Safety 2
Notions 1
Riddles
Sewing Parts 1
Sewing Parts 2
100
Stop the machine when approaching "these" and remove them so you do not damage the needle. Do not sew over them!
Pins
100
Name one type of needle.
Sharps (for woven) or Ball-points (for knits)
100
Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die.
a fire
100
This holds the bottom thread in your sewing machine.
Bobbin
100
This flat base of the machine that contains the bobbin and the bobbin case.
Bed.
200
Position "this" so that people won't trip over it! Hint: It's long and you have to plug it in in order for the machine to work!
cord
200
These are used to cut out fabric. They have bent handles so that you can lay fabric flat on a surface while cutting
Shears
200
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold.
200
The spindle latch, and tension discs used to wind thread onto a bobbin.
bobbin winder
200
This illuminates the stitching area.
sewing light.
300
Again, always, always, always, always, always use this speed when sewing!
Slow
300
This can be used to mark most fabrics, since marking can easily be brushed off afterwards. This is available as coloured squares or pencils. Hint: Your teacher uses larger versions of these on the board!
Chalk
300
What do you sit on but can't take with you?
chair
300
This turns on the light and the machine for use.
Power switch.
300
You step (lightly!!!!) on this to start your sewing machine stitching fabric.
Foot control (Foot pedal)...whatever that foot thingy is called.
400
Once more, never, never, never, never ever place your fingers too close to "this" when using the sewing machine!
Needle
400
This is better than a box for holding your pins while you sew. For some odd reason most of them look like small tomatoes.
pin cushion
400
I run yet I have no legs? What am I?
a nose.
400
This regulates the pressure of the presser foot on the fabric.
Pressure dial
400
This regulates the width of zigzag stitching and positions the needle for straight stitching.
Stitch width control
500
If you get hurt, lose a finger, sew your finger, or otherwise remove a part of your anatomy due to a lack of safe conduct.... do this!
Tell your teacher, beg forgiveness and vow to never do it again (as she rides with you in the ambulance that you never should have had to use in the first place if you only just listened to her in the first place!!!!!!!)
500
This metal or plastic item protects your finger when you push a needle through fabric.
thimble.
500
what do you eat where you have to remove the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, then throw away the inside?
corn
500
This controls the amount of thread pulled from the top spool for each stitch.
Take-up lever.
500
This regulates the length of the stitch.
Stitch length control
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