Comments on: 7 Modern Tools for Every Historical Sewing Room

By: Linda Clark

Linda Clark — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 01:06:12 +0000

In reply to Buzz Mooney. My husband, a retired machinist of over 50 years, and I couldn’t agree with you more! He would be just as hostile if I used his tinsnips as I was when he used my sewing sheers on sand paper . Wire cutters or dykes are the tool to use.

By: Buzz Mooney

Buzz Mooney — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 19:48:23 +0000

I must respectfully disagree, regarding using tin snios for cutting wire: as mu h as using fabric scissors for paper upsets many seamstresses, using snips to cut wire has actually resulted in fistfights, between sheet metal Craftsmen.(Not well-behaved Craftsmen, mind you, but fistfights, nonetheless!) Cutting wire can place a great deal of stress on a very small area of the blade, notching it. Often, a pair of snips will cut wire without problems for a while, but suddenly notch the blade. Once the blade is motched, they can’t even be used for sheet metal, any more, as they can leave viscious “fishhook” burrs, that can create messy wounds. Better, in my opinion, to use wire cutters for wire. It means an additional tool in the box, but is well worth considering.

By: Kristine

Kristine — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 02:03:12 +0000

Seam ripper, pins and measure tape is probably the things I could not live without. I am not sewing a lot with steel yet, so awl and cutters aren’t necessary. And I would need my box of extra feet for my machine, as I have discovered the immense joys of their difference purposes!

By: Martha H. Michau

Martha H. Michau — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 15:59:15 +0000

I’m going to have to agree on the music. I have that my CD player is an essential part of my sewing room, as it helps drown out my ADD, and it lets me get work done. Without it, well sewing just doesn’t happen!

By: elise

elise — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 05:35:39 +0000

Tailor’s chalk!

Straight pins! In every size/length/gauge imaginable.

Music. Okay, so this isn’t really a *sewing* tool, but it’s absolutely invaluable to me. It keeps me enjoying my time spent sewing, gives me a general idea of how long I’ve been working (and when to take a break), and is just distracting enough that it increases my endurance while not being so distracting I wander off.

By: Cahira

Cahira — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 22:20:31 +0000

Pattern weights for sure! But I’d really have to think about the other two! 😀

By: Monique Venne

Monique Venne — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 20:48:21 +0000

Seam ripper! Absolutely necessary for any kind of sewing! Plus I use a roll of pattern paper and the Sewer’s Fix It Tape available from Nancy’s Notions for alterations to the pattern.