If it's clothing, and not stage, costuming (because a lot of these would be
pointless for most stage costuming), what about:
* Different styles of buttonhole in different weights of cloth (sheers, wools,
silk)
* Gauging on different weights of fabric, and with different stitch
lengths/ratios
Well, I'd add samples of:
Knife and box pleats
The different kinds of hems
Methods of attaching lace and braid
When I spent my first semester in a college's couture sewing course,
doing nothing but producing a notebook of hand-sewing samples, we also
had to do samples of several different
One thing I think would be a good idea would be a detailed description of
the different types of fabric. For example, what is the difference between
China silk and Shantung? And so forth.
Sharon C.
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From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com]
Thank you Sharon, but our students mostly all take the Textiles class, so
I'm not concerned about that. We're a Fashion Design program, and I'm
working on starting costume-related coursework because there are more
costume-shop jobs in the area than there are apparel production jobs.
I am planning to make a start on some Elizabethan trunkhose and wanted to
ask anyone on this list with experience in this area for their help. In my
past dealings with these garments there has been a lot of layers of fabric
at the waist line and much difficulty sewing through the layers, both by
