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A Prototype is a Sample of a Design

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:11:13 +0000

You know that designers think of an idea, make a sketch, and choose their fabric. Next, they make a prototype. A prototype is a sample of a design.It looks like the sketch, but it is made of fabric. This helps the designer see what the piece of clothing might really look like when it is completed. The designer may use the prototype to work on his design some more.

By the Yard

Designers use math to make prototypes.The first thing they do is to determine how much fabric they’ll need to buy. Fabric is often sold by the yard. This means that, often, you must buy a piece of fabric that is some whole number of yards long.

If you buy 1 yard of fabric, for example, you are buying a piece that is 1 yard long. Since there are 3 feet in 1 yard, you can also say that 1 yard of fabric is 3 feet long. Most pieces of fabric are 4 feet wide. So a piece of fabric 3 feet (1 yard) long has 12 square feet of fabric in it. You can figure this out by multiplying the length by the width,to find a square measurement, like this:

3 feet x 4 feet = 12 square feet

Suppose a designer is making a prototype of a coat. He estimates that he’ll need about 30 square feet of fabric in order to make the prototype. How many yards of fabric should he buy? The designer knows that 1 yard of fabric has 12 square feet. Two yards will have 24 square feet. That will not be enough. Three yards will have 36 square feet (12 + 12 + 12 = 36, or 12 x 3 = 36). So the designer buys 3 yards. He will have 6 square feet left over.

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A fashion Designer Has Her Idea for a Design

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:23:17 +0000

A fashion designer has her idea for a design. She has made her sketch. Now, she must choose her fabric the cloth from which the clothing will be made. There are different kinds of materials that can be used to make fabric. For example, fabric can be made from cotton, silk, or wool. Fabric made from each material will have its own look and feel. The designer must choose which one to use. The designer also chooses what color the fabric will be and whether it will have a pattern. Many designers use fabrics that have a type of pattern called a tessellation. Tessellations are fun to look at. They make clothes look interesting.

A tessellation is a pattern made from figures that are all congruent. The figures in a tessellation repeat. All of the figures fit together like a puzzle. There are no gaps between the figures. The figures do not overlap. Many mosaics are examples of tessellations because they are made up of tiles that are all the same size and all the same shape.

Designers also use flips to make tessellations. In these patterns, the figure is flipped over again and again. The picture above is an example of a flip tessellation.

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Many Designers Give Dresses Line Symmetry

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:49:48 +0000

Many times, when a designer gets an idea for a piece of clothing, he makes a ketch to show what he thinks his new creation should look like. A sketch is a simple drawing. Often, it is not very detailed. The sketch shows the basic idea of how something should look. A sketch can be drawn by hand. It can also be made on a computer. When designers sketch their clothing ideas, they often use geometry. They draw basic shapes. They draw different kinds of lines. They draw angles.

Clothing and Geometry Sketches may use circles or triangles. Some may use rectangles. For example, a designer may sketch a boy’s jacket. He may use two rectangles to stand in for the sleeves and one for the main body of the jacket. There may be a hood shaped like a triangle. The designer can also use geometry in the design of the jacket. Maybe it will have square pockets on the front.

Fashion designers often create clothes that have line symmetry. That’s because many people think that clothes with line symmetry look good. Many designers give dresses line symmetry. Suppose you drew a line down the center of a dress with line symmetry. The left side of the dress would look like the right side of the dress flipped over.

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