Building Patterns: Ultimate Guide to Designing Clothing Patterns
Building Patterns: Ultimate Guide to Designing Clothing Patterns
Biographical Note: Suzy Furrer is the Founder and Director of Apparel Arts, a renowned fashion design school established in 1996, and Apparel Arts Productions, its online extension launched in 2020....
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Biographical Note: Suzy Furrer is the Founder and Director of Apparel Arts, a renowned fashion design school established in 1996, and Apparel Arts Productions, its online extension launched in 2020. With over 35 years of industry experience, Suzy has developed a comprehensive curriculum that has trained hundreds of students now thriving in apparel and costume design. She has taught for GAP Inc., Pixar, and Lucas Films and regularly lectures at conferences, art schools, and sewing guilds. Suzy is also the author of Building Patterns: The Architecture of Women's Clothing and has been a Craftsy.com instructor in pattern drafting since 2011. Brief Description: "If youve watched Project Runway or Making the Cut and wondered how the competitors instinctively know how to create such a diverse array of garments - its because they learned the art of pattern making. Ultimate Guide to Designing Patterns for Clothing is an illustrative master class in the art of garment pattern making for aspiring fashion designers, fashion design students, and sewing and fabric enthusiasts."-- Publisher Marketing: If you've watched Project Runway or Making the Cut and wondered how the competitors instinctively know how to create such a diverse array of garments - it's because they learned the art of pattern making. Ultimate Guide to Designing Patterns for Clothing is an illustrative master class in the art of garment pattern making for aspiring fashion designers, fashion design students, and sewing and fabric enthusiasts. Lifelong designer and patternmaker Suzy Furrer has distilled her 35+ years of fashion pattern experience into this definitive resource for expert pattern making instruction. The book includes 11 chapters, each meticulously explaining a fundamental element of the pattern making process. Each element is fully explored with diagrams and illustrations making it ideal for visual learners. Furrer begins with an introduction to pattern making - explaining what is required for building a proper patternmaking tool kit and terminology used throughout the book before guiding the budding pattern maker through the 11 instructional chapters.
Contributor Bio:Furrer, Suzy |
Author: Furrer, Suzy
Publisher: Landauer (IL)
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 2025-09-09
BISAC: Crafts & Hobbies / Sewing
Subjects: Fashion design|Sewing|Clothing and dress|Handbooks and manuals|Instructional and educational works
Weight: 2.15 lbs
ISBN: 9781639811311
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9781639811311
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