What are some measuring equipment for sewing?

needle (im not an expert in the category of sewing, in all honesty i dont know much at all about sewing but depending on the kind of fabric or material, you may need to use a certain kind of needle) thread, fabric, scisors, pencil (or pen or marker) to mark where you need to sew, ruler for sewing straight edges, sewing machine (if you really want to be lazy and have a machine do what your own hands can do), thim

A needle will do for the actual sewing but for measuring, you will need either a ruler or yard stick(depending on the size of what you are measuring) and or a tape measure.

The tape measure I'm talking about is the fabric kind and you can find these at most fabric stores(Joann's for example) hobby shops(Michaels, Hobby Lobby)some department stores(sears) and Walmart.