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One of my resolutions for this year is to really learn garment sewing from start to finish or at least get my basics right of designing and working with patterns. Books shelved as patternmaking.

Pattern Drafting For Dressmaking Pattern Drafting Sewing Book

It was originally published in 1959 but my edition is from 1971.

Books on pattern making. Use it as your tool for coming to grips with every aspect of pattern design and customization. I m also partial to any of the german books jaumann einfuhrung in die schnittlehre is a beginner s book i reach for again and again to show students how two dimensional concepts readily translate into three. There are a lot of expensive patternmaking text books out there.

Even though that book was more basic than helen joseph armstrong s book you still need to know the basics of the human body measuring. Clear jargon free text and fully illustrated techniques will guide you through every step and past every pitfall giving you the confidence you need to take patterns into your own hands. It gives you instructions to draft almost anything you could ever want to make.

This is an extremely comprehensive book on patternmaking. The one vintage book that i refer to time and time again is called design your own dress patterns. Neither are light reading.

A primer in pattern making for women who like to sew by adele p. In this post i m sharing top sewing pattern making classes books for absolute beginners. Neither are light reading.

This book is your ultimate resource for pattern making. The first patternmaking book i was ever introduced to was how to draft basic patterns 4th edition by ernestine kopp vittorina rolfo beatrice zelin and lee gross. This is the textbook for the patternmaking classes for my fashion program and it was a good complement to the course but on its own i believe it would be confusing.

I have two of his four titles the practice of garment pattern making and the theory of garment pattern making. Patternmaking for fashion design by helen joseph armstrong metric pattern cutting for women s wear by winifred aldrich. Ultimate list of online sewing pattern making classes books.