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QUESTIONS

GIRL'S DRESS

A pattern of a girl's dress is provided. You are advised to study the sketches, instructions and layout carefully before you begin the test.

MATERIALS PROVIDED

1. Pattern Pieces
   1. Bodice front
   2. Bodice back
   3. Skirt back
   4. Skirt front
   5. Sleeve
   6. Sleeve facing
   7. Front neck facing
   8. Back neck facing
2. Plain lightweight, light coloured cotton fabric 60 cm long by 90 cm wide.
3. Sewing thread tomatch the fabric
4. One large envelope.

THE TEST
Using the materials provided, lay, cut out and make one side of a girl's dress to show the following processes:

1. Cutting out.(10% marks)
2. Making of the front and back skirt darts.(11 marks)
3. Making of the shoulder seam using a french seam.(7 marks)
4. Making of the side seam on the bodice and skirt using an open seam.(13 marks)
5. Preparing and attaching the sleeve; holding down the sleeve facing using long and short tacking stitches. (Do not remove the gathering stitches at the crown).(19% marks)
6. Attaching the bodice to the skirt using a plain seam.(10 marks)
7. Preparing and attaching the facings to the neckline.(9 marks)
8. Finishing the dress hem with tacking stitches and holding down a quarter of the hem using hemming stitches.(4 marks)
9. Overall presentation.(5 marks)

Marking Scheme

1. PRESENTATION
   1. Work well pressed (1) and folded (1⁄2)
   2. Label (1⁄2) firmly stitched (1) without concealing details (1⁄2) and on a single fabric (1⁄2)
   3. Pins/needles (1⁄2), and unnecessary threads (1⁄2)
2. CUTTING OUT
   1. All eight pieces (8 x 1⁄2) cut-out
   2. Smooth cutting of skirt CB (1) and on straight grain (1) to within 2 mm
   3. Smooth cutting of the skirt CF (1) and on straight grain (1) to within 2 mm
   4. Smooth cutting of bodice CB (1) and on straight grain within 2mm
   5. Smooth cutting of bodice CT (1) and on straight grain (1) to within 2 mm
   6. Cutting of the sleeve on straight grain (1)
   7. Cutting of front facing CT (1⁄2) and on straight grain to within 2 mm.
   8. Cutting of the back facing CB (1⁄2) and on straight grain to within 2 mm
3. DARTS
   1. Straight stitching (1 x 2) tapering to nothing ( 1⁄2 x2)
   2. Threads well fastened at the point (1⁄2 x2)
   3. Correct length of front dart 8 cm to within 2 mm
      (7.8cm-8.2cm) (1) and back dart 8 cm to within 2 mm (7.8 cm-8.2 cm) (1)
   4. Correct width of dart 1.1 cm to within 2 mm
      (0.9 cm-1.3 cm) (1x2)
   5. Back dart pressed towards CB (1⁄2) and front dart
      pressed towards CF (1⁄2)
   6. Flatness of dart on R.S. (1⁄2 x 2) and
      WS.
4. SHOULDER SEAM (FRENCH SEAM)
   (If not French seam, award zero(0))
   1. Seam joined with straight stitching (1)
   2. Seam well-trimmed (1⁄2), no threads on R.S (1⁄2)
   3. Seam well knife-edged (1)
   4. Evenness of seam (1)
   5. Correct size (6 mm) to within 2mm
      (4mm-8 mm) (1)
   6. Seam pressed towards the back (1⁄2x2)
   7. Flatness of seam at shoulder (1⁄2) and at neckline
5. SIDE SEAM (OPEN SEAM)
   ( if not open award zero)
   1. Seam joined with straight stitching (skirt (2), bodice (1)
   2. Evenness of seam (skirt (1), bodice (1⁄2)
   3. Raw edges well neatened (2)
   4. Seam pressed open (6) and flat (1⁄2) on W.S. (1⁄2) and R.S. (1⁄2)
   5. Width of scam 1.0 cm to within.
      2 mm (0.8 cm-1.2 cm) (1x2)
   6. Skirt seam flash with bodice seam (6) to within 2
6. SLEEVE
   1. Good hang (1)
   2. Two lines of gathering stitches made (2)
   3. Gathers well distributed at the crown (1)
   4. Underarm seam joined with straight stitching (1)
   5. Underarm seam well neatened (1)
   6. Evenness of neatened seam (1)
   7. Underarm seam open (6) and flat (1⁄2)
   8. Front notches (1⁄2) and hack notches (1⁄2) matching to within 2 mm
   9. Side seam flash with underarm seam to within 2 mm (1)
   10. Facing joined (1), attached (2) and turned to the right side (1)
   11. Facing seam flash with underarm seam to within 2 mm at the lower (1⁄2) and at the upper (1⁄2) section
   12. Facing held down with long and short tacking (1)
   13. Quality of tacking stitches (long and short) (2)
7. WAIST SEAM
   If not plain, award zero(0))
   1. Scams matching at CF (1⁄2) and CD (1⁄2)
   2. Front notches (1⁄2 x 2) and back notches (1⁄2 x 2) matching to within 2 mm
   3. Seam made with straight stitching (2)
   4. Seam pressed towards bodice (1)
   5. Evenness of seam allowance 1.5 cm (2)
8. NECK FACING
   1. Back and front facing joined with straight stitch- ing (1⁄2) seam trimmed (1⁄2) and pressed open (1⁄2) (b)
   2. Facing attached to neckline with smooth stitching (1)
   3. Seam trimmed (1), snipped (1) (see through light), under stitched (1) and edge-stitched (1)
   4. Facing scam and shoulder seam meeting to within 2 mm at the neckline (1⁄2), at the shoulder
   5. Flatness of neck facing (1). (Do not award if not held at CF and CB with a stitch)
9. HEM MANAGEMENT
   If not hemming stitch, award zero (0))
   1. Raw edges of her well tucked under 
   2. Hemming stitches not showing on R.S. (1⁄2)
   3. Hemming stitches evenly (1) spaced, of same depth and tension
   4. Flatness of the whole hem (1)