Getting the right cut for the right fabric is the key to good
design.
One of the most challenging aspects of a fashion
designer's training is learning how to crate patterns that
utilize the characteristics of fabrics. With an ever expanding
range available, an understanding of the relationship between
fabric, form and pattern shape is now the most important skill a
designer has to acquire.
Winifred Aldrich, a leading pattern cutting authority, explores
how a garment's shape is created and discusses the factors
that need to be considered when creating patterns and offers you a
practical method for solving problems. No other pattern cutting
book considers the effects of individual fabrics and its approach
is based on the appraisal of the fabric and body shape.
Fabrics and Patterns Cutting is the revised and
simplified edition of Fabric, Form and Flat Pattern
Cutting. It is fully illustrated and makes use of numerous
practical examples. It also takes into account important new
developments in fabric - new fabrics, new methods of fabric
construction and new fabric finishes.
Free block patterns are available online for readers to print
out for use in their classes.
