Clothing Construction/Sewing Safety Review

1. Where is the best place to hold pins while sewing?

• mouth
• sleeve
• pincushion

2. When using a rotary cutter, what direction should the cutter move?

• away from the body
• back and forth
• toward the body

3. Straight pins are used for:

• engraving
• holding fabric together
• ripping seams

4. Hand scissors to someone else:

• handle first
• blade first
• sideways

5. A seam ripper is used to:

• cut a hole in the fabric
• fix a snag in the fabric
• remove stitches

6. A bobbin holds thread for:

• top stitches
• bottom stitches
• embroidery stitches

7. When operating a sewing machine, one way to prevent injuries is to:

• pull fabric through the machine
• keep hands on either sides of the needle
• sew over the straight pins

8. When threading the machine or changing the needle, feet should:

• be placed on the floor
• rest on the foot control
• crossed on the floor

9. The presser foot must be raised when:

• adjusting thread tension
• sewing curves
• removing fabric from the machine

10. A rule to remember when learning to operate a sewing machine is to:

• use a slow speed
• watch the spool of the thread
• hold onto the side of the machine