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Dress Pattern Designing: The Basic Principles of Cut and Fit
The techniques Natalie Bray pioneered and perfected revolutionised dress pattern designing, assisting the rise of the modern fashion industry. Her teaching has had a profound influence on design, production and education and her works are classics: fashions change but the principles of designing patterns in the flat do not. This book - the most popular of Natalie Bray's three works - covers the basic course and includes measurement and block patterns, circular patterns, simple pattern designing, yokes, dart manipulation, sleeves, collars and necklines, skirts, and the one-piece dress foundation.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published October 7, 1970
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April 16, 2023
Not the easiest or the most beginner-friendly textbook on how to draft patterns.
However, once one gets past the regular explanations interrupting the flow of working through the steps and understands how to use the charts included in the text, the learning process goes much smoother.
So far the instructions lead to good-fitting basic blocks. Keeping in mind that my personal body type fits within "standard" body size/shapes of the 1950s/60s when the book was originally written. Women of a larger bust and/or plus-size nature might encounter some difficulties and might have to learn some extra tricks (like making a full bust adjustment).
For myself, the book is keeper, since I have have so far had good results. In addition, it is good resource for other tpyes of basic pattern drafting.
However, once one gets past the regular explanations interrupting the flow of working through the steps and understands how to use the charts included in the text, the learning process goes much smoother.
So far the instructions lead to good-fitting basic blocks. Keeping in mind that my personal body type fits within "standard" body size/shapes of the 1950s/60s when the book was originally written. Women of a larger bust and/or plus-size nature might encounter some difficulties and might have to learn some extra tricks (like making a full bust adjustment).
For myself, the book is keeper, since I have have so far had good results. In addition, it is good resource for other tpyes of basic pattern drafting.
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