The sewing machine

Holds the fabric in place

• Presser foot

• Take up lever

• Presser foot lever

• Feed dog

What controls the speed of the sewing machine?

• Bobbin

• Presser foot

• Feed dog

• Foot pedal

Lower and raises the presser foot

• take up lever

• presser foot lever

• feed dog lever

• foot pedal

Controls looseness or tightness of stitches

• thread tension

• tension dial

• stitch length regulator

• stitch width control

Controls length of stitches

• stitch width control

• stitch guideline

• stitch length control

• tension dial

Makes the machine go backwards, used to secure stitching

• reverse

• backstitch lever

• secure stitch

• pivot

Moves the fabric under the needle

• feed dog

• presser foot

• tension dial

• bobbin

Holds the lower thread

• bobbin winder

• bobbin case

• slide plate

• bobbin

Passes the thread through the fabric

• spool pin

• needle

• bobbin

• take up lever

Changes the width of the stitch

• stitching guideline

• stitch length control

• thread tension

• stitch width control