about tailor-made tools first. As beginners, what tailor-made tools do we need? Explain it in detail for everyone.
First kind
Drawing tool
1. Ruler
Ruler is an important tool for drawing and measuring human body. Commonly used rulers are ruler, triangle ruler, tape measure, T-square and drawing professional ruler.
Drawing professional ruler is a tool for clothing drawing, such as scale, multifunctional cutting ruler, curve board and so on.
* Ruler: used when measuring length or drawing a straight line.
* Square ruler: transparent material, with spacing of 0.5cm on the ruler. The length is generally 40cm, 50cm and 60cm, which is used to draw straight lines or parallel lines.
Tape measure: used to measure objects with large contours and radians, or to measure the circumference of the body. The units are inches (in) and centimeters (cm).
*L ruler: It can be used as a ruler and a bending ruler, and can be used to draw straight lines or trim small arcs.
*D Bending ruler: It can be used to draw arcs such as armholes, necklines or hypotenuse.
* Cloud ruler: also known as curve ruler, used for printing. Curves such as neckline, armhole or collar circumference can be drawn or measured by using various radians on the cloud ruler.
* Scale: used when drawing scale figures. The general specifications are 1/4, 1/5, etc. It is often used when taking notes.
2. Paper-cut scissors
The length of the scissor is 18cm.
3. drawing paper/tracing paper/Drawing Notebook
For printing and painting, you can choose kraft paper or white newspaper; Draw lines on the pattern with transparent hard cotton paper; Grid paper is used to draw style drawings of reduced size.
4. Pencils and erasers
Generally, HB or 2B pencils are commonly used in clothing painting. Prepare more pencils as spare before drawing, because in the process of drawing, to ensure the consistency of line thickness and smooth lines means changing pencils frequently. Erasers are generally used to correct pictures. When choosing an eraser, generally choose softer and more practical, and the effect of erasing handwriting will be better.
5. Lipstick glue/double-sided adhesive
Used for paper bonding or splicing.
the second type
Sewing gadget
1. Unilateral presser foot/invisible presser foot
One-sided presser foot is divided into left and right sides, which is used when sewing ordinary zippers. Use invisible presser foot when sewing invisible zipper. The sewing needle is in the middle and there are two grooves at both ends. When sewing zippers, the left zipper is aligned with the left groove and the right zipper is aligned with the right groove, which is convenient and simple.
Step 2 sew needles
General household sewing machines are divided into round needles and flat needles due to different models, while industrial sewing machines are usually round needles. The number of stitches is generally 9, 1 1, 14. The bigger the number, the thicker the needle. For thin fabrics, use a 9 gauge needle.
thimble
Thimbles are usually made of metal, plastic or leather. Thimble, also called needle ring, is an auxiliary tool worn on the second joint of the middle finger of the right hand when sewing clothes by hand. Its function is to push against the needle tail of the manual needle. When selecting thimbles, you must choose thimbles with deep concave holes and dense holes, which is beneficial to normal use.
4. Bead needles and silk needles
Bead needles are used to temporarily fix cloth or patterns, so that the cloth is not easy to fall off when sewing. Silk needles are usually used for three-dimensional cutting or fitting correction, and can also be used to fix seams when sewing.
Hand sewing
When sewing by hand, the smaller the number, the thicker the needle. Appropriate needles should be used according to the thickness of the cloth.
6. Thread threader
A tool used to thread a needle, with which a thread can easily pass through a pinhole.
7. Cotton thread (sparse seam)
Mainly used to mark threaded nails, false seams and true seams. Common cotton thread has three colors: white, red and blue, and white cotton thread is usually used. When in use, scissors can be used to cut it from the middle, tie it into a bundle, and then pull it out from the end.
Step 8 sew by hand
The thread used for hand sewing is thicker and harder than sewing thread, and it is not easy to knot when hand sewing.
9. Sewing seams
The sewing thread is soft and thin. Generally, 80 # sewing thread is the most commonly used. The bigger the number, the thinner the line.
10. Ironing pad
Mainly used to protect fabrics when ironing, such as wool fabric or chemical fiber fabric. If you iron the cloth directly, it will be easily damaged or shiny. At this time, you can use embryonic cloth or cloth as padding cloth to avoid damaging the face cloth when ironing.
1 1. Painting powder
Painting powder is usually used to draw and cut lines on cloth and to mark when sewing. There are three colors: triangle, circle and rectangle. The commonly used color is white, but it is also equipped with various colors such as red, yellow, blue, green and purple.
12. Dot device
Used in conjunction with special carbon paper for cloth, the marking lines are divided into dot and line. When in use, the reverse side of the cloth is facing up, the carbon paper is centered, the pattern is placed, and the outline of the pattern is copied on the cloth by the roller.
13. Cloth scissors
Scissors used for garment cutting and sewing are very important. Generally, there are two kinds of scissors: one is scissors for cutting clothing fabrics, and the commonly used ones are No.9, 10,10, 12. The smaller the size, the smaller the size, the larger the size. It is characterized by long body length and large blade. The other is the yarn scissors used to cut the thread end in the process of garment making, which is characterized by short and small blades, safe and convenient to use, and sometimes used to trim smaller parts of garments.
14. Big screwdriver
A large screwdriver is a tool for changing the presser foot, and a small screwdriver is a tool for changing the needle.
16. awl
The awl is a professional sewing tool, which is used to mark toes, pocket covers, corners and holes, and to remove stitches. Sometimes it is also used to help push clothes forward during sewing.
17. Tweezers
Tweezers are tools used to clamp cloth forward when sewing, and sometimes they can also be used to lapel corners, cover and clamp small pieces of clothes, and play a role in fixing the position when sewing with several pieces of clothes.
18. Ironing
Press iron is generally made of pig iron, with a width of about 13cm, a length of about 20cm and a thickness of 4~6cm. The iron must be equipped with a handle to facilitate movement and transfer. The function of ironing is to press the garment fabric when cutting to prevent it from moving and deforming. When making clothes, ironing can also play a role in fixing the position.
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