Patternmaking for Fashion Design [Hardcover]

NEW—Knock offs—Illustrates several methods for replacing ready made designs, i.e., rub-off, trace-off (using muslin, paper, or cellophane), use of measurements, following the grainlines, separating the garment along stitch lines, and tracing the cloth pattern shapes to paper.
Offers students a faster method for making patterns and for replicating existing designs.
NEW—Fitting corrections—Includes fitting corrections for the basic patterns. Explains how to modify the bodice to fit the different sizes of bust cups.
Gives students the adjustment instructions they need to create and alter garments for the best fit, and the necessary tools to draft pants for a personal and precise fit for women and men.
NEW—A unique section on patternmaking for bias-cut garments—Illustrates a procedure that guides the patternmaker in adjusting design patterns to offset stretch; integrated into chapters covering cowls and bias-cut dresses.
Shows students how to take into account how a fabric will stretch in a bias-cut so that they can fine-tune and work it for a perfect fit.
NEW—Revised drafting instructions and standard measurement charts—Provides a revised procedure for drafting the front and back bodice and the sleeve to reflect the measurements of the newer model forms.
Simplifies and clarifies instructions for students, and keeps them up-to-date with the latest industry measuring and drafting guidelines, to establish foundation patterns. Ex.__
NEW—Constructed support for strapless designs—Expands upon discussion and includes an additional strapless foundation.
Provides students with new options in constructing the undergarment, allowing for more creative designs using the latest technology.
NEW—Bias-cut dresses—Emphasizes bias-cut dresses that cling to the figure, as influenced by Madeline Vionnett.
Shows students how to adjust flat patterns for garments cut on the bias.
NEW—Advanced design projects—Adds one or two advanced designs to selected chapters.
Challenges more advanced students.
A practical introduction to patternmaking—Opens the book with discussions on the workroom, the model form and measuring techniques, and how to draft the basic pattern set.
Sets the stage for students, fully preparing them for the work that lies ahead by familiarizing them with their working environment and the tools and methods of the industry.
Complete coverage of the three steps of design patterns- dart manipulation, added fullness, and contouring.
Empowers students with a firm understanding of the essential patternmaking and design principles that underlie all fashion designs, and shows them how they will apply these principles in various combinations for their patternmaking projects.
Chapter projects—Includes a fashion sketch for each project with an analysis of the design, and focuses on pattern plot and manipulation for developing the patterns.
Offers students visual support and step-by-step explanations for each project.

This quintessential guide to patternmaking offers comprehensive coverage, clear illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions, providing users with all the relevant information necessary to create design patterns with accuracy regardless of their complexity. Covers the three steps in the development of design patterns—dart manipulation, added fullness, and contouring—with a central theme that all designs are based on one, or more of these three major patternmaking and design principles. Includes a fashion sketch for each project with an analysis of the design, and focuses on pattern plot and manipulation for developing the patterns. Illustrates several methods for knock-offs, and dedicates new sections on fitting corrections for the basic pattern set and the four pant foundation; menswear; patternmaking for bias-cut garments; revised drafting instructions and standard measurement charts; how to modify the bodice to fit the different sizes of bust cups; constructed support for strapless designs, and more. Presents additional and more challenging design projects for the advanced reader. For dressmakers, home sewers, manufacturing companies, and professionals in fashion design and fashion merchandising.