How to Use, Adapt, and Design Sewing Patterns

by Lee Hollahan

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Format Paperback

Condition Brand New

Description An accomplished fashion designer shows women who make their own garments how to improve on store-bought sewing patterns by adjusting the clothing item's length and other details to reflect personal taste and create a custom fit.

Publisher Description

An accomplished fashion designer shows women who make their own garments how to improve on store-bought sewing patterns by adjusting the clothing itemAa's length and other details to reflect personal taste and create a custom fit. The bookAa's opening chapters present an illustrated guide to the tools, equipment, and fabrics needed for making garments, while also serving as a miniature textbook to teach basic sewing techniques. Chapters that follow offer detailed instruction in adapting and altering a store-bought pattern to suit individual tastes. Alterations include adding flare, and modifying the shapes of bodices, arm holes, neck lines, sleeves, and skirts. The bookAa's concluding chapters instruct on designing oneAa's own patterns from scratch. Author Lee Hollahan demonstrates to her readers that once they understand how to adapt a store-bought pattern, they are well on their way to custom designing their own wardrobe. More than 500 instructive illustrations.

Author Biography

Lee Hollahan teaches pattern cutting in fashion and fashion textiles at the University of West of England, Bristol. She has designed costumes for TV, film, and the stage, and she frequently lectures on the subjects of pattern construction and the history of fashion.

Details

  • ISBN 0764144251
  • ISBN-13 9780764144257
  • Title How to Use, Adapt, and Design Sewing Patterns
  • Author Lee Hollahan
  • Format Paperback
  • Year 2010
  • Pages 144
  • Publisher Barron's Educational Series
  • Dimensions8.4 in. x 0.4 in. x 9.9 in.
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