Top 10 Sewing Supplies

 

Usually on Monday's I post my Week in Review, but since I did more shopping than sewing last week. So, I decided that I would share my top ten sewing supplies instead. Not all of these are conventional sewing supplies, but you wouldn't find my sewing room without them. So in no particular order, here they are:

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If  you've read any of my previous posts,you know how much I hate using loop and tape in the clothing I make. I've just recently come across these 6mm sew on snaps on Amazon, and I hope that they remain available. They come in a package of 288 sets for around $20 bucks.

You've probably have seen chopsticks as part of someone's sewing kit. If not, you'll love how they can be used to push corners out and help press your seams down. You can find these inexpensively anywhere utensils are sold, even the dollar store occasionally sells them.

I go through a lot of white thread when I'm sewing. Not only can it get expensive, during this whole pandemic we've been going through, it's almost impossible at times to purchase any. With this handy thread spool holder, I can easily use serger thread spools with my sewing machine. I can also use up all the near empty thread spools from my serger. Definitely recommend having one of these.

You may be wondering why I have a set of straws in my sewing kit. No it's not for random bouts of thirst lol. If you have trouble turning small tubes ( like straps) these straws work great at turning them out. Take your tube and slide it over the largest straw it will fit, at the short end where you've stitched, then using something with a smaller diameter (a dowel or knitting needle) than your straw push the fabric down. Easy peasy!

I have limited floor space in my sewing room, and constantly tripping over an ironing board it a bit of a nuisance. Not only was it a menace, it was also small, which made it pretty useless when trying to iron yardage. I'd have to move my iron to the table, move my fabric, iron and repeat. I'm sure you can see my dilemma. So I pitched the ironing board and invested in this tabletop ironing pad. I've used it already a couple of time and I love it. Since I'm already ironing at the table, I have plenty of space to put my iron down, and because it's rectangular, I'm not having to play around to get all my fabric ironed. Win! Win! More floor space, more ironing space and no more tripping!

I purchased a set of these about four or five years ago now and they're just starting to show signs of drying out. The set I have only has the pink, purple and cyan. They work great on light coloured fabrics and to date I haven't had any issues rinsing them out with water. 

I've read reviews that claim they've had issues getting the marks out, since it's been so long since I first bought these, and will be ordering a new set in the near future, I will revise this if needed.

A rather new addition to my sewing room, but I'm loving this magnet pin cushion. It comes in rather handy to pick pin up off the floor lol.

I use to keep my fabric rolled. It was an easy fix to keep my fabric stash organised. However it wasn't really convenient. If I was lucky, all the rolls of fabric wouldn't go flying when I pulled the fabric out that I wanted. It wasn't until my husband was organising his collection of comics that I discovered how great these were for organising my fabric. Not only is it easier to pull the fabric out that I want, I think it saves space compared to rolling yardage. 

Yes crochet hooks, a #9 steel crochet hook to be exact. I keep this in my sewing kit for a few uses. It's useful to pull threads from underneath the presser foot but I mainly use it to pull the tails back through the stitches when I serge.

This is probably the best birthday present I have ever purchased for myself lol. I move my projects a lot from my sewing room to the living room, which happen to be on opposite sides of our house (we have a bungalow). This is basically my sewing box on wheels