Design-It-Yourself Clothes
If youve ever watched Project Runway and wished you were a contestant,
or youre simply ready to take your sewing to a new level,
Design-It-Yourself Clothes teaches you the fundamentals of modern
patternmaking so that you, too, can create your own inspired clothing.
Until now, the aspiring DIY fashionista has been hard-pressed to find self-teaching tools other than dry textbooks or books with outdated looks.
Until now, the aspiring DIY fashionista has been hard-pressed to find self-teaching tools other than dry textbooks or books with outdated looks.
Finally, in Design-It-Yourself Clothes, former Urban Outfitters
designer Cal Patch brings her youthful aesthetic to a how-to book. If
you want to wear something you cant find on store racks and make clothes
that express your individual style, or if youve reached a sewing
plateau and want to add pattern drafting to your repertoire,
Design-It-Yourself Clothes is the book you have been waiting for.
In five key projects (each with four variations)a perfect-fitting
dress, T-shirt, button-down shirt, A-line skirt, and pantsPatch shares
the art of patternmaking. At its core, its much simpler than you think.
Patch covers everything an intermediate sewer needs to know in order to
become a fabulous fashion designer, from designing the patterns, taking
your own measurements, and choosing fabrics to actually sewing the
clothing. You will also learn how to stylize patterns by using darts,
waistbands, patch pockets, and ruffles. Patch offers tips, explanations,
options, and exercises throughout that will make the design process
that much easier.
But besides showing you how to create clothing from scratch, she
also teaches you how to rub off patterns from existing clothingso if you
have a pair of pants that you love but are worn out, or you have your
eye on a piece in the store with a prohibitive price tag, you can figure
out how to get the looks you want by using your own two hands.
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