What is a needle plate on a sewing machine?

Answer 1

the throat plate covers the opening to the shuttle and shuttle basket. it is also a seam gauge.

Answer 2

A metal plate beneath a sewing machine's needle and presser foot. The throat plate has an opening for the needle to pass through as it stitches and an opening for the feed dogs to emerge from below and help move the fabric forward during sewing.

The throat plate is usally marked with closely spaced, grooved lines to the right of the presser foot that serve as guidelines for seam allowances of varying width.

Throat plates can be removed in order to clean beneath them. Some throat plates must be removed in order to access the machine's bobbin.

Answer 3

The needle plate is also called a throat plate. It's a metal plate beneath a sewing machine's needle and presser foot, and has an opening for the needle to pass through as it stitches and an opening for the feed dogs to help move the fabric forward during sewing.

The throat plate is usually marked with grooved lines to the right (and/or left) of the presser foot, which serve as guidelines for seam allowances of varying width.

Answer 4

Numbers are marked for cloth adjustment or stich measurement

Answer 5

Has holes or sloth for the needle to pass through it moves up and down to stitch the

Answer 6

to supports the head