Fashion exam

Question 1

What is the bound edge on the lengthwise edge of fabric called?

Answer 1

Salvedge

Question 2

What is the name of the fibre that runs lengthwise along the fabric?

Answer 2

Wrap

Question 3

What is the name of the fibres running across the width of the fabric?

Answer 3

Weft

Question 4

Which of the 2 is the strongest?

Answer 4

The length is the strongest

Question 5

What is is it called when you lay a pattern at a 45* angle to the selvedge?

Answer 5

Bias

Question 6

What are the performance properties of fabrics? Read through these to have an understanding of each

Answer 6

Absorbent, warm, cool, durable, waterproof, stong, safe and windproof

Question 7

What are the 2 different machines that we use?

Answer 7

Overlocker and sewing machine

Question 8

What are the different tools that we have in our sewing machine baskets, and what else in the room do we use?

Answer 8

Snips, unpicker, pins, tape measure, iron and scissors

Question 9

What are these tools used for?

Answer 9

The iron is used for flattening the fabric
Unpickers are used for unstitching the fabric
Tape measure is used for measuring distance of fabric
Scissors used for cutting the fabric

Question 10

What is the standard pattern seam allowance?

Answer 10

1.5

Question 11

What are the different types of seams that you trialled? Describe what is unique and different about each of the seams and how you might use them in a garment.

Answer 11

The seams I used in my garment were straight stitch and zig zag stitch.

Question 12

When sewing a seam, what do you need to do at the start and finish?

Answer 12

Reverse stitch

Question 13

What are the design elements?

Answer 13

colour, texture

Question 14

What are the design principles?

Answer 14

Balance, shape and form

Question 15

How are these used in design? What is the difference between them?

Question 16

In a design brief, what is a constraint?

Answer 16

Something that you must have

Question 17

In a design brief, what is a consideration?

Answer 17

Something that you would think about, a maybe

Question 18

APPLIED SURFACE DESIGN
What is this?

Answer 18

Applying fabrics or other embellishments to the fabric to add surface decorations.

Question 19

Name at least 5 examples and how they might be used

Answer 19

Dying, Bleaching, embroidery

Question 20

What surface design techniques are used in the denim industry?

Answer 20

Dying and

Question 21

What are the negative impacts the workers face when using these?

Answer 21

Cause harm to lungs and long-term health problems

Question 22

Familiarise yourself with the pattern cover/ envelope and the information you need to understand for measuring/ sizing/ fabric amounts/ notions.

Answer 22

On a pattern cover there is size available, measurements, brand, pattern number, body measurement, materials required, widths of fabric, and how much you will need for each size.