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HELE Lesson 1 Flashcards

1
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It is the activity of making or mending clothes or other things using a needle and a thread.

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Sewing

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2
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They come in sizes 1 - 12. They vary in point. Length and size of the eyes.

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Needles

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3
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With a rounded eye and can be used for all fabrics.

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Sharps

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3
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With rounded eye and shorter than sharps, used for heavier fabrics. They are also called quilting needles.

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Betweens

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4
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With rounded eyes and are used for knits

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Ball points

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4
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The thread is pulled through a slot and not through the eye

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Calyx eyes

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5
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Longer than sharps and used for basting.

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Milliners

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6
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They come in different colors depending on the fabric for which they will be used. ______ also come in different sizes.

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Threads

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7
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Used for threading needles easier.

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Needles Threader

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8
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They are also called seamstress pins. They are used to hold garments temporarily.

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Straight pins

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9
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Used to protect the middle finger from being pricked when pushing the needle through the cloth.

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Thimbles

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10
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Holds the pins and needles when not in use. Emery bag is used to polish pins and rusty needles.

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Pin cushion / Emery bag

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11
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It has zigzag edges so as to prevent the fabric from raveling.

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Pinking shears

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11
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Used for cutting small jobs.

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Light trimmers

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11
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These are the best shears for cutting.

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Bent-handled dressmaker’s shears

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12
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Used to take body measurements.

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Tape measures

13
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Used to mark lines on fabrics and patterns.

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Ruler

14
Q

Used for detailed measurements such as distance between button holes, pleats and hems

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Dressmaker’s gauge

15
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Used for slashing button holes and picking out threads.

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Seam Ripper

16
Q

Is made by taking the thread backward than the conventional forward motion.

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Back Stitch

16
Q

An embroidery stitch forming a continuous line of long, overlapped stitches, typically used to represent narrow stems.

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Stem Stitch

16
Q

This is the simplest type of hand stitching. This is used in mending different kinds of tears. The stitches are in equal length and uniform in distance from each other.

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Running Stitch

16
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A very old stitch used for outline and fling in colors for patterns.

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Split Stitch

17
Q

Is a sewing and embroidery technique in which a series of looped stitches form a chain like pattern.

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Chain Stitch

18
Q

Bring the needle to the right side of the center flower

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Lazy Daisy Stitch

19
Q

Shake running stitches around the design.

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Satin Stitch

20
Q

This is used on small circular parts or holes of the design.

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Eyelit Stitch

21
Q

Fasten the thread on place the needle close to the spot where the thread comes out, hold the thread firmly by the thumb of the left hand and then twist twice around the needle and turn from left to right.

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French Knots

22
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It is a hard, square wax used to mark the fabric.

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Tailor’s chalk

23
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Used in making patterns.

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Soft Pencil

24
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It is placed between the pattern paper and the fabric.

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Dressmaker’s carbon or tracing paper

25
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Is used with the dressmaker’s carbon to transfer the marks to the fabric.

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Tracing wheel

26
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Sharp pointed steel at one end is called the needle’s eye

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Needle

27
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Ball threads and skin threads are soft, shiny and loosely wound and are good for embroidery.

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Thread

28
Q

Small pointed, and sharp.

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Scissors

29
Q

A support frame made of two rounded pieces of rattan or yantok

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Bastidor

30
Q

A pointed metal, bamboo or wood which is used to bore a hole into the cloth and produces an eyelet design once it is embroidered

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Stiletto

31
Q

These are clothes which are good for embroidery.

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Cloth materials

32
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5 Colors for embroidery design.

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Monochromatic, Analogous, Complimentary, Split Complimentary, Triad.

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