Hand tools that cut, measure and mark fabric and paper patterns before and during sewing, from scissors and pinking shears to the seam ripper that undoes a stitched seam. A tool belongs here when its cited source describes it as something used to cut, measure, mark or trace on cloth or sewing patterns. It excludes the needles and thimbles that carry the thread and the machines that stitch, which sit in their own groups. These tools are cheap and simple, and a sewer usually owns several, because a clean cut and an accurate mark decide whether the pieces of a garment fit together.
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Pinking Shears (Wikipedia)
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Pinking shears are scissors with saw-toothed blades instead of straight blades.
Seam Ripper (Wikipedia)
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A seam ripper is a small sewing tool used for cutting and removing stitches.
Tracing wheel (Wikipedia)
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A tracing wheel, also known as a pattern wheel, pounce wheel, and dart wheel, is an instrument with multiple teeth on a wheel attached to a handle.
Pattern notcher (Wikipedia)
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A pattern notcher is a common tool used in patternmaking and sewing that creates a notch in a paper pattern.
Cutting mat (Wikipedia)
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A cutting mat is a mat that is placed between a workpiece to be cut and the surface below (e.g. a table) to protect the surface.
Scissors (Wikipedia)
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Scissors or shears are hand-operated cutting tools that consist of a pair of pivoting blades whose sharpened edges slide firmly against and past each other when the handles (shank) on the opposite side of the pivot are squeezed shut.
Tape Measure (Wikipedia)
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A tape measure or measuring tape is a long, flexible ruler used to measure length or distance.
Sewing gauge (Wikipedia)
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A sewing gauge is a ruler, typically 6 inches long, used for measuring short spaces.
French Curve (Wikipedia)
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A French curve is a template usually made from metal, wood or plastic composed of many different curved segments.
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