EPP 2 Sewing

_______ are made of fine steel.

• Needles

• Emery bags

________ is solid in balls or spools carrying 50, 70, and 100 yards.

• Thread

• Pin cushion

________ are used for general cutting.

• Cutters

• shears

The ________ simplifies measuring hemlines and short distances.

• gauge

• French curve

It is easy to look for the sewing tools you need when the sewing tools are well placed

in a clean well-organized _______

Long thick needle suitable for mending holes of heavy

fabrics

Used for darning, suitable for delicate

yarns such as cotton and silk

Very long and fine with a sharp point; used for

decorative work, particularly for attaching beads and sequins.

Is a sewing tool that has one sharp end and a hole at the other end

to make the thread pass through. They come in different sizes and are used

in sewing to pass the thread through the cloth either by hand or machine.

Three types of needles are:

• sharps

• crewels

• pointy

• between