Sewing Machine - A Little Craft In Your Day
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Transcript of Sewing Machine - A Little Craft In Your Day
SPOOL PINBOBBIN
HANDWHEEL
THREADCUTTER
PRESSER FOOT
FREED DOG
FOOT PEDAL
Spindle/cylinder on thebottom of the sewing machine. You wind thread around the bobbin
Cuts the end of the thread. Some sewing machines come with built-in thread cutters.
This part of the sewing machine keeps the spool in place while thread is fed through the machine.
A toothed metal piece underneath the stitch plate that moves up and down to push the fabric along.
Step on the foot pedal to power you sewing machine.
Use the hand wheel to adjust the needle height
Part of the sewing machine that holds the fabric steady while the fabric is being stitched.
Sewing MachineUnderstanding
Fabric
SELVEDGEThe edges of raw fabric that runs along the edge with the grain. Fabric has a selvedge edge so that it doesn’t fray before it’s sold.
The threads that run at right angles
to the length of a woven fabric,
otherwise known as cross-grain.
BIAS
The orientaion of fibers woven or knit together to create a fabric. The grain creates lines that run parallel and perpendicular to the selvedge.
WEFT
FABRIC GRAIN
HAND
MUSLIN
WARP
TERMS
Diagonally across the grain of the
fabric, where woven fabric has
more stretch or give.
The thread that runs the length of a woven fabric (”up” and “down”)
A term used to describe the textture and feeling of a certain fabric.
An un-treated and un-dyed fabric made of cotton used to create pattern pieces and prototypes of garments, in order to fix mistakes in the pattern before using the final permanent fabric
Shank-top part of the needle that goes into your machine.
Shaft-main part of the needle below the shank.
Eye-like a hand-sewing needle, the eye is the hole where the thread goes, but the eye of the sewing machine needle is on
the opposite side.
Universal Needles:Universal needles use-sharp and slightly rounded
Ball-point needle: Knit fabric-very round
Stretch needle: Knit fabric-very round with deeper scarf to prevent skipped stiches.
Jean needle: Thick, woven fabric-strong and sharp
Tween needle: Two needles connected so it can be put inthe machine like one. The stitching on top is two parallelstitches with a zigzag on the bottom.
Jean needle: Leather-sharp
Silk, chintz, and sheers
Cotton andquilting fabrics
Good general size
Denim, canvas, and duck
upholstery, and multiple layers of denim, canvas
Part of the Needle
Kinds of Needles
Needle Sizes
NEEDLESUnderstanding
very lightweight
70/10lightweight
80/12
mediumweight90/14
medium to heavy
weight100/16
Heavyweight110/18
Front groove-slit on the front of the needle. It’s where the thread sits while sewing which protects it from breaking.
Scarf-skinny space in the back of the needle which helps prevent skipped stitches. The scarf is longer on stretch needles to accomodate the fabric.
FRONT
BACK
Universal
Jersey
Stretch
Jeans/Denim
Smaller needles are for thinner thread so that they can fit into the front grooveLarger needles are for thick thread but don’t work with thin thread
because the thread will flop around inside the front groove and break.
Microtex/Sharp
Leather
SEAMSUnderstanding
PLAIN SEAM
FLAT FELLED SEAM BIAS BOUND SEAM SLOT SEAM
CORDED SEAM DOUBLE STITCHED SEAM
TOP STITCHED SEAM
DOUBLE TOP STITCHED SEAMWELT SEAM DOUBLE WELT SEAM
MOCK FRENCH SEAM FRENCH SEAM
Sewing Machine Troubleshooting Guide
NEEDLE TROUBLE Tension TRouble
THREAD TROUBLE
Bent Needle?
Loops on Bottom?
Wrong Size Needle?
Loops on Top?
Adjust Higher
Bird’s Nest?
Old Thread?
Toss it out, replace with new
Dull Needle?
Rethread Machine
WrongNeedle?
Match needle to fabric & thread
ReplaceNeedle
Adjust Lower
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The BeginnerSewing Checklist
Research sewing machines. (Check out this Sewing Machine Buying Guide)
Buy a sewing machine that has the most features within your budget.
Pick your first project and buy only what you need to make it. (Check out these 50 Beginner Projects)
Mark your fabric scissors and don’t let anyone use them for anything other than cutting fabric.
Learn to read sewing terms. Cheat Sheet found HERE.
Start off with easy sewing projects and work your way up to more complicated patterns.
Print out the Quick Guide to Fabrics.
Prewash your fabric.
Press your seams.
Use a seam ripper if you are not happy with your stitches.
Be patient. Learning to sewing is a long but oh so rewarding process.
HAVE FUN!!!
Courtney Chambers
Courtney Chambers
Courtney Chambers
