Thursday, 30 November 2023

Basic Viva For Textile Engineers (Apparel or Garments Related) Part-1

 

1. What is seam?
Ans: Seam is joining of pieces of fabric together with stitching.

2. What is French seam?
Ans: French Seam is narrow seam within a seam, used on fabrics which ravel easily .

3. What is trimming?
Ans: Trimming is Evenly cutting away part of the seam allowance .

4. What is seam Allowance?
Ans: Seam Allowance is the Width between fabric edge and seam line .

5. What is Plain Seam?
Ans: Plain Seam is the Most common type of seam, Suitable for all areas of a garment and fabrics except for sheers and laces.

6. What is Gathers?
Ans: Gathers meanstheTiny, soft folds of fabric formed when a larger piece of fabric is sewn to a smaller piece

7. What is seam finish?
Ans: Seam Finish istheTreatment on seam edges to prevent raveling and make the seam stronger and last longer.

8. What is Basting?
Ans: Basting is the Temporarily joining layers of fabric together.

9. What is Grading ?
Ans: Grading means theTrimming each seam allowance to a different width.

10. What is Back stitching?
Ans: Sewing backward and forward in the same place to secure stitching, is known as Backstitching.

11. Dart
Ans: A stitched fold that provides shape and fullness to a garment so that it fits the curves of the body

12. What is Hem?
Ans: A finished edge on a garment, one of the last steps in sewing a garment is called the hem.

13. What is Notching ?
Ans: Cutting V-shaped sections from the seam allowance is called notching.

14. What is Clipping?
Ans: Making straight cuts into the seam allowance is called clipping.

15. What is Topstitched Seam ?
Ans: A plain seam with a row of machine stitching on one or both sides of the seam line is known as the top stitched seam.

16. What is Alter?
Ans: Alter means to change the pattern or garment so that it fits the body and represents body measurements and proportions.

17. What is Applique.?
Ans: Applique is A cut-out decoration, design or motif applied to base fabric.

18. What is Armscye?
Ans: Armscye means the Armhole; opening for a sleeve.

19. What is Asymmetrical ?
Ans: Asymmetrical means the One-sided, not geometrically balanced.

20. What is Baste?
Ans: Baste is the Stitches made by hand or machine to hold fabric pieces together temporarily.

21. What is Bias?
Ans: Bias is the Diagonal direction of fabric. True bias is at a 45-degree angle to the grain line.

22. What is Binding?
Ans: Binding is the Strip to encase edges as a finish or trim.

23. What is Blind hem?
Ans: Blind hem means the Sewing a hem invisibly with hand or machine stitches.

24. What is Blouson?
Ans: Blouson means the Bloused effect of fullness gathered in at and falling over a seam, typically the bodice over a skirt.

25. What is Bodice?
Ans: Bodice means the Portion of garment above the waist.

26. What is Bolt?
Ans: Bolt is the Unit in which fabric is packaged and sold by the manufacturer. Usually contains 12 to 20 yards.

27. What is Boning?
Ans: Boning means the Flexible strips used to stiffen seams or edges.

28. What is Casing?
Ans: Casing is a folded-over edge of garment or area through which elastic or ribbon is threaded.

29. What is Chevron?
Ans: Chevron is a V-shaped stripes.

30. what is Clean finish?
Ans: Clean finish means the method for finishing the raw edges of pockets, hems or seams.
When the export contract is CIF, then the exporter makes payment of the freight and gets “freight paid” Bill of Landing. On the other hand, if the contract is FOB, the freight has to be paid by the importer. In that case, the shipping company will issue a “freight collect” Bill of Landing.

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