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 “Zig Zag” 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. Can be very HOT and cause BURNS
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. Uses electricity and INJURIES can occur
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