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Cutting & Measuring
Cutting is the one stage you cannot undo. A seam can be unpicked, a hem re-pressed, but a piece cut short stays short. These guides cover the tools, how each one cuts differently, and the marking and measuring habits that keep the grain line where the pattern intended it.
Fabric Shears
Bent-handle shears that keep the fabric flat on the table while the blade cuts. The tool a tailor buys once and keeps for thirty years.
Rotary Cutter
A rolling circular blade that cuts multiple layers at once and needs a mat underneath. Fast, accurate, and unforgiving of fingers.
Cutting Mat
A self-healing mat that protects the table and the blade, printed with a grid for squaring up.
Quilting Ruler
A thick acrylic ruler with a printed grid and angle lines, used as the guide for a rotary cutter.
Seam Ripper
A small hooked blade for unpicking stitches. You will own several, because they evaporate.
Tailor's Chalk
Clay or wax chalk for marking cloth. It lifts off the surface instead of staining the fibre.
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