(back cover) Using a pattern * Making it fit * Finishing Touches Creating well-tailored clothes from a pattern is a challenge--but especially for those who want to alter them to fit a curvy or plus-sized shape. This book shows you how to take a standard commercial pattern and make some adjustments to create a fabulous, curve-flattering fit. Includes detailed sections on: Measuring your figure, choosing a style that suits you, altering a commercial pattern, and fine-tuning. Troubleshooting techniques to get a ...
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(back cover) Using a pattern * Making it fit * Finishing Touches Creating well-tailored clothes from a pattern is a challenge--but especially for those who want to alter them to fit a curvy or plus-sized shape. This book shows you how to take a standard commercial pattern and make some adjustments to create a fabulous, curve-flattering fit. Includes detailed sections on: Measuring your figure, choosing a style that suits you, altering a commercial pattern, and fine-tuning. Troubleshooting techniques to get a perfect fit at every point, including shoulders, necklines, busts, sleeves, armholes, waist, and hips. Adding your own unique features to a pattern, such as collars, cuffs, panels, and pleats. Selecting fabrics for drape or structure, getting the right equipment, and taking a refresher course on the main sewing techniques that are used in the book. Lorna Knight specialized in textiles at Queen Margaret College in Edinburgh. She spent ten years teaching Design and Technology in the U.K. before setting up a business designing and making lingerie and running workshops. Lorna writes regularly for Sewing World magazine and has contributed to many sewing books and other fashion publications.
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