A Pattern Book for Drafting and Fitting This is the way the high-end industry does it, and the way the author drafts her personal patterns. This book has been classroom tested over a period of five-plus years. Laurel's students include people who sew for themselves and their families, people who wish to start small fashion businesses, people who have small fashion businesses, people who wish to enter the fashion industry, and industrial design room personnel who come in from the industry for training. Drafting & Fitting Pants and Skirts begins with fully diagrammed instructions for taking accurate measurements. It then moves the reader through all processes needed to complete custom fitted pattern sets for a high-end straight skirt, for a pair of flat front pants, and for a pair of pleated pants. The patterns can be used by an individual, and/or by a factory. The sewing book contains 288 pages. Table of Contents All diagrams and illustrations were drafted and drawn by the author, a production patternmaker. Almost all of the pattern diagrams are industrial patterns reduced to scale.

ISBN: 0-9663236-3-7 Copyright 2003, Laurel Hoffmann Order the Book

Body Fit

See-through diagrams show how test muslins should fit the body. Customized fit information is presented for all figure types. Where to go now boxes jump the reader to the customized drafting material needed to draft patterns to personal fit.

Correcting the Waistline

Customized fit iknformation is presented for all figure types. Where to go now boxes jump the reader to the customized drafting material needed to draft patterns to personal fit.

Drafting the Rise Testimonial

Figures with Chart

The drafting book contains charts for recording measurements and determining drafting fit corrections. Charts are also included to help with reading the ruler and working with fractions, as well as charts for inch/decimal/metric conversion. Also included in Drafting & Fitting Pants and Skrits are drafting instructions for both the diagonal side pocket and the couble-welt pocket - with and without tummy-control panels, full-sized back welt pocket patterns - traditionally used in men's clothing, and waistband patterns.