Sewing Tools
Sewing Materials
Sewing Techniques
Things to Know
More sewing techniques
100
When you make a mistake, you can unpick the seam with this tool.
Seam ripper
100
This material is white and fluffy and is used to make a soft layer under the fabric.
Batting
100
When pinning your fabric together, you should pin with the "balls" of the fabric facing this direction.
To the outside of the fabric.
100
When you buy fabric off of a bolt, they charge by the ____.
Yard. (The typical width is 44 inches. Can be 43-60 depending on the fabric)
100
In making the bookmarks, we learned to do "this" at the corners.
Pivot
200
This rubber of metal tool is cylinder shaped and worn over the thumb to protect it while working with needles.
Thimble
200
This material is white and thin with a smooth side and a bumpy side. It is ironed onto the back of the fabric to give it a stiffer feel.
Interfacing
200
These are the two sides to every piece of fabric.
The right side and the wrong side.
200
When you are hand stitching, you must first thread the needle and knot the end of the thread. To create this knot you can wrap it around your pointer finger several times and then roll it off and pull the thread into a knot. What does Sister Bailey call this kind of knot?
A booger knot! LOL!
200
When you want to reinforce the seam you do this. (Mostly used at the beginning or end of the line you are sewing.)
Backstitch
300
This tool is used to "press" the fabric to help it keep the shape needed to make sewing easier.
An iron
300
This stretchy band is often used in making clothes and is put inside a casing.
Elastic
300
This sewing technique is used to get rid of excess fabric in the corners so that the project lays more flat when turned right side out.
clipping the corners
300
Needles come in different sizes. If sewing on a thicker type of fabric, would you use a smaller numbered needle, or a larger numbered needle.
Larger
300
This is a tube that holds the elastic.
The casing.
400
This tool has a very sharp circular blade used to cut fabric.
Rotary cutter
400
When using this sewing notion, you may need to change the foot on your sewing machine to get a close stitch. This notion opens and closes openings.
zipper
400
This stitch is sewn on the right side of the fabric and is used to reinforce or hold the shape created. It is often the last stitch sewn and can be decorative or sewn in a different color to give the project a professional finished look.
Top stitch
400
These three people donated fabric or materials for our class.
Jennifer's mother-in-law - Kathy Bailey
Jennifer's mom - Annette Freeman
Walmart manager
*Sister Burns (from Jennifer's church)
400
How wide of a seam you are to use on a project.
Seam allowance
500
This tool is used to poke out the corners of material when turning the two layers of the fabric inside out.
Point turner (or use a chopstick)
500
Double Jeopardy!!!!
Name at least 7 parts of the sewing machine.
Bobbin
bobbin case
Pressure Foot lifter
Pressure foot
Needle
spool pin
stitch selector
stitch length dial
Feed dogs
bobbin winder
reverse stitch lever (Or backstitch button)
hand wheel
Pedal
tension control
500
When you roll the edge of the material under twice, you have created this. This type of hem is the most widely used and completely encloses the raw edges of the fabric.
A double rolled hem
500
Using this sewing tool to turn straps right side out will save you time and save your aching fingers!
A tube turner
500
When matching seams up in sewing two pieces together, you want to do "this" so that the seams lay flat as possible.
"nesting" the seams