Pinhole Quilting Foundation Virtual Classroom Assessment

Virtual Classroom Learning Check for Foundation Plus

Complete your answers to these questions to the best of your knowledge or review the information taught in the Virtual Classroom before finishing the test. This is a useful check for us in understanding the gaps in your knowledge.

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* 1. What are the differences between an R (Sharp), MR (crank shank) and a Ballpoint needle? Do you know when you would use each one?

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* 2. What needle size would you expect to use with a 100 weight thread? What other things could you do to reduce the chances of thread breakage?

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* 3. You do the bobbin drop test and the bobbin tension is too tight would you adjust the screw clockwise or anticlockwise?

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* 4. Why and when would you use a horizontal spool pin?

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* 5. How often should you oil your machine and where? Why is it important to oil the machine?

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* 6. Can you confidently start and stop stitching without creating nests or problems on the underside of the quilt?

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* 7. What adjustments to the machine would you make if the bobbin thread on the back of the quilt is laying flat?

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* 8. If you have a thread nest and the needle or quilt is jammed so you can't move it what would you do first to try and solve this?

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* 9. What machine speed setting would you use for ruler work and why? Would you have the needle stop up or down?

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* 10. How do you check if the quilt is the right tightness on a frame? And what is your full name.