Sewing Machine And Garment Construction Process II JSS3 Home Economics Lesson Note

SEWING MACHINE FAULTS, CAUSES AND REMEDIES

 What is fullness?

Fullness in clothing construction means the provision of extra allowance in the garment. This fullness can be created on controlled using darts, tucks, gutter, and pleats.

TYPES OF FULLNESS

i. Darts: They are tapered folds of fabric and they are stitches on the wrong side of a good.

USES

1. They control fullness.
2. They turn fabric into shapes to fit the human figure.
3.  They help to give a good fitting and shape to the finished garment.

ii. Tucks: They are special stitched folds made in garments. The fold is formed on the right side of the garment.

USES OF TUCKS

1. To provide extra width
2.   To decorate a garment as a style feature.
3.   They can be used to hide a join in the fabric.

iii. Gathers: They are small, soft folds made in garments that are commonly used in children’s clothes, making lightweight skirts.

iv. Pleats: a fold of material designed to give extra width to garments. Pleats are used mainly on tailored skirts, dress skirts, and shirts giving fullness to wear.

OPENINGS

Openings are features in garments. They help us to put on and take off our clothes. There are different kinds of openings. They can also be used to decorate the garment.

TYPES OF OPENINGS

1. Continuous wrap opening: This is a short opening; it can be fastened with hook and eye, buttons and button holes, and press studs.
2.   Faced slit opening: It can be used for front or back neck openings, wrist cuff openings on long sleeves sit into a band.

FASTENINGS

Fastenings are devices on things attached to the openings.

TYPES

1. Zips
2.   Press studs
3.  Hooks and eye/bars
4. Buttons and loops
5.   Buttons and buttonhole
6. Eyelets and cards.