Soft Goods & Careers
List examples of soft goods.
What are clothing, bags, linens, and home furnishing?
Used to make the machine move forward. Controls the speed with pressure.
What is the foot pedal?
Used to remove stitches and open buttonholes.
What is a seam ripper?
The solution to most machine issues.
What is re-thread the sewing machine?
The most common needle type.
What is universal?
The definition of a soft good
What is a product made from textiles and fabrics?
Manually moved the needle up and down. Always turned toward you.
What is the hand wheel?
Used to cut fabric.
What is shears?
The solution to a dull/broken needle.
What is replace the needle & check the needle position?
The needle used for knit fabric.
What is a ball-point or stretch?
List of career opportunities in apparel design and production.
What are sewer, apparel designer, gear designer textile designing, product developer, and pattern drafting?
Pulls the fabric through the machine. Located under the needle.
What are feed dogs?
A six-inch ruler with an adjustable guide for transferring and repeating measurements.
What is a seam gauge?
The cause to a noisy sewing machine.
What is a bad needle, needs to be oiled, and/or threading problems?
The needle needed for tightly woven fabric.
What is sharp?
A pillow is NOT a soft good. (true or false)
What is false?
Must be in the lowered position to sew correctly, holds the fabric to the feed dogs.
What is pressor foot?
Used to cut straight lines.
What is a rotary cutter?
The solution to puckered seams.
What is check tension and threading?
When threading the machine, the thread should go from the back to the front of the eye of the needle. (true or false)
What is false?
A carabiner is not a soft good. (true or false)
What is true?
What is the thread take-up lever?
Muslin, Organza, or silicone cloth placed over fabric to prevent marking or scorching when pressing
What is a press cloth?
The source that demonstrates correct machine maintenance.
What is the machine manual?
The bigger the number (on the needle)