Abstract: A creasing device for preparing creased fabric strips includes an upper housing member and a lower housing member joined together by a hinge assembly. The housing members have a pair of opposed guide surfaces and at least one creasing ridge adjacent to one of the guide surfaces. The housing members can be rotated with respect to each other from an open position to a closed position. The creasing device has a latch assembly that secures the housing members together in the closed position. A method of preparing creased fabric strips with the creasing device includes disposing a folded first end of a fabric strip in the device; drawing the fabric strip over the creasing ridge to impart a longitudinal crease in the fabric strip; and extending the fold from the folded first end along a length of the fabric strip as it is passed through the device.

Abstract: A fabric clamp that passes under the presser foot of a sewing machine is provided. The clamp has a loop of resilient strip folded over upon itself, an upper slotted lever, and a lower slotted lever. The resilient strip has an upper portion, the terminus of which defines an upper planar jaw, and a generally planar lower portion, the terminus of which defines a lower planar tongue, joined by a curvilinear central portion. The upper portion of the resilient strip passes through the upper lever. The lower portion of the resilient strip passes through the lower lever. The total transverse width of the portions of the tongue is no more than about 12 mm. The curvilinear portion urges the jaw and tongue together. When the upper jaw and the tongue are adjacent and the levers are urged together, the jaw and the tongue are displaced from adjacent deployment.