GARMENT CONSTRUCTION

Paper Code: 
DHSC 511(C)
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

 Course Objectives (COs):

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Understand the concept of pattern making, preparation of fabric for cutting and sewing.
  2. Knowledge about the working process in apparel industry
  3. Understanding of garment components and their application in garment
  4. Knowledge of various seams and seam finishes and their importance in garment

Course Outcomes (COs):

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

  
 

The students will be able to –

 

CO238:Identify various pattern making tool and equipment’s and their uses in the garment making

CO239:Explain various preparatory steps for garment construction 

CO240:Develop understanding for seams and finishing of raw edges

CO241:Differentiate different garment components and their construction and application

CO242:Evaluate good fit and able to find remedy for common fitting problems

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, presentation, Giving tasks

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation

 

  

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to Pattern Making: Tools, Terms and Techniques

 

  • Importance of taking body measurements
  • Importance of patterns and pattern information
  • Methods of pattern making
  • Rules of pattern making
  • Principles of pattern making
12.00
Unit II: 
Preparatory Steps for Garment Construction

 

  • Fabric grain
  • Preparatory steps- preshrinking, straightening and truing
  • Layouts for patterns- general guidelines, basic layouts- lengthwise, partial lengthwise, crosswise, double fold, open, combination fold
  • Pinning, marking and cutting
  • Layouts for fabrics- Unidirectional, bold and large prints, plaids, stripes and checks, various widths of fabrics
12.00
Unit III: 
Seams and Finishing of Raw Edges
  • Types of seams- Plain and its finishing, flat, ridge, decorative
  • Additional seam techniques: clipping, notching, grading, trimming, easing, under stitching, stay stitching, trimming a corner
  • Crossway strips-importance and applications, Finishing of hemlines

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Study of Garment Components: Application and Construction

 

  • Classification and application of Apparel fabrics, shaping devices, underlying fabrics (Underlining, interfacing, Interlinings & Linings), Pockets, neckline treatment, Sleeve treatments, Waist treatments, closures, Plackets, Sleeve treatment, Trimmings & fit.
  • Standard for evaluating the components of a garment.
12.00
Unit V: 
Garment Fitting

 

  • Definition, fitting room, criteria for judging fit in a basic garment
  • Factors affecting fit
  • ·Common fitting problems and their remedies for fitting defects.
  • Fit: Fitting area, fitting guidelines, fitting procedure
Essential Readings: 

 

  • Armstrong, J., (2004) Draping for Fashion Design, Fairchild Publication, New York.
  • Kallal, Mary Jo, (1985) Clothing Construction, Mc Millan Publishing Company, New York.
  • Penelope, Cream. (1996) The Complete Book of Sewing - A Practical Step by Step Guide to Sewing Techniques, ADK Publishing Book, New York.
  • Reader’s, Digest., (1997) Complete Guide to Sewing, The Reader’s Digest Associations (Canada) Ltd. Montreal, Pleasantville, New York.
  • Relis, Nurie& Jaffe, Hilde. (1993) Draping for Fashion Design, Prentice Hall, Carerr and Technology, New Jersy.
References: 
  •   Liechty Rasband Pottbarg & Steineckert (2016), Fitting and Pattern Alteration: A Multi-Method Approach to the Art of Style Selection, Fitting, and Alteration 3rd Edition.
  • Jacob, Thomas Anna., (1995) The Art of Sewing UBSP Publishers Distributors Ltd. 

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Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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