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Livelihood Education
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TLE – Grade 7
Quarter 4 – Module 4: Parts and Functions of Manual Lock Stitch Sewing
Machine
First Edition, 2020

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 Technology and
Livelihood Education
(Dressmaking/ Tailoring)
7
Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module 4
Parts and Functions of Manual
Lock Stitch Sewing Machine
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Dressmaking/Tailoring Grade 7 Self-Learning Module on

Parts and Functions of Manual Lock Stitch Sewing Machine!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Dressmaking/Tailoring 7 Self-Learning Module on Parts and

Functions of Manual Lock Stitch Sewing Machine.

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.

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 EXPECTATIONS

The students are expected to:

1. point out the parts of manual lock stitch sewing machine:

2. give their functions; and
3. value the importance of sewing machine.

PRETEST

Let us determine how much you already know about the manual lock
stitch sewing machine’s parts and functions. Take this test.

Direction: Read each item carefully and choose the letter of the best answer from
the choices below. Write your answer in your notebook

1. A part of manual lock stitch sewing machine that holds the thread is called
a. needle clamp c. spool pin
b. presser foot d. tension

2. This is a part of manual lock stitch sewing machine that maintains thread in
position
a. balance wheel c. thread guide
b. bobbin winder d. thread take up lever

3. What do you call to this part of the sewing machine which is used to shift the
fabric as it stitches?
a. belt c. stitch regulator
b. feed dog d. tension

4. It is a curve part of sewing machine which contains the needle operating

mechanism. It is known as
a. arm c. slide plate
b. needle bar d. throat plate

5. It is a slender device attached to the sewing needle brace used for sewing
a. needle bar c. needle
b. needle clamp d. presser foot

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 RECAP

1. What are the different types of sewing machines?

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

2. Can you give their uses?

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

LESSON 4: Parts and Functions

of Manual Lock stitch Sewing
Machine

Parts of Manual Lock stitch Sewing Machine

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Head- is the complete sewing machine with no cabinet or stand.

1. Spool pin- the one that holds the thread.
2. Thread guide- maintains thread position.
3. Thread Take up Lever- releases bobbin thread and interlocks it.
4. Presser bar lifter- moves the presser foot.
5. Tension- controls thread looseness and tightness.
6. Thread guide 2- maintains thread position.
7. Needle clamp- holds the needle and tights it
8. Hook- is placed beside the needle clamp where the thread pass through.
9. Feed dog- shift the fabric as it stitches.
10. Presser foot- keeps the fabric in place when sewing.

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11. Needle- is a slender device attached to the sewing needle brace.
12. Slide plate- is a movable shuttle and bobbin case board.
13. Balance wheel- sets up the system.
14. Stitch regulator- checks the thread length.
15. Bobbin winder- controls the coil whilst the thread is winding.
16. Arm- is the curve part which contains the needle operating mechanism.
Other parts of Manual Lock stitch Sewing Machine

THROAT PLATE BOBBIN & BOBBIN CASE SHUTTLE BELT

Other parts of Manual Lock Stitch Sewing Machine and their Functions
17. Throat plate- is the feed dog's windows.
18. Bobbin- is a spool of metal for winding thread.
19. Bobbin case- holds the bobbin
20. Shuttle- holds bobbin case as you knit.
21. Belt- connects the balance wheel and the band wheel.

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Cabinet – Holds the system head by interlocking the hinges with a bolt. It has
head mounting drawers and screw on the hinges.
Stand- Holds workplace. It consists of the following parts:
1. Band wheel- The balance wheel leads via the belt link.
2. Band wheel crank- shift the wheel
3. Pitman rod- Holds band drum crank treadle.
4. Belt guide- Holds its location in the belt
5. Belt shifter- Removes the tire loop.

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 ACTIVITIES

After learning the parts of sewing machine, let us see if you can answer the given
activities.
Activity 1: Word Search. Below are the different parts of sewing machine. Locate the
given words in the grid, running in different directions: horizontally, vertically or
diagonally.

T R I N E E D L E C L A M P B
T H R O A T P L A T E S G R O
S T I T C E R E G U L A T O B
R A T H R E A D G U I D E N B
C S E W I S G B O X T S N C I
K L S Q U I R M L I H T S H N
C A B I N E T A P E R A I C T
P R E S S E R F O O T N O U I
F R O P I P I N C U S D N R C
S T I T C H R E G U L A T O R
V M S P O O L P I N U R E E P

Activity 2 : Identification
Identify the lower parts of the manual lockstitch sewing machine. Write your answers
in your notebook

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 WRAP-UP

In this lesson, I’ve learned that there are different parts of sewing machine
and these are: __________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________.
These parts of sewing machine have their own uses and these are: ________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________.

VALUING

Knowing the different parts of sewing machine and how to use them is
important because ______________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________.

POSTTEST

Directions: Identification. Identify the parts of the manual lockstitch sewing

machine. Write your answer in your notebook.

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Activity 2 2.
Activity 1 1.
1. Arm-is the curve part which contains
the needle operating mechanism.
2. Spool pin- the one that holds the thread
3. Thread guide- maintains thread position
4. Thread Take up Lever- releases bobbin thread
and interlocks it.
5. Presser bar lifter- moves the presser foot.
6. Tension- Controls thread looseness and tightness
7. .Needle bar-the one keeps the needle in place. 1. C 4. A
8. Needle clamp- Holds the needle and tights it 2. C 5. C
9. Presser foot- keeps the fabric in place when sewing.
10. Needle- is a slender device attached to the sewing
3. B.
needle brace.
Recap: Parts of Manual Lock stitch Sewing Machine and their uses are: Pre test.
KEY TO CORRECTION
Post test
balance wheel 10.
bobbin winder 9.
stitch regulator 8.
needle clamp 7.
slide plate 6.
Presser foot 5.
needle 4.
Presser bar lifter 3.
Thread take up lever 2.
Spool pin 1.

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