Draft and Cut Pattern for Children Dress

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In order to be comfortable, every type of garment for a child from the first slips to dresses, suits, and playsuits, must be?

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Properly cut and Fitted.

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Refers to lightweight, seamless undergarment fabrics commonly used as a base layer for clothing.

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Slip clothing

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Is achieved by doing the work with care, patience, and practice.

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Good Fitting

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Feels comfortable, adjusts naturally to the activities of the wearer.

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Well-fitted garment

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Five basic factors present in every fitting decides whether a garment fits well or not. These are?

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Ease, Line, Grain, Set, and Balance.

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The garment, which seems to be in the right size, is neither too loose nor too tight. It is also the difference between the actual body measurements and garment measurements.

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Ease

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(T/F) A garment constructed with optimum ease would be the right size.

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True

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Excess of it causes folds across the loose areas, giving a baggy appearance to the garment. Too much of it will be seen in too long shoulder seams, plenty of folds across the neck and chest, and waistline being too loose.

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Ease

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The basic silhouette shows it in a garment. It should be smooth, neat, and without folds and must have smoothly graded curves in back and front. It is obtained by darts, pleats, and yokes are within the garment and should be graceful and smooth.

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Lines

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Is a term used to describe a visual representation of an object or shape against a contrasting background.

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Silhouette

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The circumference lines include?

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Neckline, Armholes, Waistline, and Wrist lines.

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The placement of it forms grain. It denotes the direction of the threads.

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Warp and Weft

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Threads or yarns, the units that make cloth are called?

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The grain

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(T/F) If the grain line is not corrected, wrinkles or sagging occur. Sometimes the grain line is off when the material is not cut carefully.

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True

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In textile manufacturing, it is the lengthwise threads in a fabric that run parallel to each other.

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Warp

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Refers to the vertical yarn or thread that runs perpendicular to the warp yarns in a woven fabric.

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Weft

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A smoothness of it or freedom from wrinkles is required for a good-looking fit.

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Set

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A well-fitted garment has it if it is without any wrinkles.

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Smooth set

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Are caused by the garment being strained over some curves or bulges of the body.

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Slanting wrinkles

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Occur because the circumference below them is fitted too tight.

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Crosswise wrinkles

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The garment should look equal from left to right and front to back.

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Balanced

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It is the visual weight in design. Based on a central dividing line, It makes the right and left side of a garment appear to be equal. A garment must look equal to be visually pleasing.

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Balance

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The level of physical development and coordination varies depending on the child?

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Clothing Hints for Children

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Will extend arms and legs when being dressed.

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10 to 12 months

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Takes off socks and mittens, unzips zipper, tries to put on shoes.

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18 months

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Helps pull up or push down pants, removes shoes if untied, helps put arms in sleeves and legs in pants.

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2 years

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Can dress self with assistance, but has trouble distinguishing front from back and right from left.

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3 years

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Can dress self if given help with small fastener and ties, undresses self.

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4 years

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Can dress and undress self.

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5 years

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Young kids seldom like to be dressed, so choose clothes that are easy to put on and take off?

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Clothing to Dress Comfortably

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Comfort is an important factor in choosing children’s clothing.

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Comfortable Clothing Matters

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There are three main aspects of comfort that should be taken into consideration.

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Temperature, Restriction, Irritating Textures

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Clothing can cause children to be uncomfortably warm or cold. Cotton and cotton mixture fabrics are absorbent and comfortable for young children.

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Temperature

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Kids don’t like to wear that limit body movement. Clothes that are too small or too big can inhibit body motion and interfere with a child’s activity.

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Restriction

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Clothing may cause accidents in small children. Infants whose curiosity is aroused by fancy snaps, button, or trim may attempt to pull them off and swallow them.

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Safe Clothing for the Small Ones

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Rough or scratchy fabrics, fastenings, and stitch finishes may hurt a child’s sensitive skin.

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Irritating Textures

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Large pockets, legs, or garments and long sashes

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Falls

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Drawstrings at the neck

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Strangling

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Pajamas/paper products not nonflammable (costumes)

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Fires

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Safety pin without a safety head

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Pricking

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Loose fasteners or buttons

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Swallowing

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Characteristics of a well-fitted garment

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Ease, Line, Grain, Set, Balance

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Proper Clothing for Small Children

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Sleeping, Eat, Play, Get Dressed

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Types of Fabrics Suitable for Children's Dresses

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Cotton, Linen, Fleece, Satin, Wool

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Knit dresses with mittens on the sleeves are a good option for children. For children 6 months or older, choose pajamas with feet. These will help keep the baby warm even when blankets are removed at night.

