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.

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: "e;Pattern Drafting"e;, "e;Tools Necessary for Pattern Making"e;, "e;Chart of Measurements"e;, "e;Basic Pattern for Waist from Given Measurements"e;, "e;Construction of Pattern"e;, "e;Formula for Back of Plain Waist"e;, "e;Draft of Front of Waist from Chart Given"e;, "e;Measurements"e;, "e;Formula for Front of Plain Waist"e;, 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.