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The Essential Guide to Pattern Making

All You Need to Know about Designing, Adapting and Customizing Sewing Patterns

Jo Barnfield & Andrew Richards

Description

The Essential Guide to Pattern Making is an extensive and clear guide for all who wish to become confident in designing and making their own patterns.

This handy book will become any dress-maker's pattern-designing bible: with accessible break-downs on seams and darts, the order of make for any garment, how to consider your measurements from scratch, and developing your patterns with the inclusion of pockets, pleats, cuffs and fastenings.

Features include lots of tips with coloured illustrations to help lead you through making pattern-making less scary, boosting confidence. Learn to be an intuitive pattern-maker with a depth of understanding in constructing coats, jackets, blazers, dresses, trousers – the works!