fantastic fit for every body
A book everyone who sews and wants to improve fitting skills should have in their library.
Detailed photos of problems, some of which are not addressed elsewhere, example how to alter
a shirt with a back yoke for a rounded back.
Easy to read, friendly writing style, before and after photos.
I highly recommend this book, if for nothing else, but the before and after photos, which help
one to identify with their own fitting issues, many books have drawings, this one has photos,
so because its a real person, one can easily skim though and find the issue they are dealing with, and alter accordingly
"Fantastic " is just that Fantastic!
We are not all built the same. We are not all 5'7" and we don't all have perfect proportions (at least not what the design industry thinks of as perfect). This book uses humoress, down-to-earth discussions along with detailed pictures and clear helpful illustrations to help correct the patterns to fit the body. The beginning of the book seems rather drawn out in explaining why your clothes don't fit just right. But READ EVERY WORD and follow the instructions for measuring and creating your croquis. Then hang on as you whirl through all the different body challenges and how to modify your pattern so that it will fit and hang perfectly. This is not a "one night" read, but it should become the most important book in your sewing library.
sewing, tailoring, alterations, reference, instruction
Real results that work
This book is fun just to read, but I used it this week and already had terrific results. It's distinctive and maybe a word about who will benefit should guide you. I already know a lot about alterations, including complex ones, and have been making my own clothes since I was a teen. I adjust height and width, relocate darts, change shoulder profile, adjust for posture, change seat width and crotch depth in pants, redraft for the combination of thin arms with large bust and smaller than standard neck... and this book showed me something new. I finally solved the back of neck gaposis. It encouraged me also to continue in some directions that standard books like Vogue don't go in at all. And it emphasizes an important point... standard sizes are cut to look good on hanger for merchadising. A garment that fits you might look funny hanging up.
So if you have already tried all the usual alterations and still feel something is missing, get this book. I'll bet you find it here. If you don't know alterations yet, but you are adventurous and sew with confidence, get this book. You will love it. If you want seemingly precise directions and no intuition, avoid this book and stick with the Palmer/Pletsch/Vogue systems that view the body one part at a time. And finally, if you want your clothes to make you look great, get this book. Yes, the models are plus sized, but the ideas work on any size. The croquis instructions alone are worth the price of the book. I have a lot of sewing resources and many on fitting and none is as much fun or as useful for the fine tuning as this. The only downside is that it's about fixing problems caused by standard patterns, so doesn't take a pattern drafting view. But since I draft my own in most cases from clothes I like, it still helps.
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