1. Welcome to Machine Sewing! Parts of the Sewing Machine Home & Careers 7 Mrs. Hayes Chatham Middle School

3. SEWING MACHINE PARTS: Needle stitch plate: plate under presser foot with stitch guide lines

4. Bobbin The bobbin is essentially a second spool of thread. A stitch is formed buy looping the bobbin thread and the needle thread together like this 

5. Feed Dog System: Feeds the fabric through the machine

6. Presser Foot: Raises and lowers, puts pressure on the fabric. Do so gently- no slamming! Presser foot lifter : raises and lowers the presser foot

7. Bobbin case: holds the bobbin Spool pin: holds thread in place

8. Upper thread tension: Guides the upper thread If not adjusted properly, stitching will appear uneven and puckered

9. Thread take-up lever : moves the thread through the upper thread tension discs

10. Foot pedal: controls the speed at which the fabric moves through the machine

11. Hand wheel: (which way do you turn it?) Turn it towards you. Allows you to manually move the needle up and down.

12. Sewing Machine Needles- The flat side of the machine needle goes which direction when being replaced? Towards the back of the machine

16. Label Parts of the Sewing Machine Find page 4 in Binder Use todays notes and classroom poster to label the parts of the sewing machine.