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Planning a wardrobe mainly helps a person to
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Clothes worn mainly for protection from weather or injury serve the function of
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Vertical lines in a garment tend to make the wearer look
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Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel, such as red and green, are
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Black, white and grey are called
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Cotton is a
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Silk is produced by
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Polyester is an example of a
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A temporary stitch used to hold fabric in place before final sewing is
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Which tool is used to remove stitches?
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Tailor's chalk is used to
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Darts, gathers and pleats are all ways of
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Which of these is a fastening?
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Interlacing warp and weft yarns at right angles produces
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Fabric made from interlocking loops of yarn is
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Finishing raw edges to stop them fraying is called
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The folded and stitched lower edge of a garment is the
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Fabric finishes are applied mainly to
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A person who creates new clothing styles and collections is a
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A fashion show mainly helps a designer to
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Delivering garments on the date promised is an example of
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Which fibre is the most absorbent and cool to wear in hot weather?
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The lengthwise threads in woven fabric are the
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A thimble protects the
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In a burning test, a fibre that smells like burning hair and leaves a crushable black ash is probably
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Folds of fabric pressed or stitched in place to add fullness are
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A figure with shoulders and hips of similar width and a well-defined waist is the
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A person with a pear figure (wider hips) can balance the shape by
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In the simplest weave, each weft yarn passes over one and under one warp yarn. This is
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A seam that encloses the raw edges inside a second line of stitching, suitable for sheer fabrics, is a
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A finish that stops fabric shrinking when washed is
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Linen is made from the fibres of the
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Nylon is valued for being
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The diagonal direction of a woven fabric, which stretches most, is the
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Which stitch is strongest for hand-sewing a seam?
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The thread count of a fabric refers to
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A fashion entrepreneur pricing a dress costing GH¢80 to make with a 50% mark-up should charge
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The burning test of a cotton fibre gives a smell of
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Wool burns with a smell of
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Nylon is a
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The lengthwise threads in a woven fabric are the
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A dart is used to
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Tacking is a
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Notching curved seams helps the seam to
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A facing is used to
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A Hong Kong finish on a seam uses
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Sanforisation is a finish that
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Calendering gives fabric
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The true bias runs at
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A French seam is suitable for
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