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Clothing Construction Contest Overview

(Junior and Senior)

  • The contestant(s) shall bring a garment made by the contestant with appropriate accessories.
  • The contestant will enter the garment in Level 1, 2, 3, or 4. Indicate the level on the contest entry card 166 in the upper right corner.
  • Bring the garment on a hanger with the entry card attached. Garments will be judged on construction first, and then the contestant will dress for judging and modeling.
SCORING: JUNIOR AND SENIOR CONTESTS Points

Official judging of the garment for construction and fit based on Level 1, 2, 3, or 4.

Level 1
A very simple garment (skirt, pants, shorts with elastic waist).

Level 2
A simple garment (jumper, dress, skirt, or pants or short with top). (A simple garment does not include zipper, set-in sleeves, buttons or buttonholes, applied waistband, or collars.)

Level 3
A garment such as jumper, dress, skirt, pants, or shorts with top. (Garment will include some of these construction skills: zipper, set-in sleeves, applied waistband, lined vest, collar, buttons and buttonholes.)

Level 4
A lined dress, lined suit, lined coat, or garment made of specialty fabric. Garments will include construction skills listed in Level 3.

200
Skill-A-Thon: This phase will consist of a series of stations where individual contestants will respond to the requirements of the station. Stations will include: parts of a machine, equipment, pattern markings, use of pattern envelope, types of fabrics, kinds of buttons, selection of fabric, interfacing, lining and notions. 100
Rank 1 set of 4 samples according to construction quality. The set will be ranked with 1 being the best and 4 being the least quality. Samples will include: seam, hem, facing, sleeve, zipper, dart, pocket, collar, waistband, cuff, fastener (button and buttonhole, hook and eye, snap, fly front). Each contestant will judge samples listed for their level. (See 4-H Clothing Construction brochure.) 100
Presenting oral reasons on how the samples were ranked. 50 50
TOTAL POINTS 450

 

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