Questions
A pattern of a child’s dress is provided. You are advised to study the sketches, instructions and the layout well before you begin the test.
MATERIALS PROVIDED:
- Pattern pieces for the dress:
A – Dress front
B – Dress back
C – Sleeve
D – Cuff
E – Pocket
F – Cuff interfacing
G – Sleeve opening binding
- Plain light weight cotton fabric 70cm long by 90cm wide.
- Cotton sewing thread to match the fabric.
THE TEST:
Using the materials provided cut out and make the LEFT HALF of the child’s dress to show the following:
- The working of the shoulder dart.
- The preparation and attachment of the pocket.
- The joining of the shoulder seam using a neatened plain seam.
- The joining of the side seam using a neatened open seam.
- The making of the bound opening of the sleeve.
- The joining of the under arm seam using a French seam.
- The preparation and attachment of an interfaced cuff.
- The preparation and attachment of the sleeve, without trimming the seam allowance.
At the end of the examination, firmly sew onto your work, on a single fabric, a label bearing your name and index number. Remove the needles and pins from your work, and then fold your work neatly
THE LAYOUT IS NOT DRAWN TO SCALE
Marking Scheme
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PRESENTATION |
TOTAL MARKS |
ACTUAL SCORE |
REMARKS |
1 |
- Work well pressed (½) and well folded (½)
- Label firmly sewn on a single fabric
- Unnecessary temporary stitches, threads and pins removed
- Made up left half 1
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1 1½ 1½ 1 |
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5 |
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2 |
Cutting out and graining
- All the seven pieces cut out (Back, front, sleeve, cuff, cuff facing, opening strip and pocket) ½x7
- CB smoothing cut (1) and straight grain to within 2mm(1)
- CF smoothing cut (1) and straight grain to within 2mm (1)
- Smoothing lower edge cut,
- Bound opening strip cut on bias (1)
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3½
2 2
1 |
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10½ |
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3 |
Pocket
- Hem appropriately finished (raw edge well neatened)
- Even width of the folded part 1
- Pocket sides well tacked under 1
- Pocket fixed with straight stitchery
- Pocket stitchery pivoted at the corners (1/2×3)
- Pocket mouth well reinforce (1/2×3)
- Flatness of the pocket RS (1/2) and WS (1/2)
- Size (1) and shape (1) of the pocket
- Superimpose the pattern pocket to within 3mm
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1 1 1 1 1½ 1½ 1 2 1 |
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11 |
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4 |
Shoulder dart
- Straight stitchery (1) tapering to nothing (1/2)
- Threads ends well fastened at the tip
- Correct length of the dart (5 1/2 cm) to within 3mm measuring from first stitching line
- Correct width of the dart (6mm) to within 2mm measured from first stitching line at shoulder seam.
- Dart pressed towards CB and flat at the right side.
- Flatness of the dart RS(1/2) and WS(1/2)
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1½ 1 1 1
1 1 |
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6½ |
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5 |
Side seam (open seam) if not award zero
- Joined with straight stitchery
- Quality of neatening (1x2)
- Flatness of the seam at the armhole RS 2
- Evenness of the neatened seam allowance
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1 2 2 2 |
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7 |
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6 |
Shoulder seam (plain seam)
- Seam joined with straight stitching line
- Well neatened raw edges (1/2×2)
- Evenness of the neatened seam (1×2)
- Flatness of the seam at the armhole RS(1/2) and WS(1/2)
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1 1 2 1 |
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5 |
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7 |
Sleeve
- Good hang
- Well distributed gathers at the sleeve head
- Dress and sleeve notches matching at front (1/2) and at the back (1/2)
- Underarm seam (French) well – trimmed (i.e. no threads on RS)
- Underarm seam made with straight stitchery
- First stitching line made straight (1) mark by impression and seam well knife edged (1)
- Evenness at the seam (1) width and appreciate size (1) of the width (0.6 – 1cm)
- Seam pressed towards back at cuff (1/2) and arm hole(1/2)
- Flatness of the seam at cuff(1/2) and armhole (1/2) WS(1/2) and RS(1/2)
- Side seam and underarm seam meeting within 2mm
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1 2 1 1 2 2
2 1 2 1 |
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15 |
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8 |
Sleeve cuff
- Cuff interface
- Well distributed gathers
- Quality of cuff attachment (1/2 mark ) by impression the first stitching line
- Quality of the neatening the cuff on the WS (raw edges well tucked under (1) and well stitched down (1)Cuff ends well stitched
- (1x2) and knife edged (1x2)
- Quality of the top stitching the cuff
- Flatness of the cuff
- Evenness of the cuff width
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1 1 1 2
4 2 1 2 |
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14 |
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9 |
Sleeve opening
- Quality of the attaching stitchery (mark by impression)
- Quality of the neatening of the binding on the WS, that is raw edges neatly tucked under (1) and the quality of the stitches (1)
- Evenness of the binding width
- No gathers/ folds at the opening base.
- Opening base reinforced
- Binding ends concealed in the cuff. (1/2×2)
- Binding ends appropriately organized at the cuff – overlap folded (1) to WS and the under lap left unfolded (1)
- Binding edges and cuff edges flush (evenly aligned to within 2mm (1/2×2)
- Flatness of the opening when lapped/closed.
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1 2
2 2 2 1 2
2 2 |
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16 |
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TOTAL MARKS |
(90/2) |
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2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
16
TOTAL MARKS (90/2)