CLOTHING CONSTRUCTION (PRACTICAL)

Paper Code: 
CFSD 204
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

      1. To incorporate the basic stitching techniques.

      2. To impart skill in sample making for apparels.

 

Unit I: 
Course Content:

Sewing Machines:                                         05 hrs

  • Tools & equipment required for cutting & stitching                                      
  • Sewing machine and their special attachment
  • Main parts & functions of sewing machine
  • Care & Maintenance of sewing machine

 

Sample Making of the following basic hand stitches:                        15 hrs

  • Temporary Stitches: Basting- Even & Uneven, Diagonal, Slip and Pin basting
  • Permanent: Running, Hemming, Backstitch, Whipping and Button hole

 

Machine Stitching:                                                                                                             25 hrs

  • Seams:   Topstitch seam, Counter, Lapped seam, Run n fell seam and French seam
  • Finishes:  Edge stitched, Overcast and Bound  seam

 

Disposal of fullness:                                   30 hrs

  • Pleats- Knife, Inverted, Accordion and Box pleats
  • Darts- Half and Full dart
  • Tucks- Pin, Cross
  • Gathers- By Hand & Machine          
  • Placket-Continuous wrap placket, two piece placket and slit opening
  • Trimmings –Lace and Braid
  • Facing & Bindings
  • Pocket –Inseam pocket, Kurta pocket and Patch pocket
  • Fasteners –Buttons & button hole, Shirt buttons- with and without shank, Press buttons, Hooks & eye and Zipper & its variations

 

Product Development                           15 hrs

  • Preparations of two articles, one using hand sewing techniques and other with sewing machine technique

 

Essential Readings: 
  1. Reader’s, Digest, Complete Guide to Sewing, The Reader’s Digest Associations (Canada)  Ltd. Montreal,  Pleasantville, New York.
  2. Janace E. Bubonia. Apparel production terms and processes, Fairchild Books, New York 2012.
  3. Kallal, Mary Jo, Clothing Construction, Mc Millan Publishing Company, New   York 1985.
  4. Armstrong, Pearson, Pattern making for Fashion Design, Fair Child Publication, New York 1995. 
  5. Penelope, Cream., The Complete Book of Sewing - A Practical Step by Step Guide to Sewing. Techniques, ADK Publishing Book, New York , 1996.

 

References: 

 

1.      Jacob, Thomas Anna., The Art of Sewing UBSPD Publishers Distributors Ltd. New Delhi

2.      Holman, Gillian. Pattern Cutting Made Easy, BSP 1997.

Lewis, Comparative Clothing Construction Techniques, New Delhi ,Surjeet Publications

Academic Year: 
2017-18
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