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Name That Sewing Tool
Laundry
Types of Stitches
Clothing and You
Decorative Features
100
This is thick thread used for embellishing sewing projects.
What is embroidery thread?
100
When doing your laundry, this is the first step in which a person decides which clothing goes into which load.
What is sorting?
100
This is the most basic stitch. The motion of the needle is up, down, up, down, etc...
What is the running stitch?
100
We talked a lot about how our clothing choices are a reflection of who we are. Clothing choices reflect our p___________.
What is personality?
100
What does the word embellishment mean?
What is a decorative detail added to a sewing project?
200
This tool is used to hold two pieces of fabric together or to fasten a pattern to fabric.
What are pins?
200
Dark or very bright colors are washed in which water temperature?
What is cold water temperature?
200
When we use this stitch, we create a loop in our thread that we put the needle through before going back down through the fabric.
What is a blanket stitch?
200
Some people don't want to conform, so they use clothing to express their i____________.
What is individuality?
200
Give me an example of an embellishment we might add to a sewing project.
What are buttons, sequins, logos, etc...?
300
This tool is used to protect your finger while sewing.
What is a thimble?
300
This reduces static cling and makes your fabrics feel softer.
What is fabric softener?
300
Using this stitch, we go back through the previous stitch each time to make sure the thread is really secure.
What is a backstitch?
300
Police officers, health care workers, military personnel, etc...all wear certain types of clothing to show that they belong to a certain g_________ of people in society.
What is a group?
300
Name an embellishment that you have used on one of your sewing projects.
What is a button? What are googly eyes? What are felt cut-outs? What are sequins?
400
This tool is used to guide the thread through the eye of the needle.
What is a needle threader?
400
This is the longest cycle with the most agitation.
What is the regular or normal cycle?
400
Which stitch did you learn how to use first?
What is the running stitch?
400
Our clothing choices influence how we feel about ourselves. When you think you look good, you feel good about yourself. In other words, clothing choices affect our s_______ c__________.
What is self concept?
400
Explain how you sew a button onto fabric.
Start from the back side of the fabric and pull the thread and needle up through the first button hole. Go back down through the second button hole. Go up and down a few times until it is secure. Could be a 2-hole button or a four whole button. You can circle the thread around the button a few times to make sure it is secure before going back down through the fabric to the back side.
500
This tool is used to remove seams.
What is a seam ripper?
500
Overloading your dryer or leaving clothes in the dryer for a long time causes _______________.
What are wrinkles?
500
Stitches should be e__________ spaced apart.
What is evenly?
500
Sometimes people judge a book by it's cover, so they make an a____________ based on what people are wearing. These a____________ are not always correct.
What are assumptions?
500
Explain how you would sew an embellishment onto fabric. Give an example using any embellishment.
Example: Start from the back side of fabric, go up through fabric, back down, up, down...Ensure even spaces between stitches. Finish your stitch on the back side, so that the last bit of thread is not seen.