DRESSMAKING 2

• This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes in the performance of Dressmaking tasks.
• Lessons in Module 2

  • Lesson 1 - Different Types of Fabrics Used in Sleeping Garments
  • Lesson 2 - Different Types of Sleeping Garments
• After going through this lesson 1 and 2, you are expected to:

  • Describe the characteristics of each type of fabric suited for sleeping garments
  • Correctly name and distinguish each type of fabric
  • Identify the different types of sleeping garments
  • Explain the factors to consider in choosing a sleeping garment
  • Make their own swatches from the fabrics or clothes that are available at home
  • Create an insight wearing a pre-loved sleeping garment
• What I Know

  1. Get three (3) different kinds of clothes that are available at your home, examine the fabric used and list down the things that you will notice

  2. Texture

  3. Color

  4. Weight

  5. Design
• Fabric is an essential part of life.
• Clothing according to the latest trend with a perfect color combination and the appropriate fabric is very significant. It is the appropriate fabric that provides a unique definition of the outfit.
• Fabric is the most important part of the outfit. A wrong choice of fabrics means the wrong outfit. The creation of an outfit begins with the designing of the best fabric for the outfit.
• This good quality of the fabric is important because it makes wearing an outfit a pleasant experience most especially when we are talking about sleeping garments that should provide us comfort while sleeping.
• Fabric


  Cloth made of fibers
• Fibers


  Hair-like strands that are used to make yarn or thread used to make fabric
• Types of Fabrics

  • Natural Fibers
  • Synthetic or Manmade Fibers
• Natural Fibers - Plant Fibers

  • Cotton - The world's most popular fabric, cool to wear, easy to wash and sew, versatile, durable, comfortable, inexpensive but shrinks and wrinkles easily
  • Linen - Very strong, cool to wear, usually more expensive than cotton, easily wrinkled unless a special finish is applied, known as the King of all-fiber, the oldest fiber used by the Egyptians thousands of years ago
• Natural Fibers - Animal Fibers

  • Silk - Collected from the cocoon of silkworms, strong and luxurious fabric with natural luster, moderately resilient and resists wrinkling
  • Wool - Made from the sleets of sheep, outerwear medium-weight clothing, springs back into shape, requires little pressing, with great versatility in fabric
• Synthetic or Manmade Fibers

  • Rayon - Light and medium-weight clothing, soft, cheap, and comfortable fabric, absorbent, lacks resilience, wrinkles easily, not easy to sew as plain cotton
  • Polyester - Wash and wear clothing, often in combination with other fibers, especially cotton, strong and durable synthetic fabric, dries quickly, with sharp pleat and crease retention
  • Nylon - Women's stockings were the first commercial use, it was first developed as a substitute for imported silk, with exceptional strength, excellent elasticity, retains shape, woven fabrics feel uncomfortable in contact with skin
• The Sleeping garment is also known as Sleepwear, Nightdress, Nightwear, or Nightclothes it is a piece of clothes worn at night. It is something we put on at bedtime to keep warm and comfortable while sleeping.
• Things to consider in choosing sleeping garments


  • Type of fabric used in the sleeping garment
  • The temperature of your bedroom
  • The durability of the seams
  • Your likes and needs
• Different Types of Sleeping Garments

  • Pajamas - Loose-fitting two-piece garments for men, women, and children, usually made of cotton, satin, silk fabric and synthetic materials
  • Nightshirt - Generally worn by men, women, and children, a kind of shirt much longer than the regular, loose-fitting shirt below the knee, commonly made up of cotton fabric
  • Nightgown - Loose hanging nightwear for women, usually made from cotton, satin, and silk
  • Adult jumpsuit or Footed Pajama - Loose-fitting casual jumpsuit or all-in-one footed sleepwear, generally worn by men and women, usually made of cotton
  • Robe sets - Ideally used after a shower, usually sold with combining nightgown, negligee, or dressing gown, made of chiffon, silk, and cotton fabric
• Other types of sleeping garments like short sets, capri sets, t-shirts, gym shorts and underwear are commonly worn for sleeping. Also, sleeping without clothing is unusual.
• When analysing markets, a range of assumptions are made about the rationality of economic agents involved in the transactions
• The Wealth of Nations was written

  1776
• Rational


  (in classical economic theory) economic agents are able to consider the outcome of their choices and recognise the net benefits of each one
• Consumers act rationally by

  Maximising their utility
• Producers act rationally by

  Selling goods/services in a way that maximises their profits
• Workers act rationally by


  Balancing welfare at work with consideration of both pay and benefits
• Governments act rationally by

  Placing the interests of the people they serve first in order to maximise their welfare
• Rationality in classical economic theory is a flawed assumption as people usually don't act rationally
• Marginal utility


  The additional utility (satisfaction) gained from the consumption of an additional product
• If you add up marginal utility for each unit you get total utility