15 Sewing Tools Always At My Station

Have you ever wanted to go through someone else’s sewing drawers!?! I’m always on the hunt for good sewing tools & supplies because the right tool makes the task so much easier. Here’s a peek inside my sewing drawer. I’ve included some of my favorite supplies for all the steps of creating with fabric and thread including designing, cutting, sewing and pressing.

1. Love these lights for reading or stitching!
2. When school supplies go on sale, I’m always grabbing these glue sticks. They are great for putting patterns together, positioning a pocket, and placing appliques.
3. This little hot hemmer is great for pressing hems and corners. I used to use the metal ones, but these don’t get so hot!
4. The snug slots in this case keep your bobbins from rolling around and getting tangled.
5. I try not to pick favorites, but this is probably my most used quilt ruler.
6. Depending on my studio space, I nail this to the wall or prop it on a shelf. It holds quite a few spools and keeps them handy.
7. Hands down the best smelling fabric starch out there!
8. Not only can extra long tweezers be helpful for threading your machines, but they are also perfect for grabbing little threads on your project after you use your seam ripper.
9. Anytime my iron starts to get too gunky from pressing fusibles, I use this to get it shiny again.
10. This little cutie has quickly become a favorite because I get two tools in one! It allows me to trim 60 degree points for exact seam allowances, and mark a scant 1/4″ on any machine.
11. 80/12 sewing machine needles are a standard size that works well for quilting cottons. The Schmetz Universal Needles are meant to work with all sewing machines, but check your owner’s manual for your machine preference.
12. Create, dream and plan your own quilt blocks with these.
13. Although a bodkin looks a lot like tweezers, what it does is actually very similar to another very popular sewing tool… the needle. The bodkin works like a needle for big items that need to be fed through a casing (a casing is like a tube of fabric – If you’ve ever seen a pair of elastic-waist pants, the area the elastic is in is the casing).
14. I’ve used these printable fabric sheets for everything from quilt labels to making memory quilts with photographs or kids artwork.
15. I used to use the end of my scissors for pushing out corners, but I learned the hard way that’s not the best practice. This multifunction tool helps achieve a sharp point.

And last but not least, no seamstress would be without their trusty seam ripper. Let’s be fair, this is the one tool that we despise using, but it can get us out of a jam pretty quick.

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