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Designing clothes with the flat pattern method : customize fitting shells to create garments in any style / Sara Alm.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alm, Sara, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dressmaking--Pattern design.
- Dressmaking.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (179 pages) : illustrations, tables, photographs
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Creative Publishing International, 2017.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- "The Flat Pattern Method teaches you to customize your clothes with new pattern shapes, style lines, and details with step-by-step instructions!"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 MASTER PATTERN BASICS
- What Is a Master Pattern?
- Setting Up and UsingMaster Patterns
- Materials
- Paper
- Guidelines
- Measurements
- Making Your MasterPattern
- Seam Allowance
- Adding Ease
- How to Use YourMaster Pattern
- Working Pattern
- Final Pattern
- CHAPTER 2 SKIRTS
- Changes to the Waistline
- Raising or LoweringWaistline
- Lowered Waistline
- Raised Waistline
- Waistline Finishes
- Straight Waistband
- Facing
- Contoured Waistband
- Yoke
- Flare
- A-Line Flare
- Flounce Variation
- Flare Extension
- Pencil
- Stylelines
- Gathers
- Pleats
- CHAPTER 3 BODICE FOUNDATION
- The MasterBodice Pattern Library
- Aligning the Master Bodiceand Skirt Combination
- Creating a Master PrincessSeamline
- Relaxed Bodice Master
- Lengthening orShortening Your BodiceMaster Pattern
- Center Back Seam Shaping
- Front or Back Opening
- Sleeveless Bodices
- Sleeveless Ease Adjustment
- Sleeveless Armhole Dart
- CHAPTER 4 BODICE DESIGN
- Changes to the Neckline
- Wide Neckline
- Deep Front Neckline
- Deep Back Neckline
- Dart Manipulation
- Darts as Tucks
- Darts as Gathers
- Princess Seamlines
- Working from a Bodiceand Skirt Master
- Working from a PrincessSeamline Maste
- Empire Seamlines
- All-in-One Neckline andArmhole Facing
- CHAPTER 5 COLLARS AND CLOSURES
- Closure Essentials
- Buttons and Buttonholes
- Placket
- Collar Anatomy
- Flat Collar
- Standing Collar
- Adding a Lapel
- Collar With Band
- CHAPTER 6 SLEEVES
- Sleeve Guidelines
- Shortening orLengthening a Sleeve
- Sleeve Ease
- Removing Ease
- Low Cap Sleeve
- Gathered Sleeve
- Bands and Cuffs
- Band
- Cuff
- Sleeve with Cuff
- Sleeve Placket
- Two-Piece Sleeve
- Quarter LineTwo-Piece Sleeve.
- CenterlineTwo-Piece Sleeve
- CHAPTER 7 PANTS
- The Master PantPattern Library
- Pant Variations
- Making a MasterPant Pattern
- Adjustments to aPant Silhouette
- Waistline
- Pockets
- Front Pockets
- Patch Pockets
- Side Seam Pockets
- Flared Pant
- Panel Pant
- Pleated Pant
- Pleats to the Base
- Short Pleats
- Fly Front
- Zipper Fly
- Mock Fly
- CHAPTER 8 FINISHING DETAILS
- Hem Finishes
- Narrow Hem
- Large Hem
- Hem Facing
- Slits and Vents
- Slit
- Vent
- Linings
- Hanging Lining
- Bagged Lining
- Resources
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-63159-360-9
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