Sewing room, weaves of fabric and hand stitches

The fabric-processing room must be spacious, bright, dry, at 19–21 °C and aired from time to time; light falls on the workplace from the front or left. A first-aid box and the address of the nearest clinic hang in the room. Needles and pins are kept in a special container or pincushion, sewing is done with a thimble, and a broken needle piece is never thrown about. Scissors are kept in a special container and are passed handle first, tip not pointed at the person receiving. When working at the machine, hair is under a scarf, a running machine is not oiled and nothing is passed over it. Natural-fibre fabrics come from cotton, flax, wool and silk. Cotton takes up moisture and dries quickly, is unchanged by ironing at +150 °C, burns with a yellowish flame and smells of burning paper (this test is shown only by the teacher under safe conditions). Flax is harder than cotton, takes up moisture, conducts heat well and feels cold to the hand. Cotton fabrics are light, soft, breathable and crease fast; linen fabric is heavy, stiff and durable. Threads are numbered: the higher the number, the thinner the thread.