Sewing Tools, Sewing Notions & Accessories

Sewing tools are the things you do not think about until the one you need is missing. This is the general-tool shelf: measuring, marking, cutting, holding, threading and finishing, plus the vintage-style pieces that do the same jobs and look better doing them.

What is worth owning first?

If you are building a kit rather than replacing something, the order that saves the most frustration:

  • A seam ripper — you will use it more than any other tool here, and a sharp one with a comfortable handle is the difference between unpicking a seam and destroying the fabric.
  • Sewing clips — they hold layers that pins would mark or slip out of, which is most knits, laminates and thick seams.
  • A needle threader, or self-threading needles with the open side eye, which skip the problem entirely.
  • Something to protect your finger. Push a needle through heavy fabric a hundred times and you will understand why thimbles exist.
  • Two pairs of scissors — small sharp embroidery scissors for thread, and pinking shears if you finish raw edges without an overlocker.

Which thimble should you get?

Depends on where you push from. A closed metal thimble suits pushing from the fingertip. A soft finger protector, or an adjustable open-sided one, suits pushing from the side of the finger — which is what most people actually do without noticing. Both are here, so try the shape that matches your habit rather than the one in the picture.

Why buy vintage sewing tools when modern ones cost less?

Because a seam ripper lives on your table for years. Engraved metal in an antique finish costs a little more than moulded plastic and does not look like a disposable. The vintage-style scissors, thimbles, needle cases and seam rippers here are new tools made to old patterns — they work as ordinary sewing supplies, they just do not look like it. The boxed sets make the easiest gift on the site for anyone who sews.

Presser feet and machine parts

Zipper feet, blind hem feet, binders, shank adapters, needle inserters and an LED light strip live here too. Shank type matters more than brand — check whether your machine is low shank or high shank before ordering a snap-on foot, and use an adapter if it is neither.

This is deliberately a broad shelf. If you already know what you want, the narrower pages are quicker: embroidery supplies, crochet supplies, knitting supplies, storage and organizers.