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Textiles and Garment Construction
Procedure for working on tailor’s tacking (f) Slip basting tacking: The tacking
(i) Use double thread on double fabric to is worked from the right side of the
make a series of loops. Each loop is fabric. It holds two pieces of fabric
worked separately. Start with a long together to match the pattern, e.g.,
double cotton thread. Do not fasten matching stripes.
off the thread, but cut the end of the Procedure for working on slip basting
cotton thread. tacking
(i) Insert the needle to take up a small
piece of the under section of the
fabric and then take out the needle
by taking up the small pieces of the
inside fold of the upper fabric.
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(ii) The two layers of fabric are pulled
gently apart and the threads between
them are cut. rs
(ii) End by stitching the two right sides
together, and the stitching should be
worked exactly over the basting.
An example of a tailor’s tacking on a dart
Activity 3.4
1. Use reliable oline sources or
education materials showing how Note: It is difficult to remove the tacking
to make tailor’s tacking. thread; therefore, a thread matching the
2. Make a prototype of the tailor’s fabric should be used.
tacking.
3. What did you observe when working Activity 3.5
on the tailor’s tacking compared with 1. Find any video clip or CD showing
the tailor’s marking? how to make slip-basting tacking.
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