Practical Pattern Making: A Step-by-step Guide
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More and more women are making their own clothes but there are few comprehensive references available. For the most part, dedicated sewers have had to adjust standardized patterns or muddle their way through foreign-language books. In Practical Pattern Making two pattern-making experts and designers introduce the basic techniques of creative pattern design for clothing. It is intended to help fashion students, designers and enthusiastic sewers develop and create a variety of styles, regardless of complexity. The book uses photographs, examples, diagrams and templates to explain all of the techniques, formulas and professional tricks to create a custom-tailored skirt, suit or dress. The tutorial style poses questions that encourage problem-solving. Features include: How to measure the body, with 13 illustrative photographs Blank professional worksheets to copy and use 40 scaled pattern templates with all markings How to draw and mark a sized pattern with darts, pleats and so on Modeling and draping to design and fit a pattern Working with fabric grain and bias Photos of garments in process and finished The 40 garment selections begin with a basic skirt and progress from a fitted jacket and suit to an asymmetrical balloon dress, flounce dress, tissue dresses and more. All require just a few pattern pieces.
| Dimensions | 8.75 x 0.75 x 9.5 inches |
| Isbn 10 | 1770856110 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-1770856110 |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Print Length | 240 pages |
| Publication Date | October 8, 2015 |
| Publisher | Firefly Books |
N**N
Used book like New!
Who ever owned this book took excellent care of it! Love the book and I am excited about reading it and using it to make my own patterns. Great photos which is so helpful. Looks like every thing easily explained along with photos. Great buy! Love it.
L**N
Practical pattern making
Love this book, almost every page has a diagram/pattern for making patterns ,I am still reading this book ,,fantastic
P**T
It helps!
good detail and instruction on pattern making.
A**O
Book
Interesting book
K**R
German sleeve drafting + the all rest
I got this book, I think on Kathleen Fassanella's recommendation, because it's the only one in English that presents German sleeve drafting, with a much better fit. It's great for that. Also perfectly fine for all the other kinds of basic blocks. Shows the usual vast array of how to achieve different designs, from the pedestrian to the eccentric. As usual, much of that will be unwearable in 10 years. But you know, meanwhile you'll know how to get good sleeve fit..
J**N
Impractical pattern making is more like it...
I am an intermediate-level sewist in my opinion and I have been drafting my own patterns for a while, but am mostly self-taught. I was looking for a book to explain the theory of patterning in-depth to increase my base knowledge: this is not that book. There are a few tips on measuring and basic drafting of a straight skirt sloper and basic adjustments like a swayback (although not very well worded and with only one picture to help you!). After that, the book shows you multiple complex, esoteric pieces that border on avant-garde and the patterns to go with them. Some of these pieces include things that are good to know how to pattern like ruffles and sleeves and the slash-and-spread technique, but the rest of these patterns are completely impractical. I will likely keep it only because it's not worth the trouble to send back, but I don't see myself using it very much at all.
A**R
I believe this will be a good book to use as a reference tool.
I intend to use this book as a reference tool to refer to while sewing.
C**N
Practical Pattern Making - creative design
Very unusual and creative designs and techniques for clothes making. This is a very hard book to acquire and well worth it if you appreciate the unusual Japanese couteur.
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