TLE

• Lesson 2 Cookery
• Dressmaking


  The craft of sewing clothes and dresses
• Dressmaking


  • The art of sewing a beautiful dress from fabric
• Dressmaker/sewer


  A person who makes custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns
• Other terms for dressmaker


  • Mantua-maker
  • Modiste
  • Fabrician
• Tailor


  A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally, especially suits and men's clothing
• Sewing tools


  Instruments used to create or repair something
• Main categories of sewing tools


  • Measuring
  • Cutting
  • Marking
  • Sewing
  • Pinning
• Measuring tools


  • Used to accurately get the measurements
• Tape measure


  Flexible with metal ends, used for taking body measurements, units are inches and centimeters
• Yardstick or Meterstick


  Rigid tool used to take and mark long straight measurements
• Transparent ruler


  Ruler that the sewer can see through, fits the hand comfortably
• Seam gauge


  Six-inch metal marking ruler with a sliding marking, used to measure hems, buttonholes and pleats
• Hem marker


  • Human made measuring tool used to measure hem lines
• Hem


  • Skirt
• Tailor's square or L square


  Used to draw perpendicular lines, square corners and divide measurements
• Hip curve


  Used in shaping hips, skirt hemline and hip shape seam lines
• French curve


  Used to shape necklines, collars, armholes, and other modified designs
• Cutting tools


  • Used to remove excess or unnecessary fabric or pattern
• Dressmaker's shears


  1. 12 inches long, used to cut fabrics, heavy duty for cutting thick fabrics
• Pinking shears


  Used to create a zigzag edge, used for making creative edges or finishing seams and raw edges, not used for straight cuts
• Thread clipper


  Small pair of scissors with a spring, used for snipping thread
• Seam ripper


  Purposely created to rip off stitches due to alteration or errors
• Rotary cutter and mat


  Used to cut fabrics, not used without a mat as it will damage the cutting surface and not protect the blade
• Marking tools


  • Materials used to draw guiding lines or points to secure accuracy
• Tailor's chalk


  Either hard or soft, can be used for fabric or pattern paper, does not pulverize unlike ordinary chalk
• Tracing paper


  Similar to carbon paper, has ink on one side that enables the paper pattern to transfer its marking to fabric
• Tracing wheel


  Used to trace the markings from the paper pattern to the fabric using tracing paper, creates dotted imprints on the cloth
• Pinning tools


  • Used to secure the cloth in place or to attach it to the pattern perfectly
• Pins


  Made from fine steel, have a sharp point on one side and a head on the other end, used to temporarily hold or fold fabrics together
• Needles


  Similar to pins but have an eye instead of a head, used for hand stitches such as basting or buttonhole stitch
• Thimble


  Protective, small pitted cup worn on a finger during hand sewing
• Pin cushion


  Made from cushion cloth, holds both pins and needles when not in use, secures them to prevent accidents
• Emery bag


  Almost similar to a pincushion, but the filling is made from sand to remove rust and dullness from needles and pins
• Sewing materials


  • Consumable things used in dressmaking to create a sewn product
• Sewing materials


  • Fabric
  • Thread
• Fabric


  Cloth or other material produced by weaving or knitting fibers, used for creating garments
• Thread


  Long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving, used for assembling garments together, comes in different sizes and colors