Int. Design Clothing Care

Labels on garments that tell you how to properly care for them

• Mend

• Pretreatment

• Care labels

• Alteration

A spot or discoloration on a garment

• Stains

• Snag

• Soleplate

• Mildew

To repair

(a)  

A fungus that grows on damp fabrics

• mushrooms

• mildew

• mold

Special attention you give a garment before laundering

• Pressing

• Sorting

• Alteration

• Pretreatment

Dividing clothes into different groups is called...

• sorting
• labeling
• prewashing
• preloading

Stains will be more difficult to remove if...

• they are fresh

• they are old

Fabric softeners can be

• Plastic

• Liquid

• Dry sheets

• Hard

Always do the following before laundering clothing: (check all that apply)

• tie ties (so they don't come out of pants/hoodies)

• add fabric softener (to make softer)

• Check for any stains (to pretreat if needed)

• check pockets for money/tissues/food

The first step in laundry care is reading the

• seams

• stains

• care label

• color transfer