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Textiles and Garment Construction

Chapter Nine

Choice of fabrics in

garment construction

Introduction

Fabric is the most important component in garment construction and can
be selected in such a way that it creates an illusion to the actual look of an
individual body. It is therefore, important to understand the right choice of fabric
with the corresponding figure type. In this chapter, you will learn about choosing
fabric for constructing garment; effect and suitability of style, colour and line on
different figure types. The competencies developed in this chapter will help you
to choose a suitable fabric and garment style that fits an individual’s figure type.

Choosing fabrics Some of the fabric have slippery feel
hence have a tendency of moving out
Choosing a fabric for a garment is an
important aspect in garment construction of position when preparing or sewing
as each individual has his/her preferences. them. For example, lightweight
Fabric can create individual shapes by fabrics such as chiffon (Figure 9.1
adding or taking away the body weight. (a) are not easy to handle especially
For example, heavy fabrics such as wool, for beginners due to their slippery
coarse and shiny fabric tend to add weight characteristics. It is therefore
to an individual figure type whereas, advisable for the beginners to work
medium weight fabrics such as cotton, with fabrics which are easy to handle
polyester and dark fabrics reduce weight such as cotton (Figure 9.1(b).
and make a person look slimmer. The
following are factors to be considered
when choosing a fabric for garment
construction:

(i) Workers ability to handle the fabric:
fabrics have different textures that
influence handling of the fabric during
garment construction.

Figure 9.1 (a): Chiffon material dress

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