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Fabrics and pattern cutting: fabrics, form and flat pattern cutting

Aldrich, Winifred Unknown John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (Chichester, U.K., 2013) (eng) English 9781119967170 Unknown 3rd ed. GARMENT CUTTING; Unknown One of the most challenging aspects of a designer's training is learning how to create patterns that utilise the characteristics of fabrics. With an ever expanding range available, an understanding of the relationship between fabric, form and pattern shape is now the most important skill a designer has to acquire. Fabrics and Pattern Cutting explores how a garment's shape is created and discusses the factors that need to be considered when creating patterns and offers you a practical method for solving problems. Its approach to design and flat pattern cutting is based on the appraisal.
Physical dimension
223 p. 28 cm. ill.
Summary / review / table of contents

1. Fabric characteristics and garment shapes --
2. Fabric testing --
3. Selecting fabrics --
4. Simple 'flat' cutting --
5. Simple 'form' cutting --
6. Cutting to fit the body form (woven fabrics) --
7. Crossway cutting --
8. Stretch fabrics and the body form --
9. Complex 'flat' cutting --
10. Supporting fabrics --
11. Combining fabrics --
12. Basic textile technology --
13. Model stands and figures to reproduce --
14. Creating the one-fifth and full-scale blocks (methods --
manual, CAD or Internet access).

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