6th Grade Sewing Safety

Where is the best place to hold pins while sewing?

• Mouth

• Sleeve

• Pincushion

Straigh pins are used for?

• Engraving

• Holding fabric together

• Ripping Seams

Hand scissors to someone else?

• Handle first

• Blade first

• Sideways

A seam ripper is used to?

• cut a hole in fabric

• fix a snag in fabric

• remove stitches

When the iron is not in use it should be?

• place flat on the sole plate

• rested on its heel

• set on its side

A rule to remember when learning to operate a sewing machine is to?

• use a slow speed

• watch the spool thread

• hold onto the side of the machine

The only time you should say Mrs. Arbuckle’s name during our sewing lab is?

• when there is an emergency and you have been hurt

• when you don’t have sewing supplies

• when you want to tell a joke

Use fabric shears (scissors) to cut?

• fabric and thread only

• paper

• hair

If you sew through your finger?

• sceam

• remain calm and call Mrs. Arbucke’s name

• call Dr. Arbuckle

Keep blades of scissors or shears?

• run around the room with them

• Leave them in a chair

• closed when not in use