Fashion Design Pattern Making and Draping 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In fashion design, the process of creating a pattern by arranging and pinning fabric directly onto a dress form is called:
- Flat pattern drafting
- Draping or moulage (Correct answer)
- Grading
- Pivoting
Correct answer: Draping or moulage
Draping (also called moulage) is a technique for creating patterns by manipulating fabric on a three-dimensional dress form to achieve the desired design.
Question 2: What is 'grading' in the context of pattern making?
- Adding seam allowances to a finished pattern
- Evaluating the quality of a finished garment
- Proportionally enlarging or reducing a pattern to create different sizes (Correct answer)
- Transferring pattern markings to fabric with a tracing wheel
Correct answer: Proportionally enlarging or reducing a pattern to create different sizes
Grading is the process of proportionally increasing or decreasing a pattern's measurements to produce a range of sizes while maintaining the original design's proportions.
Question 3: What is a 'toile' (sometimes called a muslin) in the fashion design process?
- A type of luxury printed French fabric
- A test garment made in inexpensive fabric to check fit before cutting the final fashion fabric (Correct answer)
- A specialized pattern drafting technique
- A method of sewing decorative French seams
Correct answer: A test garment made in inexpensive fabric to check fit before cutting the final fashion fabric
A toile (or muslin) is a trial garment made from inexpensive fabric used to test and refine the fit and design before cutting into the final fashion fabric.
Question 4: Which technique converts a dart into gathers, pleats, or a style line by rotating the pattern around a pivot point?
- Seam allowance adjustment
- Dart rotation or slash and spread (Correct answer)
- Grading
- Ease distribution
Correct answer: Dart rotation or slash and spread
Dart rotation (slash and spread) moves the dart intake to a different location or converts it into design fullness such as pleats, gathers, or curved style lines.
Question 5: What does cutting fabric 'on the bias' mean?
- Cutting parallel to the selvage edge along the lengthwise grain
- Cutting at a 45-degree angle to both the warp and weft grain lines (Correct answer)
- Cutting fabric along the crosswise grain only
- Cutting fabric using a rotary cutter for precision
Correct answer: Cutting at a 45-degree angle to both the warp and weft grain lines
Cutting on the bias means cutting at a 45-degree angle to the grain lines, which gives the fabric extra stretch, drape, and a body-contouring quality.
Question 6: A princess seam creates shape in a garment by:
- Adding gathers at the waistline seam
- Using curved vertical seams from the shoulder or armhole through the bust to shape the garment (Correct answer)
- Incorporating pleats at the neckline
- Adding a horizontal seam across the bustline
Correct answer: Using curved vertical seams from the shoulder or armhole through the bust to shape the garment
Princess seams are curved vertical seams running from the shoulder or armhole through the bust point, shaping the garment without using traditional darts.
Question 7: The 'straight grain' of a fabric is also referred to as the:
- Bias grain
- Cross grain
- Lengthwise grain or warp grain (Correct answer)
- Diagonal grain
Correct answer: Lengthwise grain or warp grain
The straight grain (lengthwise grain or warp grain) runs parallel to the selvage and is the most stable, least stretchy direction in woven fabric.
Fashion Design Pattern Making and Draping 2
In fashion design, the process of creating a pattern by arranging and pinning fabric directly onto a dress form is called: