Clothing and Textiles 2, Aug./Sept. 2022

 

THE SUMMARY OF CANDIDATES’ STRENGTHS

Many candidates were able to demonstrate their strengths in the ability to

  • identify the parts of the trouser labelled;
  • suggest a suitable neatening for the lower edge of the pair of trouser;
  • explain how to measure the part of the trouser labelled V;
  • state ways of neatening the waistline of a skirt;
  • explain why the following factors have to be considered when planning the wardrobe:

       Weather condition, money available and family composition;

  • state reasons why families renovate clothing;
  • state uses of interfacing;
  • state different ways of decorating a toddler’s play dress;
  • state fabrics suitable for making a toddler’s play dress in the tropics
  • suggest fabrics for making the jumper drawn;
  • enumerate the characteristics of clothes for leisure activities in the tropics;
  • state the uses of pockets on a man’s jumper;
compare cotton and wool under the following: absorbency, resiliency, washability, effect of alkaline, cost and strength