Dressmaking NC II

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1. Accessories articles of clothing worn to complete or to 10. Belt shifter removes the belt from the wheel.
complement one's outfit.
11. Bias cloth that us cut slantwise across the
2. Accuracy the exactness of a measured distance or grain
circumference
12. Bobbin
3. Altering

is a metal spool for winding thread.

changing portion of a garment so that it fits the
13. Bobbin case
body
4. Apparel

holds the bobbin.

14. Bobbin winder
clothing or dress
5. Balance
wheel

controls the bobbin while winding thread.

15. Bust lift your arms to the side.
16. Bust to bust measure from your one nipple to your
other nipple.
sets the mechanism in motion.
17. Button This is used in attaching buttons to the
6. Band wheel leads the balance wheel through the belt
attachment garments.
crank connection. Band wheel crank moves the band
machine
wheel.
18. Button holer This is used in making buttonholes on
7. Bartacking This is used in reinforcing the opening and
machine garments.
machine closing of pockets
19. Cabinet holds the head of the machine by
8. Belt connects the balance wheel to the drive wheel.
interlocking screw on the hinges.
9. Belt guide holds the belt to its place.
20. Calculation the process or an act of calculating
21. Calculator 29. Embroidery
machine

an electronic device used for speed

computation
22. Conversion a change of figures like changing from
centimeters to inches and vice versa This is used in making fancy stitches and in
making different kinds of embroidery stitches
23. Cost the amount paid or charge for something that
on fabrics for the barong tagalog, pillow
is acquired
cases, linen, and other novelty items.
24. Cutting tools a cutting implement; a tool for cutting.
30. Fabric
25. Design the arrangement of parts, details, forms, and
colors to produce something new
26. Double This is used in the construction of the different
needle kinds of clothing especially for the inseam,
machine out seam and side seam.
27. Dress guard protects the dress from the wheel.
28. Dressmaker's
carbon
paper the cloth used in making garments.
31. Feed dog

moves the fabric while sewing.

also called dressmaker's tracing paper is a
32. Firm weave a weave in which the yarns or threads are
specially waxed carbon paper that transfer's
tightly twisted and placed close together
the tracing wheel's markings to the fabric.
33. Flax

a plant which produces linen fiber

34. French 37. Hand
curve needle

used in making temporary stitches and

buttonholes. Sizes of 7 to 10 are for general
hand sewing.
This is used to shape the depth of the neckhole
38. Hemline
and armhole of the pattern.
35. Garment

the marked line at the bottom of the garment

where the hem is turned
39. Hips

any article of clothing

36. Grainline

measure around the fullest part of your hips.

40. Hi-speed This is sometimes called „straight stitching
lockstitch machineǁ or industrial sewing machine. It has
sewing automatic lubrication and is used by tailors and
machine Dressmakers.
41. Household curtains, carpets, bed linen, etc.
the direction in which the yarns or threads are fabrics
woven 42. IMC Individual Measurement Chart
43. I- 48. Lingerie girls' and women's under-clothing such as
square/ (lohn-zhu- slips, panties, bras, girdles, robes, pajamas,
tailor ray) and nightgowns.
square
49. Lockstich This is usually used in homes and sometimes
or "I"
sewing in school. This is also called ―domestic
machine sewing machineǁ. It is run by foot and may
also be converted to electric power
machine.
is used to transfer measurements to the draft 50. Lower bust measure around the torso directly under the
pattern. It also divides the garment into the desired bust line.
measurement. It has perfect squares and is useful in
making straight lines and numbers. It can also 51. Measurement
function as a tape measure.
44. Knit

a systematic procedure of determining the

quantity or extent of the entire measurable
dimension
connected loops of yarn with big needles to form
a fabric 52. Measuring an instruments used for obtaining quantities,
tools dimensions or forces of real world objects.
45. Label
(for 53. Metric
clothes) system

a decimal system of physical units based on

a card, fabric or paper marked and attached to an a unit of length known as the meter
object to indicate its contents, manufacturer, care,
54. Needle is a slender tool attached in the needle
and origin
clamp used for sewing.
46. Legs support the cabinet of the machine.
55. Needle bar
47. Length

holds the needle in place.

the longer or longest dimension of an object to
measure
56. Needle 62. Plaid
clamp

holds and tightens the needle. a pattern consisting of colored bars or stripes
which cross each other to form squares, repeated
57. Neutral a "dim" tone, made by mixing complementary
on the fabric
color colors
63. Presser
58. Over
bar
edging
lifter
machine

moves the presser foot.

64. Presser
foot

Other companies call it―small machineǁ. It

finishes the raw edges of the pattern for
construction.
59. Pattern a piece of paper usually one-half of the body
parts used as a guide in cutting the garments
holds the fabric in place while sewing.
60. Pincushion
65. Print to stamp or press a design onto a fabric surface;
fabric printed with a surface design (not dyed)
66. Ravel to become unwoven; to separate or untwist threads
or yarns
67. Rulers

a pincushion holds the straight pins and needles

while working to prevent accidents.
61. Pitman holds the treadle to band wheel crank.
rod

a ruler measuring 12 inches or even 18 inches, either

clear or solid used for measuring and drawing
straight seam lines and cutting lines. It also aids in
connecting lines.
68. Scissor 72. Sewing
machine

a cross-blade cutting instrument about 5 inches 6

inches long with two small looped handles
69. Seam
a textile machine used to stitch fabric, cards
and other material with thread.
73. Sewing
needle
threader

any stitching or sealing of two pieces at the edges it aids in putting the thread to the needle.
70. Selvage 74. Sewing tools instruments that aid in accomplishing a
sewing task
75. Shears

each side of a woven fabric, finished with a woven

edge
71. Sewing
gauge scissor-type cutting device with one large
handle, one small
76. Sheer very thin or transparent fabrics
77. Shoulder to measure from tip of the shoulder to the
bust centre of bust (nipple).
78. Shuttle holds the bobbin case while sewing.
79. Slide plate is a movable plate that covers the shuttle
a small ruler with a sliding guide and is about six and bobbin case.
inches long. This gauge is used for measurements
at hem lines, button holes and areas where other
small measurements require checking, such as
pleats and tucks.
80. Spool 86. Tape
pin measure

is the thread holder.

81. Stitch
regulator
a flexible measuring device used in taking body
measurements.
87. Tension controls the looseness and tightness of stitches.
88. Texture the surface characteristics of a fabric, which can
be seen or felt
89. Thimble

checks the length of the stitches.

82. Stop hinders moving when loosened and start.
motion
screw
83. Style a quality or type of clothing
84. System the English system has inches for its basic unit
85. Tailor's
chalk

a small hard pitted cup worn for protection on the

finger that pushes the needle in sewing.
90. Thread
guide

This is essential as a marker for use on materials.

Tailor's chalk is available in a range of colors and
is removed by brushing.

keeps the thread in position.

91. Thread 97. Waist
take up
lever

measure around the waist.

98. Warp lengthwise (up-and-down) yarn or thread in a
yarn woven fabric

releases the thread and interlocks with the 99. Wax this is available in black or white and is used for
bobbin thread. chalk woolen fabrics. Wax can be removed by
pressing.
92. Tint
100. Weaving

whitened color
93. Tracing
wheel

process of forming a fabric on a loom by

interlacing the warp and the filling (crosswise)
yarns with each other
101. Width

there are two types, those with a serrated edge

and those with a smooth edge. The serrated
edge wheel produces dots on the fabric and is
suitable for most types of fabrics. The smooth
edge wheel is best for delicate fabrics and
unlike the serrated edge will not pierce more
delicate fabrics. The smooth edge wheel measurement taken at the shortest dimension of
creates a solid line. the object to measure

94. Treadle is where the feet are stationed to drive the band 102. Yardstick
wheel through the pitman rod.
95. Upholstery

a graduated measuring stick one yard in length.

103. Yarn
plastic or fabric coverings for furniture , usually
more durable than fabric for clothing
96. Upper bust measure around the torso directly above the
bust line.

a continuous strand of twisted threads of natural

or synthetic material, such as wool or nylon,
used in weaving or knitting