WorksheetsSewing Machine Basics
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Controls the tension of the thread. Adjust if not getting even stitch lengths. Normal setting is a 4.
Presser foot tension
Thread guides
Stitch length control
Upper thread tension
Temporarily marks fabric.
tracing wheel
tailor's pencil
shears
spool pin
Used to keep needles and straight pins handy.
bobbin
spool pin
pin cushion
trapezoid
Makes a knot to secure the stitch...like a knot. 3 Forward, 3 Back.
backstitch
running stitch
edgestitch
bobbin
Always turn TOWARD you! Moves the needle and take up lever up and down.
handwheel
presser foot lever
reverse
shears
Starts and stops the sewing machine
foot control/pedal
presser foot lever
handwheel
presser foot tension
Holds the lower thread.
backstitch
bobbin
needle
doffer
Make sure this sewing machine part is DOWN before you lift the presser foot.
backstitch
needle
marble
enable
Have your needle IN the fabric before raising the presser foot in order to turn at a corner.
drive
backstitch
presser foot lever
pivot
Turns the electricity and light of the sewing machine on.
docking station
power switch
light source
stage clips
Pull this down to sew backwards.
reverse
split
combination
forward
Used often to press fabric and seams when sewing.
iron
carbon
oxygen
nitrogen
Holds fabric against the feed dogs as you sew.
throat plate
handwheel
spool pin
presser foot
Moves up and down through the fabric to form each stitch.
machine needle
sewing pattern
threaded needle
hand-sewing needle
This is the pace you should sew at.
fast and steady
quick and steady
rapid and consistent
slow and steady
Raises and lowers the presser foot.
presser foot tension
presser foot lever
take-up lever
stitch length control
Holds the spool of thread.
spool pin
pin cushion
presser foot
bobbin
Pulls the thread so that it feeds to the needle.
threaded needle
take up lever
bobbin winder
back stitch lever
Scissors used for cutting fabric.
shears
clippers
tailor's pencil
seam
Has guidelines (3/8, 5/8, etc...) to help you sew straight.
throat plate
bobbin winder
slide plate
presser foot
Used to remove stitches if you make a mistake sewing.
seam gauge
needle
seam ripper
bobbin
You must have this in order to pull up the bobbin thread.
seam ripper
threaded needle
take up lever
machine needle
Adjust this wheel to make the presser foot press lighter or harder on the fabric.
Upper thread tension
Presser foot lever
Presser foot tension
Reverse
Moves the fabric as you sew.
presser foot
feed dogs
needle
spool pin
Wheel that controls how LONG a stitch is.
Needle
Stitch length control
Upper thread tension
Presser foot
