← 3.1 Sewing Tools, Equipment and Materials
Caring for the sewing machine
Home Science · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes
Daily, weekly and termly care of a school or home machine: lint, oil, cover, needle, dry storage and what never to oil, so it keeps sewing for years.
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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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- Sewing tools, equipment and materials
- The sewing machine
- Measuring tools for sewing
- Cutting tools for sewing
- Marking tools for sewing
- Needles, pins, thimbles and thread
- Pressing and finishing equipment
- Types of sewing machine and their parts
- Caring for sewing tools and materials
- Caring for the sewing machine
- Selecting sewing tools and sewing in Kenya