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Fashion Construction Syllabus
Fashion Construction Syllabus
Spring 2012
8 shear
Assorted sharps hand sewing needles
Colored head straight pins
Seam ripper
Thimble (optional)
Tape measure
Pin Cushion
Seam gauge
2 polyester all-purpose 9 inch zippers
Construction paper to mount sewing samples
2 inch three-ring notebook
Plastic page holders
2 yards IRON ON featherweight/midweight interfacing
1 package piping
Bobbins #15 (purchase from instructor- 45 cents each)
Label all supplies with your name! The instructors and MSU are not responsible for missing items.
Keep Receipts for Returns!
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Course Description
Overview of the global fashion industry. Career options in fashion merchandising, product development
and design are highlighted. 2(2-0) F
Course Overview
To prepare Fashion Design and Fashion Merchandising students with a foundation for apparel
construction and fitting techniques using commercial pattern. This courses also prepares Family
Consumer Sciences students with skills needed to be an instruction in the middle and high school
classroom.
Course Objective
After successful completion of this course a student should be able to do the following:
1. Identify essential sewing tools, supplies and notions; demonstration of proper use and care of
equipment with an emphasis on safety for both the classroom and in the home.
2. Maintain and properly use pressing equipment, sewing machines and sergers; emphasis on the
identification of proper adaptations of equipment for special needs.
3. Demonstrate pattern sizing, selection and fitting essentials.
4. Identify fibers and their performance.
5. Identify and demonstrate the basic principles and techniques of clothing construction.
6. Apply organizational and managerial principles to the sewing workspace; the lab experience will
emphasize routine requirements that will meet the needs of all students.
7. Develop clothing projects that exemplify wise consumer decisions of a high quality.
8. Adapt knowledge to career and leisure choices (vocational teaching, design, merchandising,
crafts, homemaking, extension in the rural and urban areas, and/or volunteer work).
Competencies for Vocational Family and Consumer Sciences Education Majors
Specialty Area: 6.1: Selection, care, repair, redesign, and reuse of textile products to meet individual and
family needs, 6.2: Strategies for assessing apparel decisions in terms of values, function appearance,
and societal norms, 6.3: Fibers, fabrics, design concepts, and construction of textile products, 6.4:
Cultural, aesthetic, and historical aspects of textiles, apparel, and fashion, and 6.5: Strategies for
evaluating textile products and policy for individuals in various life situations.
Professional Education MoStep Performance Indicators: 1.1.2.1.1 The pre-service teacher knows the
discipline application to the certification area.
Conceptual Framework General Learning Outcomes: 2: Subject Matter, 4: Reflective Skills, 5:
Technology, 9: Diversity.
Attendance Policy
Because this is a class that requires extensive student-faculty and student peer interaction, attendance
is mandatory. . Excessive absences (over two class periods) will result in the student being advised to
drop the class. Attendance issues are not to be handled by phone or e-mail. Please arrive hour
before scheduled class to discuss attendance issues.
Conflicts due to work schedules are not considered acceptable absences.
Make-Up Or Late Assignments
Over the course of the semester, students will construct four projects in class. Projects include
shorts, a skirt, and a shirt.
2 boxer
All construction must be accomplished during assigned class time unless permission has been
given by the instructor. Failure to do so will result in a failing grade for the project.
Late assignments will not be accepted.
Student Performance Evaluation Grading
Reading Assignments:
Students are required to complete the required reading(s) prior to class. Students will be called on at
random to discuss the assigned readings. Both textbook and class handouts will be assigned, as noted
on the FMD Course Schedule.
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Exams:
The midterm will consist of the completion of a pair of boxer shorts without the assistance of the
instructor or other class members. Failure to comply will result in 0 points on the midterm. Sewing details
will be thoroughly defined and explained in class.(100 points). A written midterm will also be given (100
points). See the course schedule for both dates.
The Final Exam will be written, practical, or a combination. See the Course Schedule for the time and
date of the Final Exam. (100 points)
Seam and Construction Sample Notebook:
Samples of hand and machine stitches, as well as construction elements will be compiled in a 3-ring
notebook. (See FMD 103 Supply List for mounting details). Techniques will first be demonstrated by the
Instructor then executed by the student. Samples will be handed in twice during the semester. The FMD
103 Tentative Schedule lists the due dates for samples to be handed in for grading. (Total of 200 points
for completed Notebook).
Students are requested to pick up and take home their work as soon as it is returned by the faculty
member. The FID department is not responsible for projects that may be damaged while waiting for their
owners to take them home. All projects must be labeled with students name, course number, instructors
name, and date of submission. Any project found without this will be thrown away. Any project left after
the end of the following semester will be thrown away.
