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Basic Sewing Skills [1]

Paper Code: 
BTX-105
Credits: 
8
Contact Hours: 
120.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

 

To introduce sewing machine and tools to the students.

Students would be able to handle sewing machine and stitch creative surfaces.

 

·         Hand stitching – Darning, basting & hemming                 10 hrs                                  

·         Introduction to sewing tools and equipments                 10 hrs                                   

·         Threading of sewing machine.

·         Relation of needle, thread and fabric.

·         Sewing problems- their causes and remedies

·         Sewing machine control paper exercises                        10 hrs                                     

·         Sewing on fabric- lines, curves, circles, squares etc.         10 hrs                                

·         Tucks, gathers, shirring & pleats                                    20 hrs                                      

·         Introduction to fasteners and their application                                 

·         Edge finishes- piping, binding, band application, drawstrings, Tape finish (Curtains)                                                                             20 hrs                                                                                                             

·         Creative surface development using the techniques learnt. 20 hrs                             

·         Sample development of a cushion and a table runner using the above               mentioned techniques                                                            20 hrs                                                                                          

Essential Readings: 

 

1.      Reader’s Digest., Complete guide of sewing & knitting - The Reader’s Digest Association Ltd. London

2.      Thomas, Anna. Jacob., The Art of Sewing, UBSPD Publishers Distributors Ltd., New Delhi

References: 

 

1.      The Art of Sewing by Reader’s Digest.

2.      Cream, Penelope., The Complete Book of Sewing - A Practical Step by Step Guide to Sewing Techniques, ADK Publishing Book, New York 1996.

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