Here are some common tools used by tailors:
- Sewing machine (either mechanical or computerized)
- Scissors (fabric shears, pinking shears, embroidery scissors, etc.)
- Pins (straight pins, safety pins, etc.)
- Needles (hand-sewing needles, machine needles, etc.)
- Tape measure (used for taking measurements)
- Chalk (used for marking fabric)
- Ruler (used for measuring and marking fabric)
- Seam ripper (used for removing stitches)
- Iron (used for pressing fabric)
- Thimble (used to protect the finger while hand-sewing)
- Tailor’s ham (used for pressing curved seams)
- Sewing gauge (used for measuring and marking seam allowances)
- Buttonhole cutter (used for cutting buttonholes)
- Fabric weights (used for holding fabric in place while cutting)
- Bodkin (used for threading elastic or ribbon through a casing).