COURSE GRADING SYSTEM
(Approximate grade distribution)
Grading Scale
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD
F
200
100
100
200
200
100
900
Percentages
95-100%
90-94%
87-89%
84-86%
80-83%
77-79%
74-76%
70-73%
60-69 %
59% and below
LAB AVAILABILITY
Practice! Practice! Practice! Lab can be used anytime (8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.) if a class is not in session.
(Class schedule for the lab is posted on the door of lab).
.
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
Because of the high usage of the Apparel Design Studio for laboratory classes, all sewing
machines/sergers and the surrounding space must be kept in an orderly manner. All students are
responsible for the following classroom duties:
1. All trash must be picked up from the area surrounding the sewing machines and sergers. This
includes thread clippings, fabric trimmings, and pins/needles.
2. Empty trash in the designated waste receptacles in the studio/lab.
3. Place the machine foot control on the table and push chairs under the tables. machines
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4. Your sewing area must be kept organized. Nothing may be left on the machine tables or floor
that will be in the way of others. All backpacks and other extraneous items must be placed under
the large cutting tables. Keep drawers pushed into their slots and worktables free from clutte
5. The Instructor is not responsible for accidents. Be careful with supplies, machines, and
supporting equipment.
Course Schedule
Attached is the semester schedule. The schedule is subject to change at instructors discretion.
Dropping Class
It is your responsibility to understand the Universitys procedure for dropping a class. If you stop attending this class
but do not follow proper procedure for dropping the class, you will receive a failing grade and will also be financially
obligated to pay for the class. For information about dropping a class or withdrawing from the university, contact the
Office of the Registrar at 836-5520.
It is the responsibility of the student to initiate this process and bring it to the instructors
attention at the beginning of the semester.
Non-Discrimination Policy
Missouri State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution, and maintains a grievance procedure
available to any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against. At all times, it is your right to address
inquiries or concerns about possible discrimination to the Office for Equity and Diversity, Park Central Office Building,
117 Park Central Square, Suite 111, (417) 836-4252. Other types of concerns (i.e., concerns of an academic nature)
should be discussed directly with your instructor and can also be brought to the attention of your instructors
Department Head. Please visit the OED website at www.missouristate.edu/equity/.
Academic Integrity
Missouri State University is a community of scholars committed to developing educated persons who accept the
responsibility to practice personal and academic integrity. You are responsible for knowing and following the
universitys student honor code, Student Academic Integrity Policies and Procedures, available
at www.missouristate.edu/policy/academicintegritystudents.htm and also available at the Reserves Desk in Meyer
Library. Any student participating in any form of academic dishonesty will be subject to sanctions as described in this
policy.
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an integral part of the Universitys emergency notification system, an exception to this policy would occur when
numerous devices activate simultaneously. When this occurs, students may consult their devices to determine if a
university emergency exists. If that is not the case, the devices should be immediately returned to silent mode and
put away. Other exceptions to this policy may be granted at the discretion of the instructor.
FMD 103 Class Schedule: Dates to be filled in by students per instructors directions.
SESSION
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
1. _______
pp. 9-12
pp. 30-32
(14-29)
pp. 32-33
pp. 34-35
pp. 69-72
(30-33;92-93)
HAND SEWING
Threading a needle & tying a knot
Hand Stitches: Basting (even & uneven), running,
backstitch, pickstitch, blanket stitch, buttonhole stitch, Lazy Daisy, French knot, , cross
stitch (tentative)
CLOSURES
Button, hook & eye, thread chain (tentative)
2. _______
3. _______
READINGS
pp. 104-105
(88-90)
pp. 127-132
(258-261)
pp. 25-30
(40-52)
pp. 58-60
(76-77)
pp. 37-46
pp. 13-25
(58-61)
pp. 83-99
(34-35,93-94)
pp. 77-81
(94-96)
pp. 60-66
(77-81)
pp. 66-69
(82-83)
pp. 99-101
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4. _______
pp. 121-126
(172)
p. 74
(118)
5. _______
6. _______
SERGER LAB
7. _______
8 ._______
pp. 192-195
9. _______
p. 74
pp. 142-143
pp. 101-102, 158160
p. 82
pp. 75,144
p. 78
p. 74
pp. 73, 120-121
pp. 72-73
pp. 147-150
pp. 196-199
pp. 46-47
pp. 18-24, 60-69
SKIRT LAB
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10. ______
pp. 162-165
pp. 150-158
WORK ON NOTEBOOKS
11. ______
12. ______
13. ______
pp. 143-146
pp. 165-170
pp. 133-136
pp. 175-179
pp. 136-141
pp. 127-130
SHIRT LAB
Review Seam Techniques
Review Trim, Grade, & Clip
pp. 77-78
pp. 82
14. ______
SHIRT LAB
15. ______
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