Candidates' Strength

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

• State physical properties of wool;
• Suggest characteristics of fabrics suitable for babies’ clothing in the tropics;
• Draw pattern symbols that will help the candidate to lay out pattern pieces correctly     on the fabric;
• Give reasons for introducing fullness in sleeves;
• State factors to consider when introducing fullness in sleeves;
• Give method each of arranging fullness in the following parts of a garment – waist of a blouse, elbow of a long sleeve, crown of a sleeve, princess line;
• Suggest ways of finishing the waistline of a skirt after arranging fullness;
• Enumerate sources of funding for a dressmakers’ shop;
•  State factors to be considered when selecting a site for the shop;
•  Suggest storage facilities to be used in the shop;
• Explain why the following factors should be considered when fixing prices of garments produced- electricity (source of energy), labour.