Name That Textile
A fabric with a short, dense pile that feels soft and plush.
What is Velvet?
This machine is commonly found in a home sewing room and is designed for general sewing.
What is a domestic sewing machine?
This designer is famous for the iconic tweed suit and the little black dress.
Who is Coco Chanel
This document tells a factory exactly how a garment should be made, including measurements, materials, construction, and artwork.
What is a tech pack
This tool is used to remove unwanted stitches.
What is a seam ripper?
This fabric has a raised, fuzzy surface created when a process is used to brush the fibers.
What is fleece?
Unlike most domestic machines, this machine is designed to sew continuously at high speed and is commonly found in production settings.
What is an industrial sewing machine?
Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi this African American designer loved using buttons as a way to embellish his designs.
Who is Patrick Kelly
In fashion, this term describes the complete process of taking a garment from an idea to a finished product.
What is product development
To find the right size replacement for a missing shirt button, you use this handy measuring device marked in millimeters and the more traditional term used in the garment industry , lignes.
What is a button gauge.
This fabric has a distinctive diagonal rib and is commonly used for jeans.
What is denim?
This machine creates a professional finished edge by trimming the fabric while simultaneously stitching over it.
What is a serger or overlock machine?
Known for his elegantly pleated garments in his collection called Pleats Please, this designer was famous in the 80s as well has today.
Who is Issey Miyake
If you are a new brand and you want to get your name out there you perhaps would want to invest in what kind of strategy?
What is a marketing strategy
This tool transfers pattern markings onto fabric using a tracing wheel and special paper.
What are tracing paper and a tracing wheel?
This sheer, crisp, plain-weave fabric is traditionally made from silk and is a favorite for bridal gowns and evening wear.
You need to sew a clean, professional-looking buttonhole repeatedly on 100 garments. Which type of machine would be most appropriate?
What is an industrial buttonhole machine?
This designer is associated with the phrase, "Buy less, choose well, make it last" and is known for bringing modern punk and new wave fashion into the mainstream and for her bold, unconventional designs.
Who is Vivienne Westwood
A garment costs $20 to produce and a brand sells it wholesale for $40. This difference between production cost and selling price is part of what?
What is the mark up?
A pattern pieces says "cut 2 mirrored." What does this mean?
What is cut two pieces that are mirror images of each other.
You are given a fabric sample that has a shiny surface, a short directional pile, and looks different when brushed in opposite directions. What construction characteristic should you check before cutting your garment pieces?
What is the nap/direction of the pile?
You have to sew 300 identical straight seams. Why would an industrial machine generally be preferable to a domestic machine for this job?
What is speed, durability, consistency, and suitability for continuous production?
This designer historically associated with the rapper and icon ,Kanye West, initially trained as an architect.
Who is Virgil Abloh
A designer creates a beautiful garment, but the factory cannot produce it at the required cost. Name some things that could be reconsidered in the design of the item?
What are materials, construction/labor, and design/specifications (open to logical and thoughtful questions about the construction of the garment).
A pattern piece has a triangle-shaped mark along it's edge. What is this marking called, and what is its purpose?
What is a notch, and it helps match pattern pieces when you sew the garment.