12 01 Sewing Tools Shears Purpose Heavy Duty
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12. 01 Sewing Tools
Shears ¡ Purpose : Heavy Duty Cutting of Fabric. ¡ One handle larger than the other.
Scissors ¡ Used to Trim threads. ¡ Two handles the same size.
Pinking Shears ¡ Cuts a zig-zag edge to prevent raveling. ¡ Makes a seam finish.
Thimble ¡ Protects your finger when hand sewing.
Pin cushion ¡ Stores pins. ¡ Filled with sawdust to sharpen and clean pins.
Pins ¡ Used to hold pattern to fabric or two layers of fabric. ¡ Must lay flat on fabric.
Needles ¡ Different sizes and lengths. ¡ Used to sew by hand.
Marking Pencil ¡ Chalk filled pencil. ¡ Makes temporary marks on fabric.
Tracing Wheel ¡ Handle and metal wheel with teeth. ¡ Used when tracing.
Tailor’s Chalk ¡ Waxy coated paper which transfers pattern markings.
Tracing/Transfer paper ¡ Square of chalk. ¡ Makes temporary marks on fabric.
Tape Measure ¡ 60” long ¡ Takes pattern or body measurements.
Seam Gauge ¡ 6” long with slide. ¡ Helps you mark a hem or smaller amounts.
Seam Ripper ¡ Takes out sewing mistakes.
Seam Roll ¡ Helps press seams in tubes like sleeves. ¡ Looks like a sausage.
Pressing Ham ¡ Helps press curved areas. ¡ Looks like a ham!
Safety!
Woven Fabric Cloth formed by weaving. ¡ Unravels easily, very little stretch, needs a seam finish, not a good choice for athletic wear. ¡ It only stretches in the bias directions (diagonal). ¡
Knit Fabric Stretches more in one direction than the other, no seam finish needed, ¡ looks like a chain-link fence, good for athletic wear ¡ Such as a sweater or hosiery. ¡ ¡ Readily gives when under pressure.
NAP ¡ NAP is the fuzzy surface on fabric. ¡ All pattern pieces on nap fabric must be laid out in the same directions.
Selvage ¡ The SELVAGE is a tightly woven edge on fabric made during processing. It does not ravel. The grainline arrow must be parallel to this edge.
¡ ¡ Notch is used to match pattern pieces. Cut out and around to leave notch showing on the fabric. Place on Fold means that you place the edge of the arrows on the fold of the fabric. Don’t cut on this edge!
¡ ¡ Grainline Arrow is a symbol that must be parallel to the selvage edge of fabric. Necessary so that clothes hang and wear properly. Dots are used to give sewing directions during construction.
¡ ¡ Stitching Line is a broken dotted line on a pattern. Normal stitching line is 5/8" from edge of the fabric. Cutting Line is the heavy outside line on a pattern. Leave the line on your pattern pieces by cutting just outside the line.
1. Normal seam allowance is ____. Line up the edge of the fabric with the _____ number on the throat plate of our machines. ¡ 2. The pattern symbol that when sewn adds shape to an area is a ____. ¡ 3. A row of stitching that joins two pieces of fabric is called a ______. ¡ 4. Most sewing is done with sides of fabric together ____. ¡
¡ ¡ ¡ 5. Temporary machine stitching or stitching by hand is called ______. 6. How do you gather or ruffle fabric? 7. Where do you backstitch? 8. Why do you backstitch? 9. What is the importance of cutting exactly next to the cutting line when you cut out your pattern pieces? 10. How will you practice safety when sewing?
¡ ¡ ¡ 1. 5/8", 5 2. dart 3. seam 4. right 5. basting 6. baste, then pull threads (have example stitched to show students) 7. beginning and end of seam 8. so seams don’t come out 9. helps sew pieces together accurately 10. list your sewing lab rules here
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- Hand tools introduction
- Snap heavy duty concentrate
- Heavy duty truck axle repair
- Shratey calculator
- Marking tools in sewing
- Tools use in sewing
- Sewing tools worksheet
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- Floral shears definition
- Gossips bradle torture
- Sewing pins target
- Stationary guide haircut
- Folding knife definition floral design
- Accenture delivery suite components
- Reports of accenture delivery data cubes
- On purpose sentence
- Specific purpose statement
- Garment pressing
- Metaphors about clothes
- Examples of fasteners in sewing
- Leads the balance wheel through the belt
- Objective in sewing
- Methods of controlling fullness in a garment