WorksheetsSewing Room Safety and Machine Basics
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
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
Pass scissors with
The handle first
The pointed end first
Just toss them and hope for the best
Don’t pass scissors
When threading the sewing machine the top thread on the front of the machine should form the letter
S
M
N
T
The bobbin thread should turn in an anticlockwise direction.
True
False
When bringing the bobbin thread up, you should turn the hand wheel in what direction?
Towards you (forward)
Away from you (backwards)
To back stitch you:
Lift the stitch length knob
Turn the hand wheel backwards
Turn the width knob
When overlocking the pressure foot lever should be:
Up
Down
The guidelines on the sewing machine:
Help you sew a straight line
Make a zig zag stitch
Create a back stitch
Guide where your hands should be
The sewing machine should only be operated by:
One person
Two people
If equipment or machines are not operating correctly you should:
Keep going it will fix itself
Tell the teacher
Leave it and use a different machine
When packing up at the end of the lesson you should:
Return all equipment you have used to where you found it
Leave everything on your table
Put it back in a different place to where you collected it.
