Across
- 3. A long slender tool with a pointed tip at one end and a hole or eye at the other
- 7. The area under the slide plate that holds the bobbin
- 8. Part of the thread system of the sewing machine located directly above the presser foot. It lifts the thread back up out of the cloth after a stitch has been made
- 9. Moving this makes the take-up lever and needle go up and down
- 10. Regulates the amount of tension on your thread as it travels through the machine
- 12. Place at top of machine that holds thread spools in place; is the first step of the thread being evenly threaded through the machine
- 13. Dial used to control the length of the stitches
- 14. The footplate of a sewing machine that holds the fabric down onto the part that feeds it under the needle
Down
- 1. Lever or button that, when pressed, allows machine to stitch backwards
- 2. A small spool on which thread is wound
- 4. Set of discs on top of machine which thread goes through that are necessary for bobbin thread to wind correctly
- 5. Is located at the top of the machine and holds bobbin while thread is wound on it
- 6. Metal hooks and loops used to guide the upper thread through the machine as the machine is threaded helping the thread to feed smoothly through the machine
- 11. Dial used to select the type of pattern or stitch needed