Year 8 Textiles Autumn Term Quiz 2021

Where does cotton come from?

• Fleece of a sheep

• Pine trees

• Crude oil

• A plant

Which of these answers contains ALL NATURAL fabrics?

• Wool, lycra, polyester

• Polyester, cotton, silk

• Lycra, elastane, nylon

• Wool, linen, silk

Select which natural fibre group silk comes from

• Mineral

• Animal

• Plant

• Synthetic

What is this image showing?

• Knitting

• Weaving

• Felting

• Sewing

On a sewing machine the hand wheel is used

• to wind the bobbin thread

• to select the stitch pattern

• to select the stitch length

• to move the needle up and down slowly

On a sewing machine the feed dogs

• are used to thread the needle

• are used to keep the fabric still

• are used to adjust the stitch width

• are used to feed the fabric through the machine

A small metal component found inside the thread guide that goes up and down as you sew.

• Take up lever

• Presser foot

• Feed dogs

• Needle clamp

This part holds the fabric in place against the feed dogs when stitching so that it moves evenly and smoothly.

What is it?

• Needle

• Presser foot

• Foot pedal

• Plate bed

Small metal 'teeth' found underneath the presser foot?

• Feed dogs

• Take up levers

• Thread guide

• Needle clamps

The name for the small reel of thread that sews the underneath side of the fabric.

• Back stitch

• Under thread

• Small thread

• Bobbin thread