Metric Pattern Cutting for Women's Wear, 6th Edition

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I do think another book which details how to sew clothes together and various techniques would be a good companion. There's also a Menswear edition (royal blue cover) and Children's wear and Babywear edition (bright green cover) . Her other books include: Metric Pattern Cutting for Menswear and Metric Pattern Cutting for Children′s Wear and Babywear.

I am a novice sewer but was very eager to understand the cutting process and the magic of transforming 2D into 3D. After drafting the block Winifred shows us how to adapt the block into styles with flares, gathers, pleats and culottes. Pattern Cutting Ruler - I use the Pattern Master ruler because I find the size covers most outfits I make. BS31) This item is being sold under the Retail Gift Aid scheme which enables us to increase the value of the donations by 25%.

This first section is also where we are introduced to some tools and pattern making rules about smoothing lines, adding seam allowances and labelling pieces. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. So there you have it, my little (or not so little) review of Metric Pattern Cutting by Winifred Aldrich. You can apply standard dimensions which are included in the beginning to follow directions for each respective block. The size charts of body measurements have been revised, reflecting the changing shape of women′s bodies.

December 2017 - have made my first pair of trousers to my own design and measurements and it was the experience I hoped for. It includes instructions for using stretch and jersey fabrics as well as the more traditional woven fabrics. I draw lines down my side and take measurements seperately for back and front and use those to draft the front and back seperately as opposed to using the full bust, waist and hip measurements as in the book. As i have a understand of patterns already this book allows me to understand the break down so i can make my own pattern pieces. 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.

There are straightforward instructions for creating a basic bodice, skirt, dress, trouser and sleeve block.g.: design, aliquot parts, basic body blocks, drawing blocks for individual figures, from block to pattern, the skirt, trousers, basic adaptions of the bodice blocks, the sleeve, collarsdresses, coas, jackets, etc. Using this book I was able to cut myself a pattern for a pair of stretch denim shorts to fit my shape. The joining the dots process of recreating these blocks, allows one to understand the building blocks (no pun intended) of a pattern. The size charts have been revised to reflect the changes in body sizing, the co–ordination with European size charts and to the way that clothes are now marketed to different sectors.