Fashion School: Tools You Will Need

Today's post is other basic terms post piggybacking of off last weeks post. This post is going to break down more fashion design vocabulary.
In this section of the post, I’d like to focus on tools you will need. So let’s begin.

If you are hand sewing, you might need a thimble. This little contraption is a small metal or hard plastic cup you put on your finger. This pushes the needle through the fabric while you are sewing. You can get one of these in most dollar store sewing kits, but there are obviously more choices at other stores.
A tracing wheel is essential if you need to poke dots on fabric or fabric paper. Think of a pizza cutter, but on a much smaller scale. You can transfer patterns using a tracing wheel by putting transfer paper in between the fabric and pattern.
Tracing paper is used with a tracing wheel, it can be used to transfer pattern markings.
A seam ripper was and still is my best friend. It is so sad, I always lose them, and I do not know where they go. I have a feeling there is a pile of seam rippers just waiting for me to find them. A seam ripper is used to rip the seams that are sewn together. Think of it as your eraser.
Tailors Chalk is neat; it feels soapy though. Maybe it is the brand I got from Wawak (sewing supply store), but none of mine ever feel like chalk, and I think perhaps that is standard. This chalk is used to transfer markings to fabric. The chalk disappears, and its neat to use.
As always, if you have any fashion questions or any questions at all, feel free to leave them down below.