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Sleeping

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Small round bibs absorb slime and excess fluid from the bottle or nursing.

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Eat

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To have fun indoors, choose stretchable playsuits, diaper shirt sets, and baby dresses. From having fun outdoors, toddlers will need shorts, tops, and overalls or shortalls for summer and coveralls for winter season.

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Play

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Most adults enjoy showing off their babies. They usually try to dress the young kid to look particularly “pretty”.

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Get Dressed

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Its properties are similar to cotton as it allows air to pass through well, absorbs and retain moisture. It is highly durable and has sun protecting properties, this is what make it suitable fabric for the summertime.

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Linen

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Is known is one of the best fabrics for children clothing as is it soft, tightly woven, lightweight and long lasting.

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Cotton

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Is synthetic, polyester-based fabric for making children’s clothing. It is suitable for outdoor activities and can withstand roughness. The fabric is suitable for winter or colder weather as it keeps children warm.

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Fleece

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An artificial weave made from other natural fabrics like silk and cotton or synthetic materials like polyester, or nylon. It has characteristics of being glossy, lustrous, and smooth, and it is often compared to silk because it is breathable, soft, and fine in texture.

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Satin

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Natural fiber obtained from the fleece of sheep, lamb, goat, and other hairy mammals. It has very smooth and fine texture. Is one of the best fabrics for making children’s clothing because of its softness and heat retaining properties. It is suitable for outdoor occasions and wintertime.

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Wool

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Are part of a clothing item which covers the arm of the body and are usually attached to armhole of bodice pattern.

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Sleeves

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Sleeves that are attached to the garment’s armhole and sewn all the way around.

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Set-in Sleeves

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Sleeves gathered at the shoulder and at the seam but are full and “puffy” in the middle.

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Puff Sleeves

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Also called peasant sleeves, are long sleeves fitted around the shoulder and upper arm and flares out to the wrist like a bell.

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Bell Sleeves

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Sleeves flared out from the shoulder, but it usually does not fully cover the arm.

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Butterfly Sleeves

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Are very long wide sleeves usually hanging loose from the shoulder often used on robes and gowns.

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Angel Sleeves

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Can be close to or away from neckline and collar edge can be round, curved, square, or pointed, depending upon design variation.

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Collar

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This is similar to round collar. This is used in children’s dresses and has rounded ends at back and front.

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Peter Pan Collar

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It is rounded, turned-down collar at the neckline. Is suitable for baby suits and little girls’ dresses. It has “V” shape in front and square shape at the back.

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Sailor Collar

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Used mainly on men’s and body’s shirt. T-Shirts and sportswear. It can be used on children’s garments and ladies tops, too.

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Flat Collar or Sports Collar

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There’s a reason it is a wardrobe staple: from decade ago it can look just as fashionable today. You can make it feel current by pairing it with a trendy top or classic by wearing it with button-down shirt.

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Skirts

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We use them to keep our necessities such as cash, wallet, and even phones for easier reach.

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Pockets

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These are attached to the outside of the garment and may be cut in various shapes.

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Patch

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Any type of pocket in which the opening falls along a seam line of the garment is referred as “pocket set into it".

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Seam

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This type of pocket is inside the garment with a slash of some type for its opening.

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Slash

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It is the length from the head’s top to the heel’s bottom. Measuring it is important because some pattern companies and clothing brands do not write down sizes according to child’s age and only use height.

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Total Height

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Measurement of it is considered among the most important ones. It is useful for determining sizes for many garments like tops, dresses, bodysuits, and rompers.

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Chest

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It is taken by going from the prominent bone to the line of the natural waste.

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Back

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To measure its circumference, wrap the measuring tape around the fullest part of it. It is important when making the size of pants, shorts, and skirts.

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Hip

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For grown-ups, the natural its measurement is taken when wrapping the tape around the thinnest part of it. However, children usually have more rounded bellies without the narrow part.

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Waist

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Goes vertically from the natural waist to the bottom end of the calf bone or the ankle joint bump.

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Side Leg

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(T/F) To measure the child’s waist, wrap the tape around ¼” or 0.25 cm above the belly button.

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True