Hand Sewing Safety and Equipment

When passing scissors to another person offer them the:

• points
• middle
• handles
• none of the above

The best place to hold pins while sewing is:

• in your mouth
• in a pincushion
• pinned to your sleeve
• on the table

Sewing items like seam rippers, needles, scissors, and straight pins can cause injury and should be handled carefully

• true
• false

Clean up around your work area before you leave the classroom and put your materials away.

• true
• false

Absolutely no horseplay in the sewing lab, with any sewing equipment

• true
• false

Students should walk with sheers with the blades pointing

• Toward the floor
• Toward the ceiling
• Students should never walk with shears
• Outward

Putting pins in your mouth is good because it keeps them handy when you sew.

• True

• False

A seam ripper is a dull cutting tool that does not need to be handled with care.

• True

• False

Students should check the temp. of the iron by touching the medal plate

• true
• false

The opening in the end of a needle is called the:

• Hole
• Eye
• Hook