HELE Lesson 1

Question 1

It is the activity of making or mending clothes or other things using a needle and a thread.

Answer 1

Sewing

Question 2

They come in sizes 1 - 12. They vary in point. Length and size of the eyes.

Answer 2

Needles

Question 3

With a rounded eye and can be used for all fabrics.

Answer 3

Sharps

Question 3

With rounded eye and shorter than sharps, used for heavier fabrics. They are also called quilting needles.

Answer 3

Betweens

Question 4

With rounded eyes and are used for knits

Answer 4

Ball points

Question 4

The thread is pulled through a slot and not through the eye

Answer 4

Calyx eyes

Question 5

Longer than sharps and used for basting.

Answer 5

Milliners

Question 6

They come in different colors depending on the fabric for which they will be used. ______ also come in different sizes.

Answer 6

Threads

Question 7

Used for threading needles easier.

Answer 7

Needles Threader

Question 8

They are also called seamstress pins. They are used to hold garments temporarily.

Answer 8

Straight pins

Question 9

Used to protect the middle finger from being pricked when pushing the needle through the cloth.

Answer 9

Thimbles

Question 10

Holds the pins and needles when not in use. Emery bag is used to polish pins and rusty needles.

Answer 10

Pin cushion / Emery bag

Question 11

It has zigzag edges so as to prevent the fabric from raveling.

Answer 11

Pinking shears

Question 11

Used for cutting small jobs.

Answer 11

Light trimmers

Question 11

These are the best shears for cutting.

Answer 11

Bent-handled dressmaker’s shears

Question 12

Used to take body measurements.

Answer 12

Tape measures

Question 13

Used to mark lines on fabrics and patterns.

Answer 13

Ruler

Question 14

Used for detailed measurements such as distance between button holes, pleats and hems

Answer 14

Dressmaker’s gauge

Question 15

Used for slashing button holes and picking out threads.

Answer 15

Seam Ripper

Question 16

Is made by taking the thread backward than the conventional forward motion.

Answer 16

Back Stitch

Question 16

An embroidery stitch forming a continuous line of long, overlapped stitches, typically used to represent narrow stems.

Answer 16

Stem Stitch

Question 16

This is the simplest type of hand stitching. This is used in mending different kinds of tears. The stitches are in equal length and uniform in distance from each other.

Answer 16

Running Stitch

Question 16

A very old stitch used for outline and fling in colors for patterns.

Answer 16

Split Stitch

Question 17

Is a sewing and embroidery technique in which a series of looped stitches form a chain like pattern.

Answer 17

Chain Stitch

Question 18

Bring the needle to the right side of the center flower

Answer 18

Lazy Daisy Stitch

Question 19

Shake running stitches around the design.

Answer 19

Satin Stitch

Question 20

This is used on small circular parts or holes of the design.

Answer 20

Eyelit Stitch

Question 21

Fasten the thread on place the needle close to the spot where the thread comes out, hold the thread firmly by the thumb of the left hand and then twist twice around the needle and turn from left to right.

Answer 21

French Knots

Question 22

It is a hard, square wax used to mark the fabric.

Answer 22

Tailor's chalk

Question 23

Used in making patterns.

Answer 23

Soft Pencil

Question 24

It is placed between the pattern paper and the fabric.

Answer 24

Dressmaker's carbon or tracing paper

Question 25

Is used with the dressmaker's carbon to transfer the marks to the fabric.

Answer 25

Tracing wheel

Question 26

Sharp pointed steel at one end is called the needle's eye

Answer 26

Needle

Question 27

Ball threads and skin threads are soft, shiny and loosely wound and are good for embroidery.

Answer 27

Thread

Question 28

Small pointed, and sharp.

Answer 28

Scissors

Question 29

A support frame made of two rounded pieces of rattan or yantok

Answer 29

Bastidor

Question 30

A pointed metal, bamboo or wood which is used to bore a hole into the cloth and produces an eyelet design once it is embroidered

Answer 30

Stiletto

Question 31

These are clothes which are good for embroidery.

Answer 31

Cloth materials

Question 32

5 Colors for embroidery design.

Answer 32

Monochromatic, Analogous, Complimentary, Split Complimentary, Triad.