Tailoring training
Tailoring training is a specialized technical training, women can undergo in a short span of time to pick up techniques to cut and modify clothes to produce various ready to wear dresses /clothes for children and adult men or women. Apart from learning the tailoring skill to produce ready to wear fabrics the trainees will be also able to make different types of materials made up of cloths to suit different domestic purposes and human use like towels, kerchiefs, curtains, bed sheets, pillow covers, blankets and wearables. It’s a skill that will help women to earn money from their homes to begin with. Many women and men have taken up this trade to earn money and earn good name as well. This could be taken up as a big industry or medium scale or cottage home industry.
Tailoring course is offered as skill training involving small expenses for acquiring skill base for the women from the rural areas. To those who do not afford to pay huge amount for a training, one can learn this trade at village itself with the assistanceof Sri Dhanvanthri Ashramam Trust and learn to stitch minimum items which are highly in demand at villages and nearby towns by setting up their own Tailoring units .
Training Content:
Hand Stitching
Machine Control
Basic machine repair
Taking measurements
Cutting and stitching of women garments
Cutting and stitching of men garments
Cutting and stitching of kids garments
AREE, ZARDOSI and Hand Embroidery work
Tailoring Accessories:
Measuring tape
Leg measurement tape
Compass, Tailoring chalk
Big & Small scissor,
Iron Box, Needless, Rubber
Compass, Tailoring chalk
Big & Small scissor,
Iron Box, Needless, Rubber
Pencil, Cutting Table
Chairs, Embroidery Materials
Stones, Carbon Paper required
Training kit:
20 meters cloth per candidate
Required thread
Tailoring chalk 5 pieces
Rubber, Pencil and Carbon paper.
Long size noteand Pen
Syllabus for the Training
Theory:
Maintenance of sewing machine
Maintenance of sewing machine
Technical terms used in Tailoring
Importance of pattern making
Difference measurements
Practical:
Basic stitches
Types of stitches
Theory:
Definition of tucks
Types of tucks
Methods of correct measurements
Needs of correct measurements
Standard measurement of child
Standard measurement of female
Standard measurement of male
Practical:
Taking measurements
Theory:
Basic Cutting
Knowledge of Cutting
Methods of Cutting Practical
Knowledge of cutting various garments, cutting technique using paper
Principles of Paper Pattern Making Theory
Knowledge of cuffs, collars, & pockets, loop making, back & yoke attaching folders.
Knowledge of necklines, facing, bindings.
Practical:
(in paper and training cloth)
Making Cuffs, Collars & pockets
Necklines in paper and canvass
Cutting for frock
Stitching Frock
Cutting for Half skirt
Stitching skirt
Cutting plain shirt
Stitching plain shirt for skirt
Practical:
(in paper and training cloth)
Cutting for choli
Stitching choli
Cutting churidhar bottom
Stitching churidhar
Cutting Blouse
Stitching blouse
Cutting Nightly
Stitching nightly
Theory:
Basic Embroidery
Practical:
Hand Embroidery
Beads work
TIMELINE OF ACTIVITIES
PROPOSED BUDGET
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
MONITORING AND EVALUATION INDICATORS
PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY
The project will be sustained in the following dimensions:
Socio-Cultural Aspects
The target women will have improved standard of living by earning a regular source of income from tailoring. By improved economic capacities, the target women will have in a state to make quality decision to lead the family and quality participation in the public domain as well.Technical Aspects
The target women will have gained adequate technical skills to effectively produce garments. Sri Dhanvanthri Ashramam Trust will associate with the government and private agencies to avail the assistance of the technical support for strengthening the backward and forward linkages.
Activities at a Glance
VILLAGE TRAINING
We humbly request your support to continue and expand our efforts Under the Vedalai Self Sufficient Village training program.
(Swavalamban Gram Prashikshan Kendra)