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CO Guide to Judging Clothing Colorado 4-H Guide for Clothing Judges Standards of Quality Clothing Construction Introduction One of our basic tasks in evaluating or judging is to be able to recognize and identify the standards that give a garment a finished, professional look. There are many techniques that can be used to accomplish the same end product. Each of us has techniques that we like and techniques that we dislike. In an objective evaluation it is essential to play down our personal preferences and to build upon identified and accepted standards. In general, there are some standards that apply to almost all techniques. Almost all construction techniques should result in an area, finish or detail that is: • Inconspicuous o Flat and smooth o Free from bulk o Stitching a uniform distance from an edge or fold • Functional • Durable –stitching uniform and secure Specific standards that can be expected in good construction are listed on the following pages. They are organized by techniques and/or areas, and the techniques are presented in alphabetical order. Overall Appearance Be objective when considering the overall appearance and appeal of a garment. It may be helpful to think about there being at least one especially pleasing feature about this garment, reflecting the many hours of though, effort and creativity that went into its construction. It may be the design, fabric, use of unusual technique or detail. Particularly neat and well-done machine or handstitching, etc. o Overall neatness and cleanliness o Plaids, stripes, checks and other designs matched at seams o Fabric with a direction in design or nap issued in garment in one direction unless garment design requires variation. o Pressing is done throughout construction o Notions compatible with fabric and garment design, color, fiber and weight o Basting threads removed, sewing threads clipped o Care label is sewn into garment, is desirable but not mandatory Belts o Secure o Even in length and width o Flat, smooth, free from bulk o Uniform in appearance o Straight belt, uniform in width o On grain of fabric o Contour belt, smooth, gradual o Placed in direction of pull curves o Equally distant apart o Interfaced o Correct length, allows button to o Corners are square pass easily and yet small enough o Shape at end of belt, a sharp to hold garment closed point, gradual curve o Correct placement o Closure is appropriate, attractive o On right front of women’s and durable garment o On left front of men’s Bindings garments o Overlapping occurs where o Smooth, uniform, flat or rounded it was designed, i.e., as appropriate center front, center back, o Seams graded to eliminate bulk side seams at neck, fullest o Stitching is straight part of bust, and waist o Width is uniform (unless design o Rectangle is no wider than ¼” requires variation) except for bulky fabrics o Lips are even width Buttons o Lips meet exactly at center of rectangular opening o Size is appropriate to fabric and o Facing securely fastened—back style of garment of buttonhole finished o Function o Securely Worked Buttonholes fastened o Color is o May be hand-worked or machine- well made coordinated with fabric o Flat o Have a shank; allows room for o Secure; all stitched intact fabric layers that lie under them o Even in length and width o Reinforced on the wrong side o Uniform in appearance with interfacing, reinforcement o Length of stitch button o Regularity of stitch o A space, in good proportion, o Stitched in thread that matches between fabric button and o On the grain of the fabric edge of o Cut in direction of pull; eliminates garment gaping o Placed in o Equally distant apart relation to o Correct length; allows button to buttonholes; when buttoned, pass through easily and yet small layers are completely flat and enough to hold garment closed smooth o Correct placement o On right front of women’s Bound Buttonholes garment o On left front of men’s o Flat garment o Overlapping occurs where Cuffs it was designed; center front, center back, side o Flat, smooth free from bulk seams o Enclosed seams trimmed o Important placement and graded points are at neck, fullest o Interfacing cushions seam part of bust and waist; allowance other buttons evenly o Interfaced spaced between; lowest o Even in width button located above hem o Only top cuff is visible Darts o Tapered and smooth o Come to a tapered point o Free of puckers or bubble o Securely fastened at end Collars o Appear as straight lines from outside of garment o Free from bulk o Evenly spaced, if in groups o Curved seams clipped or o Matched from left or right side of wedged body in shape and length o Seams trimmed, graded o Well pressed o Only top collar is visible o Over rounded ham if o Built-in roll prevents under intended for curved collar from