num_pages: 253
description: The complete guide to the creation of patterns as a means of designing smart wearing apparel. Pattern designing slopers hip length patterns sleeve patterns Adapting patterns captes ties neckwear and scarves collars skirts slacks shorts coulottes bathing suits coats childrens clothing summary and index.This book is confined to a single subject--pattern making through the use of the modern block system Description of pattern making equipment has been included for the benefit of readers not familiar with workrooms of apparel manufacturing plants or the properly equipped custom studio. These articles of equipment are available in any tailor supply house in any average size city. Once these foundation patterns have been made they become the basis for making countless vairaties in design . This text gives minute detailed instructions for making a construction pattern also for the final pattern with seam allowances and symbols also for the muslin test proof which must reveal the perfection of the pattern. For the readers not familiar with the block syustem a page bearing the outline of a moel size block pattern has been supplied opposite page 8. The reader can gain a first hand working knowledge of the procedure by actually rendering the problems and observing the results
language: English
title: Modern Pattern Design: The Complete Guide to the Creation of Patterns as a Means of Designing Smart Wearing Apparel
publisher: Funk & Wagnalls company