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The craft or art of sewing a beautiful dress from fabric.

DRESSMAKING

kind of machinery that is employed to stitch fabric or other material together with a thread.

SEWING MACHINE

classification of tools used for transferring pattern markings to garment fabric pieces and for making alterations on garments.

MARKING TOOLS

used for obtaining quantities, dimensions, or forces of real-world object.

MEASURING TOOLS

parts of the sewer’s tool kit.

PINNING AND SEWING TOOLS

a cloth used in making garments.

FABRIC

used in assembling or constructing the parts of the garment.

THREAD

a flexible tape essential for taking body measurement.

TAPE MEASURE

a small hard pitted cup worn for protection on the finger that pushes the needle in the sewing.

THIMBLE

a measuring tool used to shape the depth of the neck hole and the arm hole of the pattern.

FRENCH CURVE

a very useful tool in measuring straight seamlines and general measuring purposes.

RULER

an appropriate cutting tool used for cutting fabrics.

DRESSMAKERS BENT HANDLED SHEARS

measures how far your seam is from the edge of the fabric.

SEWING OR SEAM GAUGE

a proper tool used to make an outline pattern pieces and brush off the markings at the later time.

TAILORS CHALK

a kind of paper used for marking fabrics.

DRESSMAKER’S CARBON PAPER

a tool used to take out unwanted stitches.

SEAM RIPPER

a small scissor used for nipping excess thread and parts of the fabric that have frayed or unraveled and are easy to keep close to your sewing machine for quick access to trim the end of each seam.

THREAD CLIPPER

a scissor that has a saw-toothed and produced a zigzag pattern instead of a straight edge.

PINKING SHEARS

a tool that is meant to keep the fabric in place while cutting or sewing.

PIN

– store pins or needles and keep them organized to avoid injury.

PIN CUSHION

– used to finish the raw edges of the fabric to prevent fraying.

OVER-EDGING MACHINE

– used in home and sometimes in school. Also called as domestic Sewing Machine.

LOCKSTITCH SEWING MACHINE

– also called as straight stitching machine or industrial sewing machine.

HI-SPEED LOCKSTITCH SEWING MACHINE

– making fancy stitches and different kinds of embroidery stitches on fabrics.

EMBROIDERY MACHINE

– used in making buttonholes on garments.

BUTTON HOLER MACHINE

– used in attaching button to the garments.

BUTTON ATTATCHMENT MACHINE

– used in reinforcing the opening and closing of pockets.

BAR TACKING MACHINE

– used to keep the small size yarn bundle or thread.

SPOOL PIN

– remains the thread in a fixed position.

THREAD GUIDE

– make the sewing machine go and controls the speed.

FOOT PEDAL

– part of the machine that holds the fabric in place.

PRESSER FOOT

– part of the sewing machine that raises and lowers the presser foot to insert or remove fabric.

PRESSER FOOT LIFTER

– part of the sewing machine that you have to change to adjust the length of the stitches.

STITCH REGULATOR

– part of the sewing machine that raises and lowers the needle to place it where yu want it.

BALANCE OR HAND WHEEL

– turns the power on and off of the sewing machine.

POWER SWITCH

- a kind of wheel found below the upper mechanism that leads the balance wheel through the belt connection.

BAND WHEEL

– part of the sewing machine that should be carefully avoided when oiling.

RUBBER RING

YARD STICK =

36 inches

1 inch =

2.54 centimeters

1 yard =

36 inches

1 yard =

0.9144 meter

HOW TO THREAD A BOBBIN?

Start with an empty bobbin and a spool of thread.

Begin passing thread into the bobbin winder.

Secure the thread.

Insert the bobbin onto the bobbin winder shaft.

Secure the bobbin.

Begin winding.

Confirm that your bobbin is tightly wound.

Load your wound bobbin into its case.

– when the garment is applied with an accurate measurement. To have a goof fit, measure the following;

GOOD FITTING

Waist

Hips

Desired length

– measurement taken from the top figure of the body going down to the bottom figure of the body.

VERTICAL MEASUREMENT

– measurement taken from the left figure to the right figure of the body.

HORIZONTAL MEASUREMENT

– measurement taken around the body.

CIRCUFERENTIAL MEASUREMENT

– used to insert inside the tape measure while measuring around the waistline in order to provide ease allowance on waist.

2 FINGERS

– sitting on a hard surface and measure the distance from waist over the hip to the flat surface.

BETWEEN LEGS & JOINED THE TORSO OR CROTCH

measured from the back of the neck down to the waistline.

FIGURE BACK

– measured when you start across the back of the neck from socket of one shoulder to socket of the other shoulder.

SHOULDER TO SHOULDER

– is a guideline that artists use to create and organize art.

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN

– color combination that uses only one color but of different values and intensity.

MONOCHROMATIC

– created by gradual change of lines, shapes or shade of the color.

GRADATION

– a chart representing the relationship between colors.

COLOR WHEEL

– color that is associated with fear.

BLACK

– it is similar to back stitch but is slanted.

OUTLINE STITCH

– put your needle in ¼ inch from the edge of the fabric, put the thread under the point of the needle and pull through.

BLANKET STITCH

– keep it dusted and lubricated at least once a week.

MAINTAIN SEWING MACHINE

– a cleaning material that maintains moving parts of the sewing machine in smooth operation.

LUBRICANT

– a potential source of any harm or adverse effect to anyone.

HAZARD

- the first thing to do if someone is injured at work.

GET FIRST AID

- a set of systematic plans and actions prevents any work-related accidents and illnesses.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROCEDURE