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Informationen zum Autor Sarah Veblen is a custom fashion designer who focuses on teaching, creating clothing for her clientele, patternmaking and design consultation for young designers, and writing in several venues. She has a Certificate in Fashion Design from Baltimore City Community College and a BA from Stanford University. Dedicated to promoting the craft of clothing design and construction at all levels, Sarah teaches in her studio as well as other classroom venues and PatternReview.com. She has been a guest lecturer at PACC/ASDP chapter events and national educational conferences; at Threadneedle Fabrics in Essex, Vermont; for CG Garment Designs in Colchester, VT; at G Street Fabrics in Rockville, Maryland; at Ca\u00f1ada College in San Mateo, California; and for ASG neighborhood groups in Maryland, Virginia, and California. In 2001, she launched her own Intensive Study Program in Fashion Design, developed for both home sewers and sewing professionals. With an emphasis on design, fit, and pattern development, she currently offers classes on patternmaking, working with knit fabrics, many aspects of design, and sewing techniques. Sarah has more than twenty articles and various other written contributions and garments for THREADS magazine, as well as several "how-to" videos for the THREADS website. She was one of the three designers featured in the 1999 THREADS Design Challenge, and she was the overall winner of 2008 THREADS/ASDP "Fluid Fabrics" challenge. She lives in Sparks, MD. Klappentext The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting is the ultimate reference for fitting test garments and transferring accurate adjustments to patterns. No matter what size or shape you are, wearing garments that fit perfectly makes you look and feel better. Rather than making commonly accepted changes to a commercial pattern, the method presented in this guide focuses on the way a test garment fits the body. The fabric is manipulated to improve the fit, and then those specific changes are made to the pattern. The result: patterns that fit perfectly! With The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting, you'll learn: The importance of a fitting axis and how to use it during a fitting How to recognize fitting issues, such as drag lines and folds How to manipulate fabric to solve common and unusual fitting problems How to transfer the fitting changes to your pattern easily Basic pattern-making skills to ensure accurate alterations See the fitting process from start to finish on basic garments, fitted on real people. Then follow fitting solutions on different body types. Hundreds of large color photos illustrate the techniques and concepts in simple step-by-step instructions. With these lessons, you will get the perfect fit for any body. Zusammenfassung The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting is a comprehensive how-to book for altering commercial patterns to customize the fit to a person's unique body before cutting out fabric and sewing the garment. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionLaying the FoundationDeveloping a Solid Approach to FittingWhy Fitting is ComplicatedEach Individual is UniquePattern and Fitting BasicsHow Patterns are DevelopedFinding Your Way Around a PatternGarment Silhouettes and EaseChoosing a Pattern SizeTools for Pattern Work and FittingThe Interrelationship Between Patterns and FittingOverview of the Fitting ProcessRecognizing Fitting IssuesA Framework for FittingThe Fitting AxisThe Horizontal Balance LineFundamentals of Fitting MuslinsLearning to LookThe Body as “Volume”Fitting Others and YourselfWhat to Wear for a FittingPreparing the Test Muslin for a FittingClipping and Marking During a FittingPinningKeeping the Muslin BalancedFitting OrderFitting TipsAssessing the FitFundamentals of Altering PatternsGlossary of Patternmaking TermsMaking Flat Pattern AdjustmentsTransferring Muslin Markings to the PatternBlending Seams, Using the Rulers, and Adding Seam AllowancesLen...
