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        Basic Tailoring Terminology

        • Neckline: the border at the throat or neck, e.g. round, square, turtle, mock turtle, placketband.
        • Collar: a band that is part of the garment at the neck, e.g. flat, rolled, standing, jewel, raised, shawl, pointed, rounded.
        • Waistlines: seams that join the top and the bottom of a garment may be located almost anywhere on the body between the hip and bust- just below : Empire......-natural waistline....- on hipline.
        • Sleeve types: sleeveless, set-in, raglan, kimono type, capped, gathered.
        • Hems: the border of the garment, at least doubled and sewn down so the edge will look neat and prevent unravelling; can be straight, on the bias, ruffled, and bound.
        • Bodice: the close or loose fitting body of a dress. In some instances it can be a seperate piece of clothing, but in this case, it would be fitted.
        • Pleats: folds in fabric that provide controlled fullness. Most pleats are formed by folding a continuous piece of fabric into itself. Pleats can be folded in several different styles- the most common being the side (knife) pleat., box pleat, inverted pleat and accordian.
        • Gathering: a process of drawing a given amount of fabric into a predetermined smaller area, along one of several stitching lines, to crete soft, even folds. Fabric is usually gathered to one-half of one-third the original width; the effect may be soft and drapey, or crisp and billowy, depending on the fabric.Gathering most pften occurs in a garment at waistline, cuffs, yolk, or as ruffles.
        • Shirring: the puckering or gathering of materials with multiple rows of gathering, primarily a decorative way of controlling fullness.
        • Smocking: a strip of fabric cut or handled in such a way as to produce fullness, though primarily decorative, ruffles may also serve a practical purpose, such as lengthening a garment.
        • Buttonholes: Bound buttonholes are made by stitching strips or patches of fabric matching the main fabric. Handworkedbutton holes are made by finishing raw cut edges with an embroidery stitched called a buttonhole stitch.
        • Basting: the sewing of long, loose stitches as a temporary measure of holding fabric together , or to gather fabric.
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