showing section of body o Understitching holds the o Vertical darts pressed under collar in place toward center o Interfaced o Horizontal darts pressed o Enclosed seam is invisible on down outside o Interfacing gives cushion between upper collar and seam allowance o Collar carefully pressed o Same shape left to right o Curve of collar o Angle of collar points o Location in relation to center front or center back Facings o Flat, smooth, free from bulk o No pulling o No hand tacking visible on outside Not visible from outside o o No visible hand stitches o No construction imprints pressed on outside o Securely held in place o By understitching o Adequate ease for comfort o By tacking only at seams o Correct amount of ease for and darts smoothness o Enclosed seam o Neither too loose nor too o No wider than ¼” tight o Graded, clipped, or o Wrinkles which pull and wedged draw indicate too little o Edge is secure, stable and free ease from raveling o Wrinkles that lie in folds o May or may not require a indicate too much ease finish Balance o If finished, finish is flat, smooth, free from bulk o From right to left o From top to bottom Fitting o From front to back The purpose of fitting is to hold flat cloth Overall Smoothness and Freedom from pieces to a curving body and allow the wrinkles garment to be comfortable and attractive. Good fit is based on five o Smooth on the body factors: Grain, Line, Ease, Balance and o Free from wrinkles Overall smoothness and freedom from o Enhances appearance of wearer wrinkles. o Good design on wearer o Line Grain o Color o Length-wise grain is o Texture perpendicular to the floor o o Cross-wise grain is parallel to the For Example ---Sleeves floor Grain o Grain-line on right half of garment o Cross-wise grainline parallel to matches grainline on left half of floor above the elbow garment o Length-wise grainline perpendicular o the floor above Line the elbow o Silhouette lines on garment follow silhouette lines on the body Line o Shoulder seams are on o Sleeve cap rests at end of top of shoulder shoulder o Vertical seams fall o Curve of armhole is smooth and perpendicular to the floor gradual o Vertical side seams cut body in half Ease o Circumference lines follow body o Sleeve has adequate room for circumference—neckline, upper arm waistline and armhole o Sleeve is smooth and free from o Darts point toward and stop short wrinkles of fullest part of the are they o Diagonal wrinkles pointing shape to the cap indicate needed o Hem is parallel to the floor length Ease o Cross-wise folds at the o Seams are matched under arm indicate needed o Grain of hem matches that room of garment for smoothness o Long sleeve has adequate length o Inconspicuous; unless meant to be decorative Balance o Uniform in width o Short sleeve is balanced on the o If top stitched, stitching is uniform arm and corresponds with other top o Pokes neither forward nor stitching on the garment back o Hand stitches are evenly spaced, o Doesn’t hug the arm secure, free from drawing and o Fullness is smooth and even invisible on outside o Not puffy or puckered o Fusing hems are acceptable o Fullness is even front and o Carefully pressed to avoid ridges back o Depth appropriate for fabric, style of garment, and size of individual Overall smoothness and freedom o Garment hangs evenly and from wrinkles gracefully o Sleeve is eased into blouse, not o Uniform distance from the the blouse eased into the sleeve floor o Adequate width to suit Gathers present styles to provide weight to hang well o Uniform, evenly distributed; non Interfacing are stitched so as to form pleats o Full and attractive o Adds shape, body and support o Not pressed flat o Without bulk o Adequate fullness so not o Without changing the to appear skimpy character of the fabric o Enhances the hand of the fabric Hems o Color blends with color fabric or enhances it o Free from bulk o Serves as a cushion between the o Appropriate width for garment and the seam weight of fabric allowances o Fullness reduced or o Not visible; covered by the facing controlled by easing or o Free from raveling shrinking; free from o Interface seams and darts are pleating treated to eliminate bulk o Seams pressed open and graded Lining o Seams clipped at edge of pleats o Conceals the inner construction o Flat and smooth o Color coordinated with fashion o If required, finished to fabric prevent raveling; not all o Care coordinated with fashion fabrics require a finish fabric o If finished, finish does not o Fits smoothly inside the garment add bulk or create a ridge o Has a neat, clean finish o Free from pleats o Lining and garment seamlines o Is only slightly larger than are aligned the area on which it rests o Allowance for body movement o Vertical pleat in back lining Plackets and turns toward
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