Garment Construction (I)

Paper Code: 
FSD 234
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To incorporate the basic sewing techniques

To impart skills in sample making & garment construction

 

Unit I: 
Course content:
  • Introduction to sewing machine                                                10 hrs
  • Various parts of machine and their function
  • Common problem and their solution
  • Introduction to sewing equipments
  • Operating the sewing machine        

                                           

  • Preparing samples for the following:                                     30 hrs             
  • Basic stitches: Basting, Tacking and Hemming
  • Seams and Seams Finishes: Plain Seam, French Seam, Top Seam, Run and Fell- by Hand & Machine
  • Fullness: Darts: Pleats, Tucks, Gathers and Frills
  • Plackets: Even hem Placket and Continuous Wrap Placket
  • Neck Line Finishing: Bias Binding and Shaped Facing
  • Sleeves: Plain sleeve, Puff sleeve, Magyar sleeve
  • Collars: Peter pan, Convertible, Stand collar
  • Yokes : Shaped, Round, V

 

  • Drafting, Adaptation and Construction of                                           50 hrs
    • Child frock: A-line frock, Umbrella /Gathered
    •  Top

 

 

Essential Readings: 

1. Jindal, Ritu, Handbook of Fashion Designing, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, 2005.

2. Thomas, Anna, Jacob, The Art of sewing, UBSPD Publishers distributors Ltd., New Delhi,    1993.

                

References: 
  1. Readers Digest Complete guide to Sewing, Readers Digest, Association, New York.
  2. Strikeland, Gertuole., A Tailoring Manual, Mac Millan Company, New York.
  3. Kallal, Mary, Jo, Clothing Construction, Mac Millan Press Ltd., London, 1985.
  4. Armstrong, Pattern Making for Fashion Design, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1995.

 

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