Ultimate Guide to Clothing Maintenance and Fabric Care

1. FACS Final 1st Semester

2. Department store – full service store that carries a wide variety of clothing • Specialty store – a store that sells only one type of clothing– more expensive • Factory outlet – a store run by a manufacturer or factory that offers few services

3. Resale store – a store that sells secondhand garments, often run by a charity or as a consignment shop • Art and crafts fair- place to buy original, one-of-a-kind, or handmade clothing

4. To determine cost of wearing a garment • Initial cost X cost of cleaning divided by number of wearings • Trying on a garment you should stretch, sit down and bend with the garment on

5. Junior sizes are designed for females with trim, short-waisted figures • A good hem is almost invisible from the ride side • The best time to shop for winter clothing is late winter—best time for summer items is late fall

6. Cost of wearing two garments can be compared by the maintenance cost and the number of wearings

7. Daily • Airing out clothing on a bed or chair • Hanging up or folding clothing neatly • Occasionally • Making sewing repairs on any clothing that needs them • Ironing and pressing • Seasonally • Packing woolen clothing in airtight bags after treating it with moth repellant

8. Mildew is caused by damp fabric • Reduce static electricity in clothing by using fabric softeners • Fabrics that should be pressed rather than ironed include knits and wools • Instructions on the best way to clean a garment are available by reading the label

9. Best way to dry a sweater or other knitted garment is to lay it flat on a mesh rack • Basic difference between natural and manufactured fibers is natural fibers from plants and animals and manufactured fibers are formed at least partly from chemicals.

10. Difference between fiber and yarn is that yarn is made from fiber • An advantage of clothing made from natural fibers is that it is more comfortable to wear • An example of a plant fiber is cotton • An example of a manufactured fiber is rayon

11. Fibers of nonwoven fabrics are matted or bonded • Knitted fabrics are comfortable because they can stretch with movement and return to their original shape • Ramie is a natural fabric

12. Fabric comes by the yard & has a care label on the end of the bolt • Interlacing of 2 yarns at right angles is called weaving

13. Manufactured fabrics have not been made until recent times • Natural and manufactured fibers can be used together in a blended fabric

14. Fabric that do not fray or unravel at the edges are nonwoven fabrics • Using a chemical substance to change the color of fiber is called dyeing

15. Fabric in which each filling yarn passes over at least 2 but not more than 4 warp yarns, producing a diagonal line is called a twill weave • Fibers are tiny strands that when twisted together make up yarn

16. knit fabric is fabric produced by interlocking loops of yarn in rows • plain weave is fabric made by passing a filling yarn over and under a single warp yarn • Interfacing = is the lightweight fabric put between layers of fabric to prevent stretching and add body

17. lockstitch is stitch that uses a thread above the fabric to join another thread coming from below the fabric • Small spool that holds the bottom thread in a sewing machine is the bobbin • Serger is high-speed overlock machine that trims, sews, and overcast in one step

18. feed dogs is the two small rows of metal teeth on a sewing machine that advance the fabric evenly for each stitch • A device used to transfer pattern markings is a tracing wheel • sewing gauge is a measuring tool with an adjustable sliding marker used to measure seams or hems

19. pinking shears are scissors with zigzag-shaped blades used to finish the edge of firmly woven fabric • shears is long-bladed scissors used to cut fabric • press cloth is the equipment used to prevent shiny marks left by iron heat

20. Tailor’s ham is a firm cushion used for pressing curved seams and darts • If you don’t straighten the grain of the fabric before you lay out your pattern the finished garment may hand unevenly

21. Seams to Lie Flat • To make seams lie flat you should trim, grade and clip them

22. Measurement • When measuring yourself wear close fitting clothes • Stand up tall • Make sure you are measuring the right area 

23. Step-by-step instructions for cutting, marking and sewing are found on the pattern guide sheet • Fabric between the line for cutting and the line for stitching is called the seam allowance • Ease in a pattern is included so the garment will fit comfortable • Grain of a fabric is the direction in which the threads run • Bias of a fabric is the line diagonal to the grain

24. Patterns have a set of written directions and printed paper pieces to help you sew your project

25. Staystitching is sewing a row of regular machine stitches through one layer of fabric to help it keep its shape • Directional stitching is stitching with the grain of fabric • Dart is a triangular fold that is stitched from top to bottom and used to shape a garment

26. Seam allowance • 5/8 of an inch • Fabric between cutting line and stitching line in a garment • Selvage edge is the finished edge of a piece of fabric

27. Tuck is a fold of fabric that is stitched from top to bottom and used to shape a garment • Gathers are small, soft folds of fabric created by sliding fabric along two parallel rows of machine basting • Backstitching is sewing in reverse by using the reverse lever on a sewing machine

28. Notions • Those small things you need to complete a sewing project • Thread • Zippers • buttons

29. Salesperson assists customers in retail stores in making wardrobe decisions • Buyers connect designers and garment makers with the stores where clothing is sold • Fashion coordinator develops advertising themes and plans fashion events that will attract customers

30. Designers choose fabrics and plans details of new garments; making sketches of the new garments • Sewing machine operator stitches garments and other items • Mender repairs and alters clothing for customers • Fashion coordinator – organizes ad campaigns

31. Pattern maker uses a designer’s original samples to create patterns • Dry cleaner uses chemicals to remove stains and clean clothing without damage it • Textile engineer develops new techniques for making yarns and fabrics • Dyer chooses correct formulas for changing the colors of afabrics or fibers

32. Personal characteristic that is most important for anyone who wants to work in almost any area of fashion is a sense of color and design • A typical first step in a retail clothing career is a sales position • An example of an entry-level job in clothing industry is stock clerk

33. Personal shopper works in the feild of clothing marketing • Sewing machine operators, textile chemist, and dyers all work in the field of clothing manufacturing.

34. Illusion is an image that fools the eye • Lines make a person look taller or shorter

35. Wardrobe is all the clothes you own • Fads are styles that are very popular for a short period of time

37. Classic styles are those that stay popular for a long time • Blazers • A line skirts

38. Recycling garments • Finding a new use for an old garment • Using parts or the whole of it • Applique • Can be used to mend or alter a garment • Cut out fabric sewn or fused together

39. Patchwork quilts out of old t shirts or clothes

40. Colors • Monochromatic • Blue, light blue, sky blue • Complementary • red and green, blue and orange • Analogous • Yellow-orange with yellow and red- orange highlights • Blue green with green and yellow highlights