Grade 8- TLE - Dressmaking

The mechanism that sets the sewing machine in motion.

• Balance Wheel

• Feed Dog

• Belt

• Stitch Regulator

The part of the sewing machine that controls the looseness and tightness of Stitches.

• Bobbin

• Thread Guide

• Presser Foot

• Upper Tension

The appropriate cutting tool used in cutting fabric.

• Trimming Shears

• Dressmaker bent handled shears

• Pinking Shears

• Buttonhole Scissors

A flexible tape with different type of measurements essential for taking body

measurements.

• Ruler

• Tape Measure

• Yard Stick

• Hem Gauge

A machine that is run by foot which may also be converted to electric power machine is

known as (a)   .

(a)   is used to shape the depth of the neckhole and arrmhole of the pattern.

(a)   is also called ―Domestic Sewing Machine.

Selecting accurate sewing machine is essential because...

This is sometimes called straight stitching machine or industrial sewing machine.

(a)  

Give one marking tool that can be use in sewing and identify the use and characteristic of the given tool.