Apparel I

Allows you to alter the width of the stitching

• stitch width selector

• stitch length selector

• stitch plate

• back stitch

Winds the thread around the bobbin.

• Bobbin winder

• Thread spindle

• Take up lever

• Hand wheel

Where the seam allowance guideline are found. (Each an 1/8 " apart)

• Stitch Allowance

• Stitch length

• Stitch Plate

• Stitch width

Pulls the tread from the spool pin. It must be at its HIGHEST point before you sew.

• Hand wheel

• Feed dogs

• Back up lever

• Take up lever

Holds the fabric down against the feed dogs to move the fabric evenly through the machine.

• Feed dogs

• Presser foot

• Take up lever

• Presser dogs

A standard seam allowance in clothing construction.

• 1/4 inch

• 1/2 inch

• 5/8 inch

• anything you choose

Standard seam allowance in quilting.

• 1 inch

• 5/8 inch

• 1/4 inch

• 1/2 inch

The upper and lower threads INTERLOCK as the needle passes through the fabric is?

• How you sew a seam

• How a stitch is formed

• How you serger

• How you pin your fabric

Some advantages of using a serger include: (Pick up 2)

• Cuts off excess fabric as it sews.

• Fastest way of finishing a seam.

• You can don't have to worry about anything going wrong.

• The serger goes slower so you have more control

On a serger, the metal prong around which stitches are formed is called the

• Knife

• Stitch pointer

• Stitch bar

• Stitch finger