Four Important Items for Sewing

These items above are super important for hand-sewing. Have you ever used any of those?

This big thing is that you pinch your fabric, and you can keep the tension on sewing so that it will be easier for you to sew.  It is called kakehari.  As you see it in the photo, I pinched the fabric and was going to sew from right to left.

My thimble...  by Clover

It is a bamboo ruler in shaku, which is an unit of  measurement that has  been used for a long time.  But this unit has become a minor unit now and we use centimeters.  Also bamboo as a material is good because it does not stretch out or shrink at all by heat.  Heat and any other circumstances can change the length of measures on other materials.  It's good to have one.  I recommend it.

This is called hera.   A tracing ruler is the most similar item I ever find.  Instead of using a pen, chalk or tracing paper, I use a hera.  And it is still used for kimono-sewing.  If you mark too much, you can tear the fabric if it's thin, so you have to be careful.