Since the first edition was published in 1980, Metric Pattern Cutting for Menswear has become established as the standard work on this subject and has proved invaluable as both a textbook for students and a reference source for the practising designer. If you're a fashion student, dressmaker or just an experimental crafter with a desire for makingyour own sewing patterns, this book is for you. It is ideal for someone with some experience of pattern cutting or someone who is very familiar with using sewing patterns but it's also a great book for a beginner to usein collaboration to learning pattern cutting. Pattern Cutting Ruler - I use the Pattern Masterruler because I find the size covers most outfits I make.It's quite strong so it won't break (it's currently in my suitcase on my world tour and it's not broken yet, I think that's quite impressive) and it's super easy to do seam allowances with the extra lines on it. Metric pattern cutting for womenswear By:Winifred Aldrich ​ A bible for anyone wanting to make their own patterns and create better fitting garments.

When you start out with any project I think knowing which tools to buy can be overwhelming and a lot of the time there are so many gadgets you just don't need. I thought it might be helpful if I showed you which tools I use and why. Sewing books, some modern day books, some 19th century books. There are more books of the writers/authors. The J. P. Thorton books have nice coats patterns in the books. Winifred Aldrich has some modern day clothing patterns in it, it seems like these are some great books.There are some how to learn how to sew books in here too: Succesful Sewing, Pattern Making for Fashion Design, and Dress Making. Some more study books on how to make your own clothing line are: Fashion!, and The World of Fashion Merchandising. Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth Addeddate 2022-12-23 04:21:58 Identifier sewing-books Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2ts4cp56sq Ocr tesseract 5.3.0-1-gd3a4 Ocr_autonomous true Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Notchers - These aren't a must but they are useful if you want to make your patterns last longer. They snip a 'U' shape in the paper meaning it doesn't rip as easily asnotching by hand creating 'V' shapes.

There is one books that sheds a lot of light on CAD (Computer Aided Designing): Pattern Cutting for Clothing using CAD. Some of the Winifred Aldrich books have a chapter on CAD pattern making. If, like me, then you're not the generic size thenbuying patterns from the shops means that you're going to have to alter them anyway; that is,once you've worked out which line to cut out, not torn the super thin paper and not spiltyour cup of tea on the patternand dissolved the paper. Now is your chance to put in the same amount of effort but to get the perfect result from it.