Garment Construction (I)

Paper Code: 
FSD 234
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
10.00

• Introduction to sewing machine
o Various parts of machine and their function
o Common problem and their solution
o Introduction to sewing equipments
o Operating the sewing machine

30.00

• Preparing samples for the following:

o Basic stitches: Basting, Tacking and Hemming
o Seams and Seams Finishes: Plain Seam, French Seam, Lapped Seam,
Run and Fell- by Hand & Machine
o Fullness: Darts: Pleats, Tucks, Gathers and Frills
o Plackets: Even hem Placket and Continuous Wrap Placket
o Neck Line Finishing: Bias Binding and Shaped Facing

50.00

• Drafting, Adaptation and Construction of

o Child frock: A-line frock, Umbrella /Gathered
o 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.
5. Holman, Pattern Cutting Made Easy. A Step by Step Introduction, On Book Service, 2005

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