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Clothing Construction Contest
(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 CONTEST
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 three.
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 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, hoke and eye, or 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
TOTAL POINTS
450

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