Fashion Construction

Teen Living

Objective 12.0-12.02

• 12.01 Operate sewing and pressing equipment.

12.00 Use basic fashion construction procedures to produce personal clothing

and home accessories

Pins vs. Needles• Pins hold

fabric, while

needles bring

thread

through

fabric.

Sewing Tools

• Tracing Wheel: Used to transfer markings from a pattern to fabric

• Seam Ripper: Used to remove unwanted stitches from a seam

• Pin Cushion: the best place to hold pins while sewing or to store pins when not in use

• Tape Measure: Used to measure various lengths such as sleeve, inseam, waist

Sewing Tools, continued

• Scissors/Shears: Most basic and necessary tool for cutting; close when not in use

• Pinking Shears: Used to finish the edge of fabric

• Thimble: used for hand sewing

Sewing Machine

• Needles should be replaced when they become bent, damaged, or rusty

• The feed moves the fabric (feed dog is the name of the two small rows of metal teeth)

• The presser foot keeps the fabric securely in place while stitching

• The bobbin provides thread for the bottom side of the stitch

• Thread guides keep thread from tangling

Use your handout to fill in the information about the parts of a sewing machine

Sewing Machine Parts (write info on your sewing machine handout)

1. Power Switch: Turns power on/off 2. Presser foot: Helps hold fabric in place to keep stitches in a straight line.3. Presser foot lifter: Lever to raise and lower presser foot. 4. Throat plate: Placed directly under the needle; it has guideline marking to

help keep stitching straight.5. Feed dogs: Rise through the throat plate and use a tooth-like surface to

move fabric forward with each stitch. 6. Needle: Used to pierce fabric and draw thread through to sew.7. Thread take-up lever: Keeps thread feeding evenly thorough the needle.8. Upper tension regulator: Regulates how tightly the thread is pulled as a

stitch is formed. 9. Thread guide: Hold thread in place.10. Spool pin: Holds spool of thread.11. Bobbin winder: Holds bobbin to fill with thread.12. Balance wheel: Turns to raise and lower the take-up lever and needle.13. Stitch length regulator: Used to adjust stitch length.14. Stitch width regulator: Used to adjust stitch width for a zigzag stitch.15. Bobbin case/bobbin: Holds the bobbin and the tension adjustment for

the lover threads.

Ironing/Pressing

• Ironing: Glides iron back and forth

• Pressing: Use press cloth to prevent shine on fabric

Sleeve pressing roll and tailors ham

• 12.02 Perform basic construction procedures

The Pattern• Step-by-step instructions for cutting, marking,

which pieces to use, and sewing are found on the pattern guide sheet

• Place the pins perpendicular to the fold and cutting lines, when pinning a pattern to fabric

• Pin through the pattern piece and fabric

• Place tracing paper on both of the wrong sides of the fabric and put enough pressure on the tracing wheel to transfer the markings

Cutting

• Use long even strokes to cut fabric

• The solid dark line on the pattern is the cutting line

• Cut around the diamond shapes (notches) on the cutting line

• The notches are used to match pattern pieces with one another

Stitches…

• Can be adjusted with the stitch width control on a sewing machine

• Seam allowance should be 5/8”

• Backstitch at the beginning and end of the seam to secure it

• When sewing a seam watch the edge of the fabric and the guideline

Fabric

• Care instructions can be found on the bolt

• Cut out all pattern pieces and lay out following the pattern guide sheet

Hemming

• First: Mark where the

new hem should be.

ButtonsButtons

• It is best to use two strands of thread It is best to use two strands of thread when sewing on a buttonwhen sewing on a button

• Shank button allows for room when the Shank button allows for room when the button is closedbutton is closed

• To form a thread shank, wind the To form a thread shank, wind the thread around the stitches under the thread around the stitches under the button several timesbutton several times

Finished Edges

• Pinking shears can be used to create a seam finish