FREE: Making Patterns from Finished Clothes

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ISBN 0-8069-5704-2 Hardcover Copyright 1985

"We all have clothes in our wardrobes that are such a joy to wear that we wish we had them in twenty different fabrics and in every color of the rainbow. " Rusty Bensussen makes this statement, and has written and illustrated this breakthrough book for you to do just that. And she takes the mystery out of the process.

Using more than 250 ingeniously clear and elegant line drawings, the author introduces her own method of pattern drafting--probably the easiest technique ever recorded in a book. You'll learn step by step how to make patterns for:

* dresses (with capped, kimono and set-in sleeves; inseam and patch pockets, and more)
* skirts (many lengths and styles, including straight and A-line)
* pants (from short shorts to culottes and palazzos)
* the ultimate pattern (this is it! your own original designs created by you, combining favorite elements from your patterns and clothes without ever damaging one single piece of clothing)

Rusty Bensussen, a former fashion coordinator and illustrator, suggests fabrics, colors and line for your figure type. She shows you how to code and file your patterns and to start a pattern notebook.

This brilliant book will take your sewing work into a new and original direction.

Express your designs and ideas. Make your own patterns with taste. Or copy expensive classics with ease economically!

This book DOES have a little highlighting in places but does not affect the usability of the book at all.