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Textiles and Garment Construction

Item Choice Uses and Care

French curved ruler Select the one with a Essential for drawing or
smooth curved surface marking curved areas essential
with a measurement for shaping armholes, necklines,
line to easily determine crotch and sleeve caps during
the width of the seam pattern drafting of the garment.
allowance. Also, the
transparent plastic ruler
is suitable for seeing
what is happening
under the ruler.

Marking tools: They are important tools used in transferring marking symbols and lines
from the pattern onto the fabric. Marking is necessary because it guides the construction
of garments. The following are the various tools used for marking as shown in Table 1.2:

Table 1. 2: Marking tools
Item Choice Uses and Care
Tailor’s pieces of chalk Choose the one The tailor’s pieces of chalk may
which cannot leave a be used to mark the position
permanent mark on of notches, darts, seam lines,
the fabric. Buy various buttons and buttonholes.
colours that could fit
different fabrics.

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