Technology and Livelihood Education 8- Dressmaking

He was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-national businesses, the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

• Isaac Merritt Singer

• Elias Howe Jr.

• Barthelemy Thimonnier

• Walter Hunt

Holds pins and needles to prevent them from scattering in the place.

• sewing kit

• sewing gauge

• pin cushion

• sewing aid

It is used to raise and lower the need, which is situated in the right side of the sewing machine.

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• hand wheel

• needle

• presser foot

These are natural hollow fibers, they are soft , cool, known as breathable fibers and absorbent.

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Why do we need to unplug the machine when cleaning?

• To keep the plug

• To protect us from being electrified.

• To stop the machine parts from working.

• To save electricity.

Why do we need to cover the machine with a cloth after use and when it is not is use?

• It maybe an adornment to the machine.

• It is written in the instructions’ manual.

• It protects from dust that may deeply be inserted in the deepest part of the machine.

• It is taught in the school to cover the machine.

Which of the following is a flexible measuring device used in taking body measurement?

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The first measuring tools used by our ancestors were actually based around the-

• human body

• tools

• measuring tools

• patterns

The foundation of pattern drafting is:

• mensuration

• body parts

• measurements

• English System

_________ is the kind of measurement that is taken around the body.

• vertical

• horizontal

• circumferential

• English System