This handbook is to be used as a supplemental guide in addition to the traditional textbook provided by your school. Think of it as a "Quick Guide", giving the student of patternmaking an additional tool to help them understand the basic principles of patternmaking.From Blocks to the basics of dresses, skirts, tops, sleeves and collars, this will provide you the extra assistance you need to understand the fundamentals of patternmaking.As an instructor of patternmaking with over 25 years of professional experience in the fashion industry, I have compiled this book as a means to support and aid beginners in their quest to become proficient in patternmaking and understand how integral it is to Fashion Design.

A detailed guide to dressmaking, being a handbook of pattern drafting and design. Extensively illustrated with simple, useful diagrams and step-by-step instructions, this volume is ideal for those with little previous experience, and would make for a fantastic addition to the bookshelf of today's tailor and dressmaker. Contents include: “Pattern Drafting”, “Tools Necessary for Pattern Making”, “Chart of Measurements”, “Basic Pattern for Waist from Given Measurements”, “Construction of Pattern”, “Formula for Back of Plain Waist”, “Draft of Front of Waist from Chart Given”, “Measurements”, “Formula for Front of Plain Waist”, etc. Many vintage dressmaking books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on dressmaking and tailoring.

Bespoke tailoring A good silhouette is the DNA of a garment, a kind of architecture for textile ideas. In this book, practical step-by-step instructions ensure that inexperienced cutters can work out the perfect fit, on average body shapes, for a suit, a coat, pants and more - based on individual body measurements. From many years of experience, the internationally active tailor and master of this craft Sven Jungclaus passes on his professional knowledge to those who are interested. Because: The gentleman of today is wearing custom made!

Covers all the basic steps of designing patterns including art manipulation and garment styling. Features include more advanced topics such as tailored collars and coats.

This fourth edition of Metric Pattern Cutting for Children's Wear and Babywear remains the standard text book but has three major improvements. First, the sections have been re-organised to reflect changes in producing and marketing children's clothes. Today's popularity of easy-fitting styles and knitted fabrics means that basic 'flat' pattern cutting is used to construct the majority of children's wear and babywear and this type of cutting is therefore emphasised in this new edition. Shaped blocks and garments, cut to fit the body form, are still included, and are placed in chapters covering some school uniform garments or more expensive fashion or formal clothes. The book now clearly separates the sections useful to student beginners (Parts One, Two and Three), and also offers more advanced or specialist sections for students who wish to pursue a career in children's wear or for designers working in the different manufacturing sectors of the trade. The second change in this fourth edition is the introduction of colour coding to the sections; this makes it easier to identify specific processes in the book and enhances the illustrations. Finally, the size charts have been revised to reflect the changes in body sizing. The clear division of the boys' and girls' measurements in the charts has been in response to the way clothes are marketed and to co-ordinate with European size charts. 'Plus' charts for heavier children have also been added.

Metric Pattern Cutting for Women's Wear provides a straightforward introduction to the principles of form pattern cutting for garments to fit the body shape, and flat pattern cutting for casual garments and jersey wear. This sixth edition remains true to the original concept: it offers a range of good basic blocks, an introduction to the basic principles of pattern cutting and examples of their application into garments. Fully revised and updated to include a brand new and improved layout, up-to-date skirt and trouser blocks that reflect the changes in body sizing, along with updates to the computer-aided design section and certain blocks, illustrations and diagrams. This best-selling textbook still remains the essential purchase for students and beginners looking to understand pattern cutting and building confidence to develop their own pattern cutting style.