TLE: DRESSMAKING

• DRESSMAKING

  refers to the craft of sewing clothes and dresses. It is the art of sewing a beautiful dress from fabric.
• Sewing equipment Is needed for sewing which aid in construction of garments of good quality and appearance. These are those which require the use of electricity such as the sewing machine.
• Dressmaker specializes in clothes for women including dresses and blouses, suits, evening wear, wedding and bridesmaids gowns, and sportswear,
• Tailor makes clothes for men, such as suits, jackets, and coats.
• Tailors and dressmakers can both perform simple alterations from adjusting hemlines in repairing a split seam on any garment that requires repair.
• Tailoring is the art of designing, fitting, fabricating, and finishing garments.
• word "tailor" comes from a French word - "TAILLER"
• TAILLER- meaning " to cut "
• The Latin word for tailor was "SARTOR" meaning someone who patches or mends garments.
• Today the word "tailor" generally refers to someone who creates custom men's clothing and perform some repairs.
• Sewing Tools Are instruments that aid in accomplishing a sewing task. These are those which don't require the use of electricity. These are used manually or by hand.
• Sewing Kit is a small package containing items, such as threads, pins, needles, and other items that use when you need to sew something.
• Measuring Tools Measuring tools are instruments used for obtaining quantities, dimension or forces of real world objects. They are also tools used to differentiate distances on particular materials or objects
• Tape Measure It is also known as tapeline. It is made of non- stretchable strip used in taking body measurements. It measures 150 centimeters in the front side and 60 inches on the other side.
• Sewing Gauge It is a small ruler with a sliding guide and is about six inches long, used to measure small hem areas and short distances like hem folds, pleats, seam allowance, buttonholes, and tucks.
• Ruler This is the most common measuring device usually 12 inches long. It is used for general marking. It aids in connecting lines.
• Yardstick It is used for general marking and for measuring fabric grainline when laying out the pattern. This is a one-meter long wooden stick and is used to measure fabric
• Cutting Tools Are cutting implements- tools for cutting. These are instruments that serve well if properly maintained. They should not be used for other household task They must be sharpened regularly and the joints are oiled occasionally for better use. In other words, they should be kept in good working order for periodic sharpening
• Sharp cutting tools make clean cuts and well-defined notches and they do not damage fabric. On the other hand.
• Dull tools slow the cutting process and make your hand and wrist tire easily.
• Shears These are for cutting fabric, paper and other materials.
• Cutting shears has blades that are straight and best for cutting fabrics usually 7-12 inches long.
• Pinking shears has a zigzag edge used to cut the edge of seam allowance of fabric. It is used also for cutting decorative materials.
• Scalloping shears is a tool that has scallop blades used to cut parts of garments with series of uniform scallops
• Trimming Scissors These are 3-4 inches long used for trimmings, clipping threads and snipping slashes.
• Buttonhole scissors These are intended for making buttonholes.
• Seam ripper This tool is intended for cutting off or ripping out stitches from seam either as a result of an error or during alterations.
• Embroidery scissors It is a sharp pointed scissors usually 4-5 inches long used in cutting fine delicate cloth and thread in embroidery work.
• Thread clipper It is a handy little spring loaded cutting tool that allows for the snipping of threads.