Basic Sewing Skills

Paper Code:

BTX-105

Credits:

8

Contact Hours:

120.00

Max. Marks:

100.00

Objective:

To introduce sewing machine and tools to the students.

Students would be able to handle sewing machine and stitch creative surfaces.

· Hand stitching – Darning, basting & hemming 10 hrs

· Introduction to sewing tools and equipments 10 hrs

· Threading of sewing machine.

· Relation of needle, thread and fabric.

· Sewing problems- their causes and remedies

· Sewing machine control paper exercises 10 hrs

· Sewing on fabric- lines, curves, circles, squares etc. 10 hrs

· Tucks, gathers, shirring & pleats 20 hrs

· Introduction to fasteners and their application

· Edge finishes- piping, binding, band application, drawstrings, Tape finish (Curtains) 20 hrs

· Creative surface development using the techniques learnt. 20 hrs

· Sample development of a cushion and a table runner using the above mentioned techniques 20 hrs

Essential Readings:

1. Reader’s Digest., Complete guide of sewing & knitting - The Reader’s Digest Association Ltd. London

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

References:

1. The Art of Sewing by Reader’s Digest.

2. Cream, Penelope., The Complete Book of Sewing - A Practical Step by Step Guide to Sewing Techniques, ADK Publishing Book, New York 1996.

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