Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Practical pattern making, a step-by-step guide, Lucia Mors de Castro & Isabel Sánchez Hernández

eng

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Practical pattern making

902919562

Lucia Mors de Castro & Isabel Sánchez Hernández

a step-by-step guide

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

Cut to cut -- Traditional patterns -- Geometric patterns -- Traditional geometric patterns -- Patterns to scale -- Glossary of pattern and garment making terms -- Glossary of fabrics -- Measurement chart -- Standard measurements