| |  | Author: Donald H Mccunn
Publisher: Design Enterprises of San Francisco
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 5421415
Edition: Revised
Pages: 190
ASIN: B0006CU0SE
Publication Date: 1977
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 Exceeded all expectations August 11, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
You know how sometimes you just loved a certain class because the teacher made it so easy and fun to learn?
Well...this book is just like it!
I read some reviews saying that the book was written a long time ago, but the basics are all there! The writer seems to really enjoy teaching and doesn't overpower you with detail, yet explains all the important points in a very unique perspective. If you have never sewn anything in your life (besides pillow cases:)), then this book is for you! I would highly recommend it to every beginning tailor or seamstress.
An Incredible book about garment design fundamentals and fitting August 10, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought this book after reading many of the reviews right here on Amazon. I have several other books on patternmaking, sloper-making, and fitting, and they all have some merit, but this is by far the best book.
There seems to be some confusion in the negative reviews of this book regarding what this book is about. This is not a book that shows you pictures of clothes (like a fashion magazine) and then tells you how to make them. It teaches the reader the principles of design in a very thorough manner in order to allow the reader to create their own designs.
It gives the reader precise, detailed instructions on how to create slopers for bodices, sleeves, pants, and skirts. It gives detailed fitting instructions for difficult to fit bodies - sloping or uneven shoulders, rounded backs, post-mastectomy, tummies and/or thighs, asymmetrical bodies, etc. It is the most thorough book I've seen. It allows the reader to make a master garment that fits the client perfectly. That is the first and most important step in pattern creation. If the clothes don't fit properly they can never look good on the client no matter what the style or fabric. The master garment can also provide the reader with the information they need to fit commercial patterns to the client.
It then goes on to explain design techniques - how to move darts, change darts to seams and vice versa, how to add fullness, how to change necklines, add pleats, etc., - so that the reader can create any type of garment they desire. There are many examples to show how to create many types of looks. If the reader has visions of garments they'd like to create, this book will make it happen.
The combination of the master garment and the design techniques allow the reader to create garments they desire with incredible fit, no matter the body type.
The section on pants fitting is especially good, and is probably the only pants-making-fitting guide you will ever need.
There is even a section - believe it or not - on making a dress form from cardboard. I haven't tried it yet. I may for one of my clients, but considering that good dress forms cost a minimum of $3-400, and can cost a lot more - it might be worth the effort.
Overall, I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Even if the reader only goes through the process of creating the master garments to aid in the fitting of commercial patterns, it is well worth it because this kind of understanding can take their overall garment-making to a much higher level.
 Good book August 8, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book is wonderful. It helps me very much. The only thing is
that I only asked por ONE and I received two I do not know what
happened. I am going to buy another book about Patterns soon.
Tankyou. Blanca Hernandez
For those serious about learning patternmaking May 21, 2008
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Okay, it isn't filled with beautiful color photos, but if you really want to learn to draft patterns from scratch for yourself or someone else, this is an excellent book, and MUCH less expensive than textbooks with similar information. The author has an e-group (referenced in the book) where you can get help from him and other from other students as you go through the process. The book takes you step-by-step from measuring yourself (this alone is worth the price of the book) or someone else through drafting the basic blocks, designing the darts with a sort of draping technique, transferring darts to the block, and fine-tuning the fit through the second fitting. Then it goes on to teach you how to manipulate the basic blocks to design any garment you can imagine.
Very good May 13, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've only been through some of the book, but so far it addresses what I was looking for.
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