Hi! I’m Pedro. Welcome to this course! We’re excited for you to be sewing very soon! When you come to class, we want you to get started as soon as you can.

In this lesson, we’ll review the common parts and what they do. Let’s get started.

For safety, know where the power switch is on your machine. 
Keep the power OFF until you are ready to sew. 

The tension management area of the machine ensures your stitches are even, and don’t pucker or loop and tangle. You’ll need to learn how to wind the thread through this area correctly. 

The take-up lever pulls thread from the spool for each stitch, and “takes up” the slack snugly from the stitch that is made in preparation for the next stitch. 
 
The hand wheel allows you manually raise or lower the needle when needed. It’s a good choice when you want to be very precise with placing the needle at the start of stitching. 

Always turn the wheel toward you (forward). 

The bobbin winder is how you fill a ‘bobbin’ or small spool, with thread. 
Click on the movie icon to see the bobbin winder in action.
The foot pedal is a common way to run the machine and control your sewing speed. It acts like the accelerator pedal of a car. 

The bobbin holder is where the filled bobbin is placed in the bed of the machine. It manages the lower thread. 
Click on the movie icon to see how the bobbin is loaded into the bobbin holder.

The needle is located on the bottom of the arm of the sewing machine. It has a hole near the point to hold the top thread. The needle carries the thread through the fabric so that the top thread can interlock with the bottom thread to sew each stitch.

The feed dog moves the fabric along as each stitch is made. It looks like a tiny saw blade that marches back and forth moving the fabric along. It creates the precise distance between each stitch.

The presser foot holds the fabric in contact with the feed dogs on the sewing bed as you steer the fabric and sew. 

 

 

Good work! Now let’s see what you remember about the parts of the sewing machine. 
Read each question, then click on your choice. Click Next to begin.

This part acts like the accelerator pedal in a car.

Where will you place the empty bobbin to fill it with thread?
Click on your choice.

When ready to sew, you may want to manually lower the needle into your first stitch using the hand wheel. Click on the hand wheel.

To control the top thread so that it has just the right amount of tension, we use tension management. Click on this location.

For safety, turn the machine off until you are ready to sew. Click on the power switch.

This part pulls the thread off the spool and tightens each stitch as you sew. Click on the part.

This is the location where the stitches are made in the fabric. 

Congratulations!
 
You have successfully completed the Sewing Machine Parts Lesson