Building Patterns: Ultimate Guide to Designing Patterns for Clothing

If you’ve watched ProjectRunway or Makingthe Cut andwondered how the competitors instinctively know how to create such a diversearray of garments - it’s because they learned the art of pattern making. Ultimate Guide to Designing Patterns for Clothing is anillustrative master class in the art of garment pattern making for aspiringfashion designers, fashion design students, and sewing and fabricenthusiasts. Lifelong designer andpatternmaker Suzy Furrer hasdistilled her 35+ years of fashion pattern experience into this definitiveresource for expert pattern making instruction. The book includes 11 chapters, each meticulously explaining afundamental element of the pattern making process. Each element is fully explored with diagramsand illustrations making it ideal for visual learners. Furrer begins with an introduction to patternmaking – explaining what is required for building a proper patternmaking toolkit and terminology used throughout the book before guiding the budding patternmaker through the 11 instructional chapters. QR codes provide additional video instruction.