Ladies Garment Making

course outline

Topics

• Ladies Garment Construction and Finishing

  This module covers the construction and finishing of ladies' garments, encompassing a wide range of skills from safety and tool usage to pattern drafting and garment assembly.

• Safety Regulations in a Garment Making Workshop

  Defines first aid and outlines safety precautions for a garment workshop, including the use of fire extinguishers.

• Tools and Equipment

  Covers the description, classification, and maintenance of tools and equipment used in garment factories, including sewing machines, needles, and threads.

• Stripped Checked and Plaids Fabrics

  Identifies and explains the importance of matching striped, plaid, and checked fabrics, as well as one-faced cloth used in garment making.

• Measurements In Garment Production

  Covers taking body measurements, understanding proportionate figures and figure types, and using working scales for measurements.

• Block Pattern Drafting and Draping

  Details the measurements required for patterns, methods of producing block patterns, and the equipment used for cutting patterns.

• Skirts, Bodice and Sleeves

  Focuses on drafting basic block patterns for skirts, bodices, and sleeves, including alterations and adaptations for various styles.

• Ladies Trousers

  Covers sketching and drafting patterns for various types of ladies' trousers and cutting these patterns from paper and fabric.

• Patterns for Ladies Shirts

  Focuses on sketching, labeling, and transferring patterns for ladies' shirts from paper to fabric.

• Drafting and Cutting of Patterns of Ladies Coats

  Covers drafting and cutting patterns for various styles and sizes of waistcoats, jackets, and raincoats.

• Trouser Construction

  Outlines the processes of trouser construction, including understanding measurements, sewing techniques, and different trouser styles.

• Shirt/Blouse

  Covers fabric selection, pattern production, cutting, and the construction of various parts of shirts and pyjamas.

• Jackets

  Explains the principles of jacket construction and constructing patterns for various jacket styles.

• Coat/Suits Construction

  Focuses on designing and pattern making for coats, raincoats, and French suits, including material selection and construction techniques.

• Techniques of Making Buba and Caftan

  Covers taking measurements, selecting materials, cutting, sewing, fitting, and finishing for Buba and Caftan garments.

• Bubu

  Details measurements, pattern transfer, stitching, embroidery, sewing, finishing, pressing, and packing for Bubu garments.

• Traditional Long Skirts and blouses.

  Covers taking measurements, applying stitches and embroidery, selecting materials, cutting, sewing, fitting, and finishing traditional skirts and blouses.

• Collars

  Identifies collar sections, drafting, cutting patterns for different types of collars.

• Openings, Fastenings and Trimmings

  Covers the construction of patterns for various openings and fastenings, identifying button sizes, and drafting finishes for neck openings and cuffs.

• Simple Lining and Interlining

  Explains the reasons for interlining and lining skirts, and how to cut full lining or interlining patterns for simple skirts.

• Seams and Allowances

  Covers adding correct seam allowances, understanding their relation to fabric and style, and proper pattern storage procedures.

• Grading Principles (i.e. Size Range).

  Explains size progression, applying basic grading principles for skirts and blouses, and interpreting size charts for grading increments.

• Projects

  Covers drafting and cutting pattern pieces for various women's and children's garments.

• Layout and Cutting

  Outlines procedures for laying out patterns and identifies appropriate shears for cutting fabric.

• Complex Garment

  Covers drafting and cutting patterns for ladies' and children's garments and discusses factors concerning juvenile garments.

• Embroidery

  Covers identification of tools, equipment, and materials for embroidery, sketching designs, transferring them, and sewing embroidery stitches.

• Clothing Accessories

  Lists, identifies, constructs, and sews different types of clothing accessories such as hats and bead-making items.

• Renovation

  Defines renovation, lists types of clothing repairs, and explains procedures for patching, darning, and changing elastic, buttons, and zippers.