Fashion designing is a skill that requires certain tools in order to achieve your aim. These tools are found in the market and can be carried around easily.
Sewing Machine
This is the first and most important tool to have as a designer. Sewing machine gives you a medium to bring into reality your creative thoughts and designs.
The most common type of sewing machine is the manual sewing machine which takes more time and labo to operate.
Measuring tape
Your measuring tape should be part of the things found in your purse as fashion designer, especially if you normally take the measurement of your customers before sewing. Tape helps you to take accurate body measurements of your customers in order to deliver quality works.
Scissors
Scissors helps in cutting out your drafted designs, and there are scissors that serve as designs to the hem of fabrics.
Cutting table
Using tables to cut your fabric makes work easily and neater your.
Tailors chalk
The come in various shapes and colours to suit different types and colours of fabric you intend cutting. The go hand in hand with the tape.
Dummy
Dummy avails you the opportunity to fit your finished work before your customer can fit it. It come in handy when you will need to send your finished work to your customer without the person fitting the dress.
Needles and thread
We have the hand needles and machine needle, both help in the making of garments.
Threads come in different colours to suit your fabric.
Pressing iron
Pressing iron is very important in the finishing of a dress. A dress sown using a pressing iron usually has better finishing .
Pins
Pins are used to hold garments together while you cut and sew. They prevent fabrics from falling apart especially if it is a very lighted fabric.
