Hello, I know there are, lurking in this group, a lot of people that are not only skilled pattern designers but also drafting system obsessives (plus a couple...
OOOh Evangeline! You just posted a wonderful post. *rubs hands together in excitement* I am, as of late, one of those drafting system obsessives that you...
OK, well, I'm going from memory here and not checking details. But: By the end of the 14th century into the early 19th century, professional tailors and...
first you do not lack intellegence you just dont know where to get the info will write in depth tomorrow if no one else beats me to it most of my stuff is in...
Wow what a wonderful post! I have just got the book The Edwardian Modiste and have only had time to look through it. It is a wonderful book and the American...
... Thanks. ... Kidwell's book is the only one on historic drafting systems that I know of. ... I don't think there is anything like this for historic pattern...
Kathleen; I don't know if this is inappropriate and if it is, delete it no prob. It's just such a deal that I'd feel guilty later if I hadn't tried to post it....
In a message dated 2/2/2005 3:15:58 PM Central Standard Time, kathleen_fasanella@... writes: Kathleen You did not mention a website, any...
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Hi Terry, No, they don't have a website...contrary to what the public may believe, the apparel industry is very much behind the times technologically speaking....
Hello Jessica One of my very favorite flat pattern books that I turn to again and again is Principles of Flat Pattern Design by Nora M. MacDonald & Ruth E....
Thank you Robbin- I am going to try and get that book from the library first so I can drool over it before I decide to buy it. :) -JK The Oklahoma Pajama...
Hello Do you know anything about Real Fur Coat Patterns? Do you have any? Can you make them? Do you know anyone who can? Help.... Thank you ALL! Greg...
Hi, I just got into this group and wanted to tell you all why I joined. Last night I made my daughter a "Tooth Angel" doll to put her first tooth in. I am by...
Hi Greg, how are you? What are you looking about real fur patterns. I do not have any but I know somebody that used do make it. She is an italian lady that...
... I'd certainly like to look at what an autocad based clothing pattern looks like for myself (I only have Release 14 as I've been using Solidworks for my...
Hello Gianni Thank you, thank you!! I would be interested in several mens and women.s real fur coat pattern... Mostly good basic designs. I would be able to...
There is a book on Amazon.com: HOW TO SEW LEATHER, SUEDE, FUR by Phyllis W. Schwebke, Margaret B. Krohn I should think that you would assemble the furs into...
Hi Greg I've been a leather and outerwear pattern maker for many years (industrial). What exactly are you looking for and what is your level of experience? I ...
Kathleensews I have that book. Only basic knowledge. To sew on real fur you have to have special patterns...the darts run verticle not horizontal. Real fur...
I am drafting a garment with no ease using the flat pattern way of drafting and wanted to draft in some gussets/gores but do not know how this is done. The...
The Victorians often got a corset pattern more or less the right size, slit the muslin (or the corset fabric!) at the bust and hips at the usual gusset...
Thank you for that and it does seem like a good way to go about it but I am trying to work off of a style of corset that was made using two gussets on both...
Thank you for that and it does seem like a good way to go about it but I am trying to work off of a style of corset that was made using two gussets on both...
... The information I gave you on putting on the more or less correctly sized corset (fabric), slitting the slits, and sizing the gussets as needed is derived...
Hello- when I said from this thread, I am on the search for more books that go into detail about the affects of different methods or techniques when drafting...
Well, I would not try to write such a book. I'm not sure whether you are talking about historic methods, modern ones, or all of the above. Re modern methods,...
OK, really showing my ignorance here! I have 'drafted' my own patterns for some years now using what I thought was the 'flat pattern' method. That is, I...
The way I was taught it is: Drafting is you start out with a piece of paper, an L-square, and a pencil. OK, these days maybe it's computer s/w. I still use...
Thanks Fran, Ohhh the terminology! I was taught the same way too and still prefer it. I just assumed everyone 'drafted' a 'sloper' and then went on from...
