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TLE Reviewer Dressmaking - A craft of sewing clothes and dresses. The early beginning of dressmaking was marked by woven linen textile found in Egypt around 6,000 years ago and the evidence of silk culture in China 5,000 years ago. Jobs Sewer, Tailor, or seamstress - Sew and altar clothes, fabric...

TLE Reviewer Dressmaking - A craft of sewing clothes and dresses. The early beginning of dressmaking was marked by woven linen textile found in Egypt around 6,000 years ago and the evidence of silk culture in China 5,000 years ago. Jobs Sewer, Tailor, or seamstress - Sew and altar clothes, fabrics and apparel. You can either have your own sewing business or work in a tailoring shop. Garment Cutter, Garment Construction, and Digital Designer - prepare materials to sew into a garment. You can work in different environments and handle various materials. Apparel Manufacturers - Design and manufacture your own clothing items and sell them. Fashion Designer - Responsible for creating the specific look of individual garments; design fashionable clothes. Dress Shop Manager - Ensure the high standards of quality of clothes and that they are delivered to customers on time. Sewing Machine Operator - Perform garment sewing operations such as joining, reinforcing, or decorating garments. Textile Researcher - Research and analyze different textiles including their designs. Dressmaking Teacher - Teach people how to sew or make dresses. 10 Basic Embroidery Stitches Embroidery - It is an art that everyone can learn. has been around the globe and offers physical and emotional advantages such as enhancing creative skills, boosting brain function, alleviating stress, cheap hobby, and creating something personal. Running Stitch - It is the simplest of all the embroidery stitches. Used in hand stitching for sewing seams and gathering fabric. Back Stitch - Made by taking the thread backward than the conventional forward motion, and thus the name. There are no spaces between each stitch, giving it a continuous appearance. Split Stitch - One of the oldest and simplest of the basic embroidery stitches, visually resembling a small compact chain stitch, but with a much narrower and flatter appearance. Stem Stitch - A traditional outline stitch in hand embroidery. It has a twisted look, which gives this stitch a flowing texture. Often used for stempe in simple embroidery flowers Lazy Daisy Chain Stitch - Nothing more than a simple loop arranged in groups to create flowers, combined in a line to make a Chain stitch, or worked individually to create leaves. Herringbone Stitch - A needlework stitch used in embroidery, knitting and crochet. It is so named as it resembles the bones extending from the spine of a herring fish, French Knot Stitch - A decorative stitch used to create one or more small knogs or dots on a ground material. Bullion Stitch - A long-wrapped knot used singly to embellish designs or in groups to produce a textural filling stitch. Cross Stitch - Also known as X-stitch. A type of counted embroidery that uses little crosses or ‘x’s to create a tiled pattern or design. Satin Stitch - A series of straight stitches placed next to each other. Used as an embroidery fill stitch for small shapes on an embroidery project. Sewing Tools Measuring Tools Sewing Tape Measure - Is a long, thin and flexible tool that helps you measure how long something is. It has numbers and lines on it. Ruler - Either made of wood or plastic and is usually 12 inches long. Used to draw straight lines. Tailor’s Square - used to draw perpendicular lines and to break down measurements. The longer arm is 24 inches long, while the shorter is 14 inches long. French Curve - Used to shape the depth of the armholes and neckline of the pattern. Sewing Gauge - Ruler that is usually 6 inches long. Used to mark hems for alteration. Marking Tools Tailor’s Chalk - Is available in different colors. Dressmakers prefer to mark the wrong side of the fabric with the tailor’s chalk. Tracing Wheel - A serrated or smooth wheel attached to a handle. Tracing Paper - Also called dressmakers' carbon paper. Used to transfer the tracing wheel’s markings to the fabric, Cutting Tools Scissors - are 6 inches long and below, have equal sized holes and are used for cutting light material threads. Shears - 7-12 inches long, have different sized holes, and are mostly used in cutting fabrics. Pinking Shears - Are used to finish seams and raw edges. Also creates a decorative edges on many types of fabric. Seam/Stitch Ripper - Used to rip out stitches and open seams, either a result of error or alterations. Embroidery Scissors - Length is 4-5 inches with fine-tipped blades. Sewing Tools Needles - Come in different sizes. No. 12 is the finest. Sizes 8, 9, snd 10 are the needle commonly used in sewing. Pins - These are used to hold pieces of garments temporarily while sewing. The dressmaker’s pin is the finest and sharpest pin. Threads - sizes range from 20-100. Thread sizes 60-70 are used for general sewing and are available in spools or balls. Thimble - used to protect middle finger whole hand sewing. Also used to push the needle while sewing. Needle Threader - aid in threading the needle and makes threading easier, whether with hand or machine needles. Embroidery Stitches Procedures Running Stitch - It is the simplest of all the embroidery stitches. Step 1: Begin the running stitch by poking your threaded needle up through the fabric Step 2: Poke the needle back down through the fabric next where you just came up, and pull the thread down into your first stitch Step 3: Now poke your needle back up through the fabric, leaving a space from the previous stitch. Then poke the needle back down through the fabric again making your second stitch Back Stitch - is made by taking the thread backward than the conventional forward motion, and thus the name Step 1: Begin the backstitch by poking the needle up through the fabric, and then back down to make a single stitch. Then poke the needle back up through the fabric a space away from the first stitch, as if you were doing the running stitch Step 2: Now poke your needle back down through the fabric at the end of the first stitch. This is the “back” part or the backstitch Step 3: Now poke your needle up through the fabric a space away from the previous stitch. You will then stitch back again. Just repeat this pattern of stitching and you are good to go Satin Stitch - a series of straight stitches placed next to each other. Step 1: Bring the needle up from the back of the fabric on the edge of the image you want to fill in Step 2: Now, insert your needle down into the opposite side of the shape you are filling in. You will want to go directly across from where you came up on the other side Step 3: Then, insert the needle directly across again. It's important to come up on the same side each time to keep your stitches from being pulled out Step 4: Then, insert the needle directly across again. It's important to come up on the same side each time to keep your stitches from being pulled out