FUNDAMENTALS OF CLOTHING CONSTRUCTION 3(1+2)

Lesson 2 : Sewing Equipment and Tools

L -square or Tailor’s Square

It resembles the letter L – with perfect right angled corner. It is more accurate than ruler and convenient for measuring skirt lengths or straight lines of material before starting pattern layout. It is made of good quality, light weight, smoothly finished hardwood. Sometimes it is available with French curve, useful to mark corners, perpendiculars and curves of the pattern.