TLE 40
Clothing and Grooming


Clothing performs important social and cultural functions. A , for example, may identify civil authority figures, such as police and army personnel, or it may identify team, group or political affiliations. In many societies, norms about clothing reflect standards of modesty, religion, gender, and social status. Clothing may also function as a form of adornment and an expression of personal taste or style.
In this subject learn a lot of things. I learn how to sew different kinds of skirt and many more.Last semester, Mrs.Gabule teach us on how to make a skirt. The following are the materials and procedure on how make a skirt.
Skirt Pattern :
Waist-taken around the smallest waist line .
Hips- taken around the fullest part of the hips.
Skirt length – taken from the waist line down to the desired length of skirt.
Apex distance

Make construction line
AB – skirt line
GI – 4 ½ ”
AC – 7”
AG - ½ ”apex distance minus ½ ”
CE - ¼ hips
GH – 1 ¼ ” - 1 ½ (dart)
BJ- ¼ hips
AP - ¼ waist (excluding GH)
FD - ½ ”
AG + HF - ¼ waist
Materials;
1 1/2 meter cloth (printed pink)
1 spool thread (pink and white)
1 zipper (white)
Procedure:

1. Edge stitch the raw edges.
2. Sew the side pleat.
3. Sew the darts.
4. Sew the (CB) centerr back seam.
5. Attach the zipper.
6. Join the side seams.
7. Prepare and attach the wristband.
8. Sew the hemline.
9. Attach hook and eye.
10. Remove hanging threads.


My finish product: