CHAPTER 6: DRAFTING THE PANT SLOPER
 

The diagram to the right is an enlargement, printed on page 91, of a section of the full page diagram on page 90 in Drafting & Fitting Pants and Skirts. Throughout the book enlargements such as this one enable the reader to see exactly how to draft trouble spots, and how those specific trouble spots relate to the entire pattern that is being drafted. Elizabeth Allemong, owner of Vestis Books and author of European Cut, a pattern book, recently bought Drafting & Fitting Pants and Skirts. She says: ...it is such an interesting concept to show how patterns are made in production. I already spotted a very clever trick on page 91 with the transparent ruler.... This is a very well thought out, highly professional textbook and very "beefy" in details. I love such books....