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FCSI- Unit 10
Study guide for Unit 10- Ms. Ray
Question | Answer |
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What are the five steps of clothing care? | Read, Sort, Pre-treat stains, Wash, & Dry |
Sort laundry according to: | Color, Fabric, Degree of soiling |
What can cause stains to become permanent? | Heat and age |
Name important things to consider when drying clothing | Type of fabric, heat setting, amount of time needed to dry, take clothes out immediately after drying, fold, hang up and put away. |
What information is found on a care label? | Washing instructions, temperature and cycle speeds, bleaching instructions, drying instructions, and ironing instructions |
What type of detergent is recommended for hard water conditions? | Granular detergents |
What type of detergent is best for cleaning greasy, oily stains | Liquid detergent |
What type of bleach is best for washable colored clothes? | Color-safe bleach |
Two types of bleach | Household liquid bleach and color safe bleach |
What does over drying do to clothes | Shrinks and causes wrinkling |
What is the best way to treat UNKNOWN stains | Soak in cold water for 20 minutes, pre-treat and launder with detergent and hottest water possible for fabric |
How can you eliminate dinginess and poor cleaning? | Proper sorting, pre-treating stains, use enough detergent, hot enough water suitable for fabric, proper water setting, loosely load washer, and use bleach. |
Holds your thread as you sew | Spool pin |
Holds thread and is under the needle plate, forms bottom thread when stitching. | Bobbin |
Clear plate that covers the bobbin, should be closed when stitching | Slide plate |
Protects fingers from needle. | Finger Guard |
Moves up and down to create stitches. | Needle |
Used this to manually raise and lower the needle from the fabric | Balance wheel or Hand Wheel |
Raised and lowered by using the lever on the back of the machine. When down, holds fabric in place for sewing. | Pressure foot lifter |
Used to sew backwards. Used to lock stitches at the start and end of seams. | Reverse stitch |
Guides thread from spool to needle. | Upper thread guide |
Moves up and down with the needle bar as you sew. | Thread take up lever |
Moves fabric forward when sewing. | Feed dog |
Metal plate beneath the needle and presser foot. Contains markings to aid in stitch placement | Needle Plate |
Why is it important to read a clothing label? | To help you properly care for your garment. |
What information is not on a clothing label? | How long the garment will last. |
Which action should you avoid when hand washing a garment? | Wring excess water out of garment by twisting it. |