What does this mean? Dress Pattern Layout... Cant understand Instructions. "nap", "dart", "notches", "fusible.?

Question

I bought a pattern for a dress and im not familiar with the technical terms!
what does "nap" mean? on this one place it says... "with nap" and another "without nap".
Also on the interfacing bit it says "fusible".??
and what is "tailor-tacks"?
what is a "dart", it says "make dart in front same as for bodice"??
Lastly... what is a "Notch"??

Answer 1

I guess what all that means is you've got way to complicated pattern for a beginner. So I'll try to answer your questions, but I don't know if I can make it clear just with words. It would really help if you could find someone to show you in person.

1) nap . some fabrics have a fuzzy surface that if you rub it one way it will feel smooth, but the other way rough, Kinda like petting a cat.

2) fusible interfacing is interfacing that fuses to the back of the fabric when you iron it.interfacing is stuff that makes parts of the garment stiff, like collars etc.

3)tailor tacks, not sure exactly, i don't use them, but somehow they are used to hold pieces together, like pins.

4) Darts. this is a thing where you pinch up the fabric in a triangular shape, like to fit the skirt around your hips. You take for example an inch at the top to nothing six inches down or watever, and sew it that way. sorry i dont know how to describe it better.

5)notch at certain places around the pattern pieces are little tabs or notches that are used to align the different parts with each other. or you may need to cut little notches along a seam allowance to let a curved piece lay good. like the top of a sleeve.

Answer 2

If you have a fabric "with nap" all the pattern pieces have to be laid out with the top towards the same end of the fabric, because the nap reflects the light differently if its different ways round, and the colour would look slightly different on pieces where the nap was the other way up. The "with nap" layout will take more fabric because you can't fit the pieces so closely together if they all have to be the same way up. Velvet has a nap for example.



Tailor tacks are hard to explain in words! They are used to mark the position of the dart.(Darts are the small triangles marked on the pattern to show you where to take in the fullness you don't need, eg to make room for your boobs but avoid having a bunch of spare fabric under your arm) You thread a needle with a long piece of thread and have the ends level so the thread is double. Then make sure your pattern is pinned where the darts are so it can't move. Take a stitch right through the pattern paper and both layers of fabric, on one of the little circles marking the dart. Bring the needle up and do it again, leaving a loop of thread at least an inch long. Do this at all the little circles marking the all the darts on the pattern piece you're doing. Then carefully lift the paper off (it will tear little holes where the stitches are) Slightly separate the two layers of fabric and cut the thread which is now joining them together. When you have cut all the threads you will find the position of the sewing line for the darts is marked by your little threads. Then follow the instructions for making the darts, making sure you have the fold of material on the wrong side of the fabric. Sopunds awful but its easy once you've got your head round it.

Answer 3

A "dart" is generally a "v" shape, used for making shape at the bust, waist, hips etc.

Tailors tacks. Use double threaded needle , Whilst pattern is still on material sew in and out (generally black spot) twice with loop. Cut through loop, remove pattern. Carefully pull material apart and cut cotton thread. You should have cotton markers both sides in you have folded material. Use a bold thread so it's easy to remove after you have sewn darts.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Notch: nick or indentation: a small V-shaped cut in the edge or on the surface of something



Nap: the small soft fibers that stick up slightly from the surface of a fabric such as velvet and that usually all lie in one direction only



Fusible: meltable, describes metals and other materials that are easily melted or liquefied

Answer 5

TESSE! Think very little about it no one will be good on Good Friday, that's the tradition of man an excuse to go to church or preach. It's when Jesus was crucified for our sins, he died and went to hades, on Sunday morning rose again. He is alive now in the human heart by the Holy Spirit and is in heaven with our Father God. Being good on Friday doesn't have nothing to do with it. Everybody with not be good every day. Take care! Jimmy.