How well do you know Ms. Strain
Textile Trivia
Sewing Skills
Projects and Other
Sewing Machine CSI
100

What other classes did Ms. Strain teach this year?

What is Careers and Philosophy

100

Without moving your head, how many sewing machine stations are there in the textiles classroom?

What is 24

100

This sewing tool is used to remove stitches.

What is a seam ripper

100

These colours sit opposite each other on the colour wheel and create strong contrast.

What is complimentary colours

100

Your machine isn't sewing. The needle is moving, but no stitches are forming underneath the fabric.

What is your machine was not threaded correctly

200

What will Ms. Strain spend her summer doing?

What is finishing her master's thesis

200

This material is added to collars, cuffs, pocket openings and waistbands to help them keep their shape.

What is interfacing 

200

In embroidery, this stitch is commonly used to finish the edge of fabric or felt, looping around the edge.

What is the blanket stitch

200

Before students started sewing, they first created this to plan the layout of their banner.

What is a project planner and design sketch

200

What's the number one cause of sewing machine problems in Textiles 9?

What is incorrect threading 

300

Where will Ms. Strain spend her summer?

What is Horne Lake

300

If a student asks where something is, what is a common answer that Ms. Strain will give you?

What is the trolley

300

This visible stitch on the outside of a garment is often decorative and adds durability.

What is a topstitch

300

True or false: you should watch the seam allowance guide, not the needle, while sewing.

What is true

300

A student is trying to sew over the thick fabric or a zipper area and the machine stalls. What could you do?

What is use the handwheel 

400

What is one job Ms. Strain had before teaching?

What is cooking

400

This sewing technique should be done at the beginning and end of most seams to prevent stitches from unravelling.

What is backstitching

400

This measurement is the distance between the fabric edge and the stitching line.

What is a seam allowance
400

What challenge asked teams to create a garment using an unusual material?

What is the Newspaper Couture Challenge 

400

The machine is running and the needle is moving, but the fabric isn't advancing.

What is the presser foot isn't down, or the feed dogs have been lowered

500

What student behaviour gave Ms Strain more grey hair this semester?

What is telling you to GET OFF YOUR CELLPHONES GET OFF YOUR CELL PHONES GET OFF YOUR CELL PHONES GET OFF YOUR CELL PHONES GET OFF YOUR CELL PHONES GET OFF YOUR CELL PHONES GET OFF YOUR CELL PHONES GET OFF YOUR CELL PHONES GET OFF YOUR CELL PHONES GET OFF YOUR CELL PHONES GET OFF YOUR CELL PHONES

500

In Textiles 9, we used a zigzag stitch to finish raw fabric edges and prevent fraying. In senior textiles classes, students often use this machine to create a more professional seam finish.

What is a serger

500

What are the threads that run up and down on the loom called?

What is the warp

500

One of Neil's many jobs that Ms Strain relied on every day was.

What is, remind her when it's time to clean up. 

500

What often happens after students sew over pins.

What is the needle gets bent