· the fiber / fabric characteristics (easy or specialized care)
· quality or condition of the fabric
· durability or the life of the garment
· cost savings of the proposed repair
· the width of the seam allowance, garment design and ease of repair.
The fibre content of my ___________(name your garment: pants, shirt, blouse, sweater, etc) is ___________. The characteristics of the fabric are _________________. (eg. shiny, stretchy, stiff, stripped, thin, fuzzy, ribbed, etc). The quality and/or condition (choose 1 or both) is ______________. (poor, fair, excellent, faded, stretched out, etc). I feel that the _________(garment) is/is not (choose 1) durable because it has lasted _________ (time) and will/will not (choose 1) last for another ______ (time frame).
For the rest of your paragraph, talk about:
1) What can you do to change the garment so you will like to wear it again?
2) How much time and money will it take if you made these changes? If you took it into an alterations shop to make the changes? (if you don't know, call a local shop or ask someone who has used an alterations shop before)
3) Do you think that with the seam allowance that is left, the way the garment is designed and difficulty of your alterations that your changes are feasible? Why or why not?
