Being a fashion designer, it is essential for us to learn about different kind of fashion glossary term, and I already researched a bunch of clothing glossary in the first semester, so if you are interested in what I had done before, you can have a check on this blog post Fashion Glossary. Considering the 3D design for this project, I decided to focus on another important glossary term: the sewing machine components and also some technique vocabs, hope it helps me to be more prepared in the fashion industry.
Sewing machines can be constructed in a variety of brands, so they all made with a different function, offer with different features and aspects, some are made for lightweight jobs while others are constructed for quilting. For this project, I am going to use a sewing machine made for domestic purposes which the brand called "Brother", so basically it won’t be as tough and powerful as a commercial-grade sewing machine but the basic accessories and solid anatomy will not be changed as this machine model. In addition, using a sewing machine made for domestic purposes, all of their settings are changed manually, which mean every time I want to change the stitches, I also have to adjust the length and width manually.
The components of Brother sewing machines:
Reverse levers for backstitching/ Stitch length dials/ Balance wheels/ Spool pins/ Needle lights/ Pushbutton motor switches/ Needle bars/ Aluminium and industrial-grade bobbins/ Bobbin cases/ Bobbin winders/ Feed dogs/ Needle plates/ Pitman rods/ Armrests and drawers for storage/ Slide plates/ Belts/ Tension screws/ Presser's feet
Here will be listed some common components that we have to know:
The stitch selector allows switching between stitch styles
The most commonly used stitches in a garment: straight stitch/ zigzag stitch
/buttonhole.
Presser foot can keep the fabric in place when we are sewing.
The reverse stitch button allows to stitch in back work, usually used at the beginning and end of each row of stitching secures the stitches.
The length and width selector is able to change the width and length of each stitch when we are using a computerized model.
A tension-control dial can help to controls the tension on the top thread. The stitch will break when it is too tight while the stitches will not hold if the set is too loose
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Excellent post, well done, informative and full of good detail.
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