Sewing Equipment

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Sewing Equipment

• FACS
• Chapter 43

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Objectives

• You will learn. . .
• How small sewing equipment is used.
• How to operate a sewing machine.

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Small Sewing Equipment

• Cutting and Measuring Equipment
• Marking Equipment
• Pressing Equipment

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Cutting and Measuring Equipment

• Small scissors
• Use small scissors to clip threads and trim
  fabric
• Shears
• Use to cut fabric
• Long blades with one handle for the thumb and one
  handle for two or more fingers

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Cutting and Measuring Equipment

• Seam Ripper
• Hook-Like Point
• Handy for cutting and removing stitches

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Cutting and Measuring Equipment

• Tape Measure
• Narrow strip of durable plastic often marked with
  both inches and centimeters

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Cutting and Measuring Equipment

• Measuring Stick
• Yardstick or Meterstick
• Useful for measuring a pattern and fabric on a
  flat surface

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Cutting and Measuring Equipment

• Sewing Gauge
• Small ruler with a slide marker that can be set
  to gauge specific measurements
• Examples
• Width of a seam allowance or hem

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Marking Equipment

• Tracing Wheel
• Tailors Chalk
• Fabric Marker

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Marking Equipment

• Tracing Wheel
• Used with a special waxed paper to transfer
  pattern markings to the wrong side of the fabric

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Marking Equipment

• Tailors Chalk
• Pencils, small squares, or small wheels of chalk
  or wax are used to mark fabric

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Marking Equipment

• Fabric marker
• Special Pen marks fabrics temporarily.
• Some marks can be removed with water
• Other fade in a short time period

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Pressing Equipment

• Iron and Ironing Board
• Press Cloth

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Pressing Equipment

• Iron and Iron Board
• A steam iron and a well-padded ironing board
  enable you to press as you sew
• Press Cloth
• Used for dark fabrics
• Place between the fabric and iron to keep dark
  fabrics from developing a shine

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Other Small Equipment

• Straight Pins
• Used to anchor the pattern to the fabric and to
  hold layers of fabric together

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Other Small Equipment

• Pincushion
• Use to keep needles and pins handy while you work

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Small Equipment

• Thimble
• Used to push a needle through fabric while hand
  sewing
• Should fit snugly on the hand that holds the
  needle

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Equipment Safety

• Keep all small sewing equipment together in an
  organized box or basket
• Fold your tape measure and secure it with a
  rubber band
• Place needles in their original containers or in
  a pincushion
• Store pins in a pincushion rather than in a box
  to avoid spills
• Store shears, scissors, and seam rippers with
  protective covers

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• Store shears, scissors, and seam rippers with
  protective covers
• Use small boxes or plastic bags to store small
  items such as thimbles, fabric markers, buttons,
  an other fasteners
• After use, allow an iron to cool. Wrap the cord
  and store.
• Store all sewing equipment away from small
  children

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Find the sewing equipment in the room.

• Where do we store the equipment we just learned
  about?
• Each of you will need to find one of each type of
  equipment we just went over and store it in your
  tub
• Make a name tag for your tub
• You will use this tub throughout our sewing unit

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Sewing Machines

• One of the most important and most expensive
  pieces of sewing equipment we will use

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Parts of the Machine

• Handwheel
• Large wheel on the right side of the machine
• Controls the up-and-down movement of the needle
  and thread take-up lever

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Parts of the Machine

• Thread take-up Lever
• This lever feeds thread from the spool to the
  needle

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Parts of the Machine

• Throat Plate
• Metal plate under the machine needle

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Parts of the Machine

• Bobbin
• A small, flat spool that holds the bottom thread

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Parts of the Machine

• Bobbin Case
• This hold the bobbin and is found beneath the
  throat plate

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Parts of the Machine

• Bobbin Winder Spindle
• Holds the bobbin while thread is wound from the
  thread spool to the bobbin

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Parts of the Machine

• Feed Dogs
• Set of Metal teeth that move the fabric during
  stitching
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Parts of the Machine

• Presser Foot
• This holds the fabric firmly in place against the
  feed dogs for sewing
• (1)

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Parts of the Machine

• Presser Foot Lifter
• A lever that raises and lowers the presser foot

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Tension Control

• A dial for adjusting tightness or looseness of
  the needle thread

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Stitch Length Control

• This is used to adjust the length of stitches
  from short to long

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Stitch Width Control

• This control is used to adjust the width of
  stitches other than the straight stitch

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Stitch Pattern Control

• Can be adjusted to make different stitching
  patterns

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Reverse Stitch Control

• Depending on the machine, this will be a button
  or a lever that allows you to stitch backward to
  secure the end of a seam

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Spool Pin

• Holds the Spool of thread

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Thread Guides

• Guide the needle thread as it travels from the
  spook to the needle

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Foot Control

• The amount of pressure you apply with your foot
  to this control regulates the operation of the
  machine

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