1 / 17

Tools and Equipment

St Ursula’s College Kingsgrove. Year 8 Technology. Tools and Equipment. Scissors. Fabric scissors come in both left and right handed versions. They are very sharp They are used to cut material ONLY and should NEVER be used to cut paper, plastic etc. Rulers.

tymon
Download Presentation

Tools and Equipment

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. St Ursula’s College Kingsgrove Year 8 Technology Tools and Equipment

  2. Scissors • Fabric scissors come in both left and right handed versions. • They are very sharp • They are used to cut material ONLY and should NEVER be used to cut paper, plastic etc.

  3. Rulers • Textiles rulers come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They are mainly used to • Mark straight lines • Measure • Creating right angles

  4. Tape Measure This is a flexible piece of material or plastic which is set out in centremeters. It is used for measuring different parts of the body and material

  5. Tailors Chalk • Tailors chalk comes in a variety of colours and is used to mark material. It easily washes out in water.

  6. Pins • The common pin used is a “Pearl Headed Pin”. • It has a large round head that is easy to see and grip. • It is used to hold 2 or more pieces of material together prior to sewing

  7. Hand Sewing Needles Hand sewing needles are very sharp and used to join material together by hand.

  8. Pinking Shears Pinking shears are used to cut a “ZigZag” edge on material. This is used for decoration and to stop the material from “Fraying”

  9. Thread Clipper Thread clippers are used to cut the thread ends off of sewn stitches. They can also be used to unpick sewn edges

  10. Unpicker Unpickers are used to unpick sewn edges

  11. Glue Fabric glue is used to join two different pieces of material.

  12. Thimble The thimble is used to protect the thumb when hand sewing

  13. Fabric Markers Fabric markers come in a variety of colours and are used to decorate material. They are permanent when set.

  14. Crayons Fabric rayons come in a variety of colours and are used to decorate material. They are permanent when set.

  15. Dyes Fabric dyes come in a variety of colours and when added to water are used to change the colour of fabric. They are also used for decoration.

  16. Iron • The electric iron has a number of purposes • It take creases out of material. • Set markers and crayons • Apply iron-on applique • Prepare seams and hems for sewing CAUTION Can be very HOT and cause BURNS

  17. Sewing Machine Used to sew two or more pieces of material together using a number of stitch patterns CAUTION Uses electricity and INJURIES can occur

More Related