Design-It-Yourself Clothes: Patternmaking Simplified by Cal Patch (Paperback, 2009)

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ISBN-13: 9780307451392, 978-0307451392. This book explains everything a reader needs to customise sewing patterns and achieve perfect fitting clothes. Many modern sewers are looking to draft their own patterns - but the only books that teach the skill are dry and outdated.

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This book explains everything a reader needs to customise sewing patterns and achieve perfect fitting clothes. It reveals how to measure a body and draft a perfect-fitting skirt, T-shirt, button-down shirt, dress and trousers. It also features insider tips, explanations and how to endlessly alter patterns throughout. Many modern sewers are looking to draft their own patterns - but the only books that teach the skill are dry and outdated. Design-It-Yourself Clothes is a comprehensive guide to pattern drafting from concept to execution by Cal Patch, a fashion designer with a modern aesthetic. Cal offers 5 key projects, each with 4 variations. She covers how to measure your body and draft a perfect-fitting skirt, T-shirt, button-down shirt, dress and trousers. Insider tips, explanations and exercises are sprinkled throughout, plus readers are shown how to create patterns from the clothes already in their wardrobes - without ripping out a single seam!

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PublisherRandom House USA INC International Concepts
ISBN-139780307451392
eBay Product ID (ePID)91462571

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Book TitleDesign-It-Yourself Clothes: Patternmaking Simplified
AuthorCal Patch
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicCrafts
Publication Year2009
Number of Pages160 Pages

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Item Height275mm
Item Width217mm
Item Weight680g

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Title_AuthorCal Patch
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

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  • Very good for pattern drafting

    I bought this to start making my own patterns and it's very good for that - it's a mix of project and explanation and is very hands-on. It assumes good sewing skills in the making up though. Some of the directions are threadbare!

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