Question

1. How have technological advancements changed the design industry? Consider what you have learned about sewing machines and other specialized equipment.

2. Describe a project in which you would use a pleater, ruffling foot, or gathering foot. Explain each of these tools and choose the one that might be necessary for the project you are describing.

3. Describe a project in which you would use stay stitching and one in which you would use ease stitching. Explain each technique and note why it is necessary to the project you are describing.

4. In what circumstances would you use either a blindstitch machine or a blind hemming foot? Would you prefer to do blind stitching by hand or with a machine? Give one or more reasons for your preference.

5. Where do you put a threaded bobbin? Where does the thread from the bobbin go when the machine is in use?

Answer 1

I can answer 2 of them.

2. Using a pleater I would make a simple black pleated skirt

5. You put a threaded bobbin inside the machine in the designated spot. When you start the machine it automatically comes up and threads through your fabric alongside the main thread.