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Tailor tacks (marking stitches)
Home Science · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes
Tailor tacks are loose loops of double thread that transfer a pattern mark onto both fabric layers, then are snipped so each piece keeps a tuft.
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- 7 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
Other lessons in this sub-strand
- Stitches in clothing construction
- What a stitch is
- General rules for working stitches
- Temporary and permanent stitches
- Even tacking (basting)
- Long-and-short tacking and diagonal tacking
- Tailor tacks (marking stitches)
- Running stitch
- Back stitch
- Machine stitch as a joining stitch
- Overcasting a raw edge
- Hemming and blanket stitch
- Decorative stitches: chain, cross and feather
- Making and mounting stitch samples