Building Patterns: Ultimate Guide to Designing Patterns for Clothing

Suzy Furrer

ISBN 10: 1639811311 / ISBN 13: 9781639811311

Editore: Fox Chapel Publishing, US, 2025

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If you've watched The Great British Sewing Bee or Project Runway 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. This essential guide 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.

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• Titolo: Building Patterns: Ultimate Guide to Designing Patterns for Clothing
• Editore: Fox Chapel Publishing, US
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1639811311
• ISBN 13: 9781639811311
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New

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If you’ve watched ProjectRunway or Makingthe Cut andwondered how the competitors instinctively know how to create such a diversearray of garments - it’s because they learned the art of pattern making. Ultimate Guide to Designing Patterns for Clothing is anillustrative master class in the art of garment pattern making for aspiringfashion designers, fashion design students, and sewing and fabricenthusiasts.  Lifelong designer andpatternmaker Suzy Furrer hasdistilled her 35+ years of fashion pattern experience into this definitiveresource for expert pattern making instruction. The book includes 11 chapters, each meticulously explaining afundamental element of the pattern making process.  Each element is fully explored with diagramsand illustrations making it ideal for visual learners.  Furrer begins with an introduction to patternmaking – explaining what is required for building a proper patternmaking toolkit and terminology used throughout the book before guiding the budding patternmaker through the 11 instructional chapters. QR codes provide additional video instruction.

Informazioni sull?autore

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.