Technical Design and Pattern Making: Women's Clothing 2 (5 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the students are able to:
• perceive the responsibilities, processes and dynamics of teamwork in the clothing industry.
• plan work steps related to outsourcing.
• recognize women's body dimensions.
• design women's clothing using body measurements and sizing charts.
• design and prove clothes according to the styles.
• use their problem solving and communication skills in the product team and identify the needs of documentation as well as document the necessary stages of manufacture.
• recognize high-quality, well-fitting clothing.
• use ready-made patterns for product sizing and tabulating the measures.

Content

The communal processes of industrially manufactured clothing and the responsibilities related to teamwork. Pattern making and manufacture of women’s blouses and shirts, taking industrial methods into account. Women's body dimensions, measurements and standardized tables. Shaping clothing according to the agreed style, and searching for a good fit through fittings and making changes in the patterns. Relevant measurement points for pattern making are set for the garment description, i.e. the product is dimensioned.

Prerequisites

Competencies corresponding to the goals of the following courses:
Technical Design and Pattern Making: Women's Clothing 1.

Teaching methods

Lecture
Individual Tutorials
Small group tutorial

Location and time

Hämeentie 135

Learning materials and recommended literature

Fashion Patternmaking Techniques,How to Make Skirts, Trousers and Shirts. Women/Men. Antonio Donnamo
Supplementary material given by the lecturer and literature.

Alternative completion methods of implementation

N/A

Internship and working life connections

N/A

Exam dates and retake possibilities

N/A

International connections

N/A

Student workload

N/A

Content scheduling

N/A

Further information for students

N/A

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment 30%
Learning assignment 70%

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The students have partly reached the goals of the course. They have adequately completed the set assignments.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The students have successfully reached the goals of the course. They have successfully completed the set assignments applying learned information.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The students have reached the goals of the course to an excellent degree. They have completed the set assignments applying learned information with distinction.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass:
The students have partly reached the goals of the course. They have adequately completed the set assignments.