Sewing Room Safety and Machine Basics

You should walk with fabric scissors with the blades pointing:

• Towards the floor

• Outward

• Towards the ceiling

• You shouldn’t walk with scissors

Pins should be kept:

• In your mouth

• On a pin magnet

• On the desk

• In your clothing

When not in use the Iron should be:

• Upright

• Plugged in

• Metal plate down

You should sew:

• As fast as you can

• At your own pace

• With your eyes closed

• While distracted and talking to friends

Keep your fingers

• Away from the needle

• Away from the fabric

• Away from the desk

You should check the temperature of the iron by touching the metal plate

• True

• False

To prevent others from tripping, the sewing machine cords should be placed on top of the bench when not in use.

• True

• False

When leaving your sewing machine you should:

• Leave it turned on

• Turn off the machine and tuck in your chair

• Tuck in your chair

• Disconnect the cord from the PowerPoint

Your pressure foot lever should always be up when you begin sewing

• True

• False

When overlocking you need to make sure there is a long chain of thread before you begin.

• True

• False