Simple Decorative Stitches

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Subject: Home Economics

Class : Primary 3

Topic: Simple Decorative Stitches

Simple Decorative Stitches are made by making already threaded needle to make temporary or permanent attachments to clothing materials.

Some people make Simple Decorative Stitches by making use of machines. They are different types of machines that are made particularly for that purpose.

 

Decorative Stitches are examples of permanent stitches.They beautify our garments. They can also be used to mark clothes and other items so that they can be easily identified. They are worked on the edges or the body of an article or garment with coloured threads which are different from the colour of the article or garment.

 

Decorative Stitches include: stem, chain, blanket or loop, satin, herringbone , whip , over sewings, feather, x_stitches, y_stitches and French knot. They are also called embroidery stitches.

 

 

Evaluation questions

(1) What is decorative stitches?

 

(2.)List five examples of decorative stitches

 

(3) Why do we use decorative stitches?

 

(4) There are two types of stitches which are decorative stitches and ______ stitches

 

(5) ______ are made by making needle and thread to pass through cloth

 

(6) Stitches can be made by hand ____(a) True (b) false (c) I don’t know

 

(7) Stitches can be made by machine ____(a) True (b) false (c) I don’t know

 

List three examples of decorative stitches

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