Dress Making - Drafting and Pattern Making

By Jane Fales

Book Overview

This vintage book contains an introductory guide to tailoring, including complete directions for drafting and pattern-making. With step-by-step instructions and many helpful tips, this volume is designed to introduce the beginner to dressmaking, and aims to walk the novice through the creation of a few simple items. Contents include: "Dressmaking and Tailoring", "Drafting and Pattern-Making", "Shirt-Waist", "Shirt-Waist Sleeve", "Foundation Skirt", "Tight-Fitting Waist and Collar", "Tight-fitting Sleeve", and "Kimono Waist". Many vintage 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1528770560
• ISBN13: 9781528770569
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Herron Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"