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Pattern Cutting

Pattern Cutting


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The author shows how patterns can be adapted to any style using a basic block. Practice is given in cutting a variety of styles and the book progresses from simple to more complex patterns. Margaret Melliar is a fashion consultant and freelance designer. She has taught dress design at Harrogate School of Art and was Head of the Department of Fashion at Hornsey College of Art. Her professional work includes work as a dress hand with Victor Steibel, fashion designing with well known dress firms and articles for women's magazines.

Table of Contents:
About block patterns; correct method of taking body measurements; back bodice draft; front bodice draft; the bodice block; standard body measurements; other types of bodice blocks; disproportion and the basic block; manipulation of the bodice darts; three styles obtained by using the block with underarm dart; three basic jerkins; two skirts with knife pleats; French fitted bodice; two styles based on the French fitted bodice; three styles with peplums; three styles with tab fastening; one-piece sleeve draft; puff sleeves; set-in sleeves; sleeves with raised crown line; leg-o-mutton sleeve; strap sleeve; sleeves with lowered crown line; two-piece sleeve; how to adjust blocks for shoulder pads; drop shoulders; Raglan sleeves; Batwing and Dolman sleeves; square armhole - alternative method; Kimono sleeves; tailored skirt draft; basic skirt block; pleated skirts; gored skirts; peg top skirts; flared skirts; collars; roll collars; tailored collars; built-up neckline; shawl collars; cape collars; cowl necklines; making a dress block; mini shift dresses; Princess dress; evening dress; trouser drafting; basic shorts; Culotte dress; adapting the bodice block for lingerie; brassiere cutting; pyjama draft; adapting the bodice block for jacket and costume foundations; car coat; grading patterns to trade sizes; grading the bodice block; drafting children's clothes; children's body measurements; play overalls; equipment and suppliers.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780713439397
  • Publisher: Batsford
  • Publisher Imprint: Batsford
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Width: 190 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0713439394
  • Publisher Date: 27 Aug 1981
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 250 mm


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