← 3.1 Sewing Tools, Equipment and Materials
Needles, pins, thimbles and thread
Home Science · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes
How to match hand and machine needles, pins, a thimble and thread to the fabric so stitches hold and nothing rusts onto a school shirt.
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- 8 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
- Your progress kept across every subject you take
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- Types of sewing machine and their parts
- Caring for sewing tools and materials
- Caring for the sewing machine
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