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Junior Cycle Home Economics: Sewing skills & equipment

How often Sewing skills & equipment comes up on the Home Economics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Sewing skills & equipment, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Sewing skills & equipment.

(a)Which hand stitch holds fabric together temporarily before machine sewing?
  1. Backstitch
  2. Tacking
  3. Chain stitch
(b)Which hand stitch is strong and looks like machine stitching on the right side?
  1. French knot
  2. Tacking
  3. Backstitch
(c)Which of these neatens a raw seam edge to stop it fraying?
  1. Zig-zag stitch along the edge
  2. Cutting the edge with paper scissors
  3. Tacking stitch along the edge
Show the answers

(a) Tacking

(b) Backstitch

(c) Zig-zag stitch along the edge

Your turn: Common Level questions on Sewing skills & equipment.

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026A5
2025A8, B13c
2024B11d, B13d
2023A5, B13d
2022B13d

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Sewing skills & equipment questions

Sewing skills & equipment, 3 marks

The top thread keeps breaking while machine sewing. What is a likely cause?

  1. The fabric was ironed before sewing started
  2. The machine's light is off
  3. The machine is threaded wrongly
Show the answer

The machine is threaded wrongly

Top thread breaks are usually caused by wrong threading, tension set too tight, a bent or blunt needle or poor thread. Rethread with the presser foot raised.

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