Elements and Performance Criteria
- Construct patterns for period and contemporary corsets and undergarments
- Confirm and discuss corsetry and undergarment requirements with relevant personnel and with reference to production documentation
- Determine and take body measurements required for pattern construction
- Calculate measurements required for construction
- Record measurements according to enterprise procedures
- Use taken and calculated measurements to construct corset and undergarment patterns
- Test toiles for patterns and make adjustments to fit or proportioning
- Transfer adjustments to the construction or patterns
- Make final patterns with cutting instructions, and necessary pattern labelling
- Lay up and cut corsets and undergarments
- Sew and finish corsets and undergarments
- Determine components required in consultation with relevant personnel
- Pin or sew fabric pieces and components using a systematic sequence of operations
- Fit corsets or undergarments during assembly and make adjustments and alterations to meet performers' requirements and construction specifications
- Use appropriate techniques and equipment to sew fabric and component pieces together to form undergarments
- Label finished corsets and undergarments according to requirements.