• ISBN13: 9788126909926
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Fashion & Textile
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: July 28, 2022
• Pages: 328
• Original Price: INR 595.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 340 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Needlework / General

Drafting and pattern making are the basic necessities for making fashion garments. To become a successful fashion designer one needs to have a great command of drafting and pattern making. Fashion designing has come a long way in style, pattern making techniques and manufacture of garments. The phenomenal development experienced in the world of fashion garments in recent years has brought various techniques of drafting and pattern making to the forefront. A large variety of men’s and women’s garments are being created with the help of these techniques. Broadly, there are three pattern making techniques. The flat pattern technique is fundamental for a jewel-neck bodice, fitted and slender skirt and the pattern is made according to the measurements. The technique starts with the formation of block which is generally made of light weight cardboard parchment paper. Once the figure of the block has been developed by making a chain of mock-up garments, the ultimate block can be used in order to make pattern for lots of styles of clothes with different collar, neckline, dart placements, sleeves, etc. The second technique is drafting technique which is widely used in women’s and men’s clothes and dressline. It also involves drafting a pattern straight on top of pattern paper using different curves and straight edges. The third technique is pattern drafting technique which is generally used for detailed, distinctive and complex designs that cannot be made with the help of the other two techniques. This quintessential book on drafting and pattern making has a wide coverage of basics of fashion and construction of various types of garments. The processes have been illustrated with the help of measurement charts and figures with appropriate markings. It will prove highly useful to dressmakers, home sewers, garment making companies and professionals in fashion designing and fashion merchandising.

Padmavati B., a graduate in fashion designing from Indian Institute of Fashion Technology (IIFT), New Delhi, is a Mumbai-based fashion designer. She has been designing garments and innovating new techniques in drafting and pattern making in fashion designing. She has been teaching as visiting faculty in various institutes of fashion designing for the last nine years.

• Preface
• 1. Introduction to Fashions
• 2. Basics of Fashion
• 3. Definition and Tools Required for Drafting, Pattern Making and Garment Construction
• 4. Measurement Terms and Definitions
• 5. Terms and Definitions Used
• 6. Dress Forms and Mannequins
• 7. Understanding Figures
• 8. Measurement Charts
• 9. Basic Bodice Block and Sleeve Block for Children
• 10. Necklines and Facings
• 11. Collars
• 12. Sleeves
• 13. Construction of Basic Skirt
• 14. Construction of Circular Skirt
• 15. Construction of Half Circular Skirt
• 16. Construction of 3/4th Circular Skirt
• 17. Construction of Pleated Skirt
• 18. Construction of Bloomers and Panty
• 19. Construction of Frock
• 20. Construction of Baby Frock (High Waist)
• 21. Construction of Baby Frock (Low Waist)
• 22. Construction of A line Frock
• 23. Construction of Sundress
• 24. Construction of Rompers
• 25. Construction of Trousers
• 26. Construction of Dungaree
• 27. Pockets
• 28. Backless Choli
• 29. Designer Choli
• 30. Hanky Choli 1
• 31. Hanky Choli 2
• 32. Blouse (Hip Length)
• 33. Kathiawadi Kedio
• 34. Kathiawadi Chauvni
• 35. Gathered Ghagra
• 36. Pleated Ghagra
• 37. A-Line Ghagra
• 38. Salwar Kameez
• 39. Plain Salwar
• Question for Practice
• Glossary of Fashion Terms and its Meanings