A pattern of a skirt is provided. You are advised to study the sketches, instructions and layout carefully before you begin the test.
Material provided.
- Pattern pieces.
- A - Skirt back
- B - Skirt front
- C - Skirt frill
- D - Pocket
- E - Waistband
- Plain weight cotton fabric 60 cm long and 90 cm wide.
- Sewing thread to match the fabric.
THE TEST
Using the materials provided, cut out and make the RIGHT HALF of the skirt to show the following processes.- Making the back dart.
- Preparation of the box pleat on the skirt frill.
- Joining the skirt front to the front frill using an overlaid seam. Neaten half of the seam using loop stitches.
- Attachment of front pocket to the skirt front and back pocket to the skirt back.
Do not trim or neaten the seam. - Making the side seam using an open seam.
- Joining of the pocket seam. Do not neaten.
- Preparing and attaching the waistband and fixing using slip hemming.
At the end of the examination, firmly sew onto your work a single fabric, a label bearing your name and index number.
Remove the needle and pins from your work. Then fold your work carefully and place it into the envelop provided.
Do not put scraps of materials in the envelope.
MARKING SCHEME
AREAS OF ASSESSMENT | MAX SCORE | SCORE | REMARKS | |
1 |
WORK PRESENTATION:
- Identification of the right half.
- Work well pressed (½) well folded (½)
- Well labeled (½) label firmly stitched (½) on a single layer of fabric (½) without concealing details (½)
- Pins (½) and unnecessary thread (½) removed.
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5 | ||||
2 | CUTTING OUT:
All the seven, pieces cut out (7 × ½)
- Smooth cutting of skirt CF
- Smooth cutting of skirt frill CF.
- Skirt back cut on straight grain
- Waist band cut on correct grain
- Pocket cut on correct grain
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3½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ |
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7 | ||||
3 | MAKING OF THE BACK DART:
- Straight stitchery tapering a point.
- Dart well reinforced.
- Correct width to within 2mm (1cm; 1.2cm – 0.8cm)
- Correct length to within 2mm (8cm; 7.8cm – 8.2cm)
- Dart flat on R.S and W.S
- Dart pressed towards CB
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½ 1 1 1 1 ½ |
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5 | ||||
4 | ATTACHING THE FRILL TO THE SKIRT OVERLAID SEAM. If not an overlaid seam give a zero.
- Box pleat well prepared (1) with folds meeting without a gap (½)
- Folds equal in width (½) and flat on R.S (½)
- Frill attached to the skirt front using an overlaid seam.
- Stitching done close to the fold.
- Seam neatened using loop stitches. (½)
- Loop stitches evenly distributed (½) even length (½) correct tension (½)
- Frill flash with skirt front at CF
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1½ 1 1 1 ½ 1½ ½ |
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7 | ||||
5 | POCKET:
- Pocket well attached to the front (½) and back skirt (½)
- Pocket bag made with smooth stitchery.
- Pocket lying towards the front of the skirt
- Pocket bag seam unneatened but of even width.
- Seam clipped at lower (½) and upper (½) part of pocket and loop stitched (1)
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1 1 ½ 1 2 |
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5½ | ||||
6 | SIDE SEAM (OPEN SEAM): (If not open seam give zero)
- Seam made with straight stitchery.
- Seam neatened using edge stitching (1)
- Seam width even (1) correct size (1) 1cm to within 2mm (0.8 – 1.2cm)
- Seam open (1) and flat at waistband
- Seam flat on W.S (½) and R.S (½)
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7 | ||||
7 | PREPARATION AND ATTACHMENT OF THE WAISTBAND:
- Waistband attached with straight stitchery (1) and (1) seam allowance evenly trimmed.
- Correct size (1.3cm to within 2mm (1.1 – 1.5cm)
- Well knife edged.
- Raw edges of the waistband neatly tucked (½) and fixed with slip hemming stitches (½)
- Slip hemming stitches evenly spaced (½) and of good tension (½)
- Waistband flat (½) with no stitches showing on the RS (½)
- Waistband top well topstitched.
- Skirt back edge well neatened and folded
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2 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
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8½ | ||||
TOTAL SCORE | 45 |
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