Pattern Drafting and Foundation and Flat Pattern Design - A Dressmaker's Guide by Ida Riley Duncan

Pattern Drafting and Foundation and Flat Pattern Design - A Dressmaker's Guide by Ida Riley Duncan

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Pattern Drafting and Foundation and Flat Pattern Design - A Dressmaker's Guide by Ida Riley Duncan

A detailed guide to dressmaking, being a handbook of pattern drafting and design. Extensively illustrated with simple, useful diagrams and step-by-step instructions, this volume is ideal for those with little previous experience, and would make for a fantastic addition to the bookshelf of today's tailor and dressmaker. Contents include: Pattern Drafting, Tools Necessary for Pattern Making, Chart of Measurements, Basic Pattern for Waist from Given Measurements, Construction of Pattern, Formula for Back of Plain Waist, Draft of Front of Waist from Chart Given, Measurements, Formula for Front of Plain Waist, etc. Many vintage dressmaking books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on dressmaking and tailoring.
Duncan, Ida Riley: - Ida Riley Duncan is founder of the famous Progressive School of Knitting Design and the author of the best-selling Knit to Fit.
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ISBN 13 9781447413271
ISBN 10 144741327X
Title Pattern Drafting and Foundation and Flat Pattern Design - A Dressmaker's Guide
Author Ida Riley Duncan
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Read Books
Year published 2011-06-01
Number of pages 100
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.