
The Perfect Fit
Creating and Altering Basic Sewing Patterns for Tops, Sleeves, Skirts, and Pants
- 192 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
The Perfect Fit
Creating and Altering Basic Sewing Patterns for Tops, Sleeves, Skirts, and Pants
About this book
Design, draw, and alter sewing patterns to achieve the perfect fit in your homesewn garments!
Every body is different, and standard sizes certainly do not fit all! You're going to spend hours making your homesewn garment, so you want to be sure the final product will fit flawlessly. This starts with a pattern that is drawn to your (or your model's) exact measurements. With The Perfect Fit as your guide, you'll learn the necessary skills for altering "off-the-rack" patterns to measure, and even drafting your own creations.
For amateur sewists who want to bring their craft to the next level in accuracy, The Perfect Fit offers detailed explanations of the role and meaning of each line on a pattern, and how to build basic patterns for tops, sleeves, skirts, and pants that you can alter for ideal style and fit. Discover the skills necessary to draw the patterns that will bring your imagined garments to life!
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- General Concepts
- Virtual Lines
- Main Pattern Lines
- From Draft Pattern to Finished Pattern
- Important Features of the Pattern
- Taking Measurements
- Taking Measurements for the Bodice
- Taking Measurements for the Skirt
- Taking Measurements for Pants
- The Bodice
- The Sleeve
- The Skirt
- Pants
- Manipulating the Basic Pattern
- Index