Stretch fabrics are more popular than ever, used for Juicy Couture s sweats and in the trendy, ready-to-wear styles found at H&M. Stretch fabrics have long been a staple of designer fashion as well from Missoni s colorful knits to Donna Karan s basics. Designing and Patternmaking for Stretch Fabrics provides the design student or working designer with the essential information for understanding the specifics of knit fabrics and the patternmaking process for different garments. Fibers, dyes, treatments, care, and fabric sources are discussed, along with the principles of sizing and measuring for women s, men s, petite, plus, and half sizes. Chapters focusing on particular garments begin with a draft of a sloper block. Numerous illustrations and diagrams demonstrate the effects of draping, gathering, shirring, ruffling, and making adjustments as needed to flatter the wearer. These instructions will put students skills and creativity to work with everything they need to turn an ordinary garment into one of original designer quality.
Keith Richardson has been an ordained minister in the Church of Religious Science since 1998. He holds a master's degree in anthropology from California State University at Los Angeles. Richardson also holds certificates in fund raising and marketing communications from The University of Southern California and San Jose State University. Richardson worked for twenty years as an administrator in national hospital systems. In this capacity he directed fund raising, public relations and marketing campaigns that increased market share and raised millions of dollars for these institutions. He also gained an understanding of how our minds, bodies and spirits work to create positive health benefits. For the past sixteen years, Richardson has owned and operated a successful retail store in Ventura, California (Things From Heaven). This store has been featured in numerous newspaper and magazine articles as well as local and national television specials. Richardson has also given lectures to many academic, professional and religious organizations on the topics of near-death experiences, angels, spirit guides and reincarnation. Television Credits The Caryl and Marilyn Show (ABC) 1996 News segment on angels (KCAL 9) 1997 Southern California Journal (KJLA) 1998 News special on angels (Jones Cable) 1999 The Life and Times of Angel Encounters (TNN) 2001 Ghost Hunters (Adelphia Cable - Three Episodes) 2002 Good Morning America (ABC) 2003 Miracles in the Making segment (Fox News) 2004 Bridging Heaven and Earth - (Internationally Syndicated Cable Talk Show) 2007 TV Calling all Angels Hotline (National Cable Television Talk Show) 2007 YNTV Santa Barbara (Cable Television Program Santa Barbara County) -Talk Show -2007 Prayer Store segment (CBS News) -2007 Let Us Connect (Channel 17 Santa Barbara Talk Show) -2008 Angels are for Real - (Syndicated Cable Documentary) 2008 His Dying Wish segment -Brendan Foster (KCAL 9 News) 2008 Gold Coast Journal (Syndicated cable Talk Show) 2010 Angel documentary by Tony Miller (Title and Distribution in Progress) 2011 Radio Talk Shows 1995-2005 was a guest on dozens of radio talk shows in United States, Canada and Japan APSR Radio Show, Millbrook, Alabama -2006 Angel Talk Radio, Ft. Wayne, Indiana -2007 The 'X' Zone Radio Show, Ontario, Canada -2007 World Talk Radio-"Full Power Living," San Diego, California -2007 The Pat Sendejas Show - Seattle, Washington -2009 Lectures The University of Nevada Las Vegas- Psychomanteum Symposium - 1999 The Whole Earth Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada -1999 Barnes and Nobles Ventura, California - 1999 Alexandria Book Store, Pasadena, California -1999 The Little Professor Book Store, Temecula, California -1999 The Ventura Church of Religious Science -2000 Barnes and Noble - Westlake, California - 2000 Japan Medical Arts -Tokyo, Japan - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 International Association of Near Death Studies - Chicago, Illinois -2006 International New Age Trade Show - Denver, Colorado -2007 Mind Body and Beyond Expo -Los Angeles, California - 2007 St. John's Regional Medical Center - Parish Health Ministries, Oxnard, California -2007 Leadership Ventura - Ventura County Chamber of Commerce - Ventura, California - 2011 Ojai Wordfest - Ojai, California - 2011 Newspaper and Magazines Articles about books Sun (tabloid) - (Feature Article) 1998 Midwest Book Review - (Book Review) 1998 Ventura County Star - (Feature Article) 1998 and 2007 Ventura County Reporter (Feature Article) 1998 Awareness Magazine (Feature Article) 1998 Fate Magazine-(Feature Article) 1999 Napra Book Review - (Book Review) 1999 Book Reader Magazine - (Rook Review) 1999 Entertainment Today - (Book Review) 1999 Los Angeles Times - (Feature Article) 1999 Los Angeles Times - (Book Review) 1999 San Jose Mercury News (Feature Article) 2003 Ventura Life Styles Magazine - (Feature Article) 2004 Road Trip Magazine - (Feature Article) 2007 Awaken Journal - (Feature Article) 2007 Ventura County Star (Book Review) 2007 Ventura Life and Style (Feature Article) 2009 Books Andy Lakey's Psychomanteum - Ventura Press, USA (1998) Andy Lakey's Angel Art (Andy Lakey's Psychomanteum in Japanese) - Shinsensha Publishing Company, Tokyo, Japan (2003) Doorways to Heaven - Shinsensha Publishing Company, Tokyo, Japan (2004) Angel's Miracle - Shinsensha Publishing Company, Tokyo, Japan (2004) The Secret of the Butterfly Lovers - Red Wheel/Weiser Book Publishers, USA (2007) Andy Lakey's Angel Art (Japanese Revised Second Edition) Light Works Publications, Tokyo, Japan (2008) O reencontro das borboletas apaixonadas (Portuguese Edition of The Secret of the Butterfly Lovers) Editora Gente, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2009) Screenplay Butterfly Lovers (2008) Adapted from Keith Richardson's book The Secret of the Butterfly Lovers by award winning screenwriter, Richard Broadhurst, SAG/AFTRA - Currently being considered by Agape Productions, Touched by an Angel producer R.J. Viseiglia, Miami Vice producer Diane Isaacs and Adam Sandler's production company Happy Madison.
This review is from: Design and Patternmaking for Stretch Fabrics (Spiral-bound)
Beware! There are several inaccuracies in this book starting with stretch reduction tables on page 77- mostly mathematical errors. