Week 5 Presentation: Here
Class Notes
Fabrics
- Categorized by Construction
- Felting
- Weaving
- Knitting
- Categorized by Fibers
- Natural Fibers
- Wool
- Silk
- Fur, Leather, Faux Leather
- Linen
- Cotton
- Hemp
- Bamboo
- Synthetic & Artificial Fibers
- Polyester
- Polyamide (nylon)
- Acrylic
- PVC (Polyvinyl chloride)
- Viscose
- Rayon
- Natural Fibers
Sewing Machine
- Industrial Sewing Machine VS Home Sewing Machine
| Industrial Sewing Machine | Home Sewing Machine | |
| Stitch Options | One type of stitch per machine | Multiple stitch options |
| Performance | Cleaner, better looking stitch. Higher speed. | “Extra work to get nice stitch. Slower speed” |
| Fabric & Thread | Allows room for larger cloth, thicker fabric, heavy thread | Varies per machine. |
| Maintenance | Less maintenance needed | Require oiling and cleaning of parts. Need to run once a while to maintain performance |
- Machine Sewing Steps
- Pin fabrics with straight pins
- Seam Allowance on Measuring Plate
- Lift the presser foot
- Place fabric
- Lower the presser foot
- Use hand wheel to place needle into fabric
- Press on foot pedal
- Back stitch at the beginning & end as the knot
- Stitch Styles
- Presser Foot
- All-Purpose Foot
- Zipper Foot
- Invisible Zipper Foot
- Rolled Hem Foot
- Evenfeed Walking Foot
- Adjustable Blind Hem Foot
- Free-Motion Darning Foot
- Ultra Glide Teflon Foot
- Botton Hole Foot
- Straight Stitch Foot
- Satin Stitch Foot
- Overcasting Foot
- Gathering Foot
Patterns
Draping
- Tools
- Tailor’s chalk
- Iron
- Curved Ruler
- See-through Ruler
- Pattern Paper
- Steps
- Preparation
- Fold the fabric edge for 1.5’’
- Drape the front piece
- Pin the fabric to mannequin follow center front line
- Slice the neck area to flat the fabric onto mannequin
- Mark the outlines, take it off from the mannequin, refine the outline with rulers
- Cut the muslin with 1’’ extra
- Pin back to muslin to refine the marks
- Drape the back piece
- Repeat the same process as front
- Match
- Match the shoulder seam
- Match the side seam
- True
- True the pattern, trim off extra fabrics, mark
- Cut
- Pin pattern onto muslin fabric, cut with seam allowance (recommend 1’’ for beginners)
- Sew
- Preparation
- Sewing
- Pocket: Tutorial
- Seam Finish
Assignment
- Creating a garment to express a message/information/data to people around you. 4-weeks assignment. Project presentation on March 25.
- Mandatory sewing machine session w/ Jingwen, Sandy or Idith