The Edwardian Modiste: 85 Authentic Patterns with Instructions, Fashion Plates, and Period Sewing Techniques

By: Grimble, Frances

The 85 patterns and 91 fashion plates in this book were reproduced from rare originals of the 1905 American Garment Cutter Instruction and Diagram Book and 1907-1909 issues of the quarterly American Modiste. These publications offered sophisticated fashions, artistic illustrations, fashion columns describing the latest styles, and pattern instructions. They also provided the ability to create patterns for the wearer's individual measurements with the American System of Cutting. Using special rulers that eliminated arithmetic, even untrained designers could enlarge pattern diagrams to the correct size. The Edwardian Modiste provides a full set of rulers and detailed instructions for readers who wish to use the American System. It also explains how to enlarge the patterns by projection. The Edwardian Modiste also includes carefully selected sections from a 1907 sewing manual, The Complete Dressmaker.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963651714
• ISBN13: 9780963651716
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Lavolta Press
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 2.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.6" x 11.2"