Assembly

When a template has been made, smooth the material and place the templates onto the fabric, then pin at matching notches, corners and straight sections to prevent the templates from moving.

The industry uses mass cutting got be done by machines, but when hand cutting remember t be precise.

When sewing fabrics together join the fabrics by the seams and try to make them secure, neat and discreet, by tacking the material before seaming it can make a more accurate result.

There are many different seams such as open, closed, French or flat. The most widely used seam is a flat or plain seam, as its discreet but not highly durable.

Hems and edges finished are for tidying up unfinished or raw edges. Usually a rolled up hem is widely used, by folding the material over inwards. For women’s clothes especially making a garment can mean altering a fit. This can be done by; tucks or pleats, gathering or darts. All of these of course can add great design features.

 

By Abigail Stephenson
Photographs provided by fashion Capital.

For other articles in the learning about textiles technology, click below:

Part one: what are textiles?
Part two: The inspiration behind the ideas of design
Part three: drawing and modelling
Part four: planning
Part five: influences on design
Part six: fibres
Part seven: construction
Part eight: properties of fabrics
Part nine: care of fabrics
Part ten: components
Part eleven: disassembly
Part twelve: application of colour
Part thirteen: measuring and marketing
Part fourteen: assembly
Part fifteen: industrial production techniques
Part sixteen: systems in production
Part seventeen: aesthetics and ergonomics
Part eighteen: evaluation and quality
Part nineteen: marketing