Fashion Production Terms

by Berke, Beverly; Gioello, Debbie

• ISBN13: 9780870052002
• ISBN10: 0870052004
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-07-21
• Publisher: Fairchild Books

Summary

Defines and illustrates terminology connected with fabrics, threads, stitches, seams, garment construction, sewing machines, and pressing.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Shape & Design Control	p. 1
Aids, Tools & Equipment for Draping, Drafting, Measuring & Marking	p. 14
Drafting Terminology	p. 30
Draping Terminology	p. 37
Terminology Common to Drafting & Draping	p. 44
Tracing & Marking Terminology	p. 51
Types of Patterns	p. 54
Fabric Structure	p. 58
Fabric Terminology	p. 67
Spreading and/or Folding Fabric	p. 71
Pattern Layout	p. 75
Aids, Tools & Equipment for Cutting	p. 84
Cutting Terminology	p. 101
Hand Sewing Needles	p. 106
Sewing Machine Needles	p. 111
Thread	p. 121
Aids & Tools for Garment Construction	p. 139
Basting	p. 160
Bias	p. 164
Casing	p. 171
Elastic	p. 174
Facings	p. 179
Fasteners	p. 182
Buttons	p. 198
Buttonholes & Openings	p. 203
Zippers	p. 211
Hems	p. 222
Plackets	p. 234
Seams	p. 238
Seam Finishes	p. 250
Seam Terminology	p. 258
Hand Stitches	p. 262
Machine Stitches	p. 272
Waistline Treatments	p. 281
Various Construction Details	p. 290
Related Construction Terminology	p. 301
Aids, Tools & Equipment for Pressing	p. 312
Pressing Terminology	p. 322
Listing of Notions & Findings	p. 323
Bibliography	p. 327
Index	p. 329
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