Guide to Basic Garment Assembly for the Fashion Industry E-Book

Jayne Smith

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 90

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013

Beschreibung

Garment assembly is fundamental to the creation of designs.  

This guide provides fashion students and designers with the knowledge of the techniques and components essential to the assembly of sewn products. 

Guide to Basic Garment Assembly for the Fashion Industry develops your understanding of which stitch and seam types to select for particular fabrics and garments.  As well as the knowledge to construct a range of basic techniques to assemble entire garments using the correct components. 

It can be difficult to master the skills of garment assembly by reading alone: a visual demonstration of online videos, showing the steps of garment assembly for the following: 

• Sewing darts 
• Sewing front edge fastenings
• Inserting zip fastenings                 
• Attaching waistbands
• Assembling and attaching simple and complex pockets
• Sleeve opening construction
• Assembling and attaching cuffs
• Assembling and attaching collars                                                        

Guide to Basic Garment Assembly for the Fashion Industry explains the essentials so you can turn your design ideas into reality

Leseprobe

CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction

Getting Started

Getting to Know the Parts of the Sewing Machine

Chapter 2: Stitch & Seam Types

Stitch Types

Seam Types

Chapter 3: Attachments for the Sewing Machine

Edge Guide

Presser Foot

Hemming Foot

Zipper Foot

Folders

Chapter 4: Needles & Thread

Parts of the Needle

Thread

Thread Consumption

Thread Sizing

Chapter 5: Interlining

Fusing Equipment

Applying Interlining

Chapter 6: Sewing Darts

Chapter 7: Front Edge Fastenings

Chapter 8: Inserting Zip Fastenings

Invisible Zip Insertion

Concealed or Standard Zip with Guard Insertion

Chapter 9: Attaching Waistbands

Standard ‘Run On and Close Down’ Waistband Application

Elasticated Waistband

Chapter 10: Assembling & Attaching Pockets

Patch Pocket

Shaped Pockets

Jetted Pocket

Welt Pocket

Chapter 11: Sleeve Opening Construction

Chapter 12: Assembling & Attaching Cuffs

Two Piece Cuff

One Piece Cuff

Attaching the Cuff to the Sleeve

Chapter 13: Assembling & Attaching Collars

Collar Parts

Stand Collar (Frequently Known as the Mandarin Collar)

Attaching the Stand Collar

Flat Collar (Also Known as the Peter Pan Collar)

Attaching the Flat Collar

One-Piece Shirt Collar

Attaching the Shirt Collar

Chapter 14: Sewing Problems

Stitch Formation Problems

Fabric Distortion – Pucker

Damage to the Fabric

Garment Assembly Terms Glossary

Author

Index

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PREFACE

A general understanding of garment assembly techniques is essential knowledge that will allow all fashion and clothing design students to translate design ideas into reality.

Mastery of the skills and intricacies of this subject area can be difficult to acquire by reading alone, therefore videos have been recorded to visually demonstrate essential assembly techniques, such as dart constructions, zip insertions, attaching waistbands, assembling and attaching collars and cuffs. Chapter 6 onwards also cover step by step assembly instructions for each process.

The other chapters cover an understanding of stitches and seams, details of attachments that can be added to the sewing machine which improve the sewing process, an understanding of which needle and thread type to select for a particular application and how to overcome problems when sewing.

The fundamental requirements of fashion design are a sound knowledge of the basics of garment assembly together with an understanding of the garment assembly terms used in the fashion industry. Armed with this basic information and understanding you will be able to create your own garment designs.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I am grateful to my colleagues at the School of Textiles & Design, Heriot-Watt University – Sandra Darling, Yvonne Caldwell, Theresa Wilkinson and Eleanor Drummond – who assisted with filming, preparing some of the visuals and proofing the contents illustrated in this book and DVD.

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

A confident understanding of stitch and seam types, together with a sound knowledge of the basics of assembly, is fundamental to the creation of garments. Armed with this information and understanding you will be able to translate your design ideas into reality, your own three-dimensional design creations.