Sewing Equipment and Garment Construction
Home Economics · 50 practice questions
Sewing machine, basic tools and equipment - types, use and care; basic processes in garment construction (stitches, seams, edge finishes, crossway strips); style features (collars, yokes, pockets, frills, cuffs, belts); arrangement of fullness (darts, tucks, gathering, pleats, smocking, shirring); decorative design (embroidery, needlecraft, tatting, crocheting, knitting, applique, patchwork, soft furnishing); mending garments (patching, darning, renovation, batik/tie-and-dye); garment construction (figure types, body measurement, pattern drafting, choice of styles and fabric); wardrobe planning and maintenance; good grooming, dress sense and accessories.
- Identify the types, parts and faults of a sewing machine.
- Identify basic tools and equipment used in garment construction.
- Describe and apply the various processes in garment construction.
- Identify style features that enhance the beauty and quality of garments.
- Apply decorative designs on fabrics.
- Apply the knowledge of sewing to mend and renovate garments.
- Compare the processes of making batik/tie-and-dye, screen printing and resist dyeing.
- Relate body figures to the selection of styles and fabrics.
- Determine factors which affect the choice of clothing.
- Identify factors to consider in wardrobe planning.
- Describe good grooming, dress sense, accessories and colour harmony.
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- Practice question 1
A yoke, as a style feature, is mainly found
- A.at the shoulder or waist area of a garment for added structure
- B.at the very hem of a garment
- C.only on footwear, never on clothing
- D.exclusively on headwear
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A. at the shoulder or waist area of a garment for added structure
Yokes reinforce and shape garments at the shoulder or waist.
- Practice question 2
A pleat, as a way of arranging fullness, mainly involves
- A.removing fabric entirely from a garment
- B.gathering fabric with a drawstring only
- C.stitching two separate garments together
- D.folding fabric back on itself to create controlled fullness
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D. folding fabric back on itself to create controlled fullness
Pleats are structured folds that manage fabric fullness.
- Practice question 3
Batik, as a fabric decoration technique, mainly involves
- A.using wax to resist dye in certain areas of the fabric
- B.weaving coloured thread directly into fabric
- C.bleaching fabric to remove all colour
- D.printing patterns using only a computer
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A. using wax to resist dye in certain areas of the fabric
Wax-resist dyeing is the defining technique of batik.
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