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Textiles and Garment Construction

(ii) Place the two pieces the right sides Bound pocket: This type of a pocket
facing each other. Tack and stitch is worked on in the same way as is
along the seam and around the pocket. the bound buttonhole. The bound
pockets are mostly found on men’s
trousers, shirts, jeans and shorts.

Procedures for working on a bound
pocket

(i) Mark the position of the pocket
opening on the right side of the
garment using tacking stitch.

(iii) Trim the seam allowance, neat the
raw edges of the pocket , snip and
press it.

Snip
(ii) Cut a straight strip of fabric
long enough to bind the slit. For
example, in order to make a pocket
of 10cm long and 12cm wide cut a
strip of 15cm long by 12cm wide.

(iii) Mark the position of the pocket
opening on the strip.

Snip

Activity: 8:2
1. Make a sample of a concealed
pocket.
2. Display in the class for gallery
walk and discussion. Keep (iv) Place the strip on the garment, right
the sample in the portfolio for side facing each other while matching
reference. the marked position of the opening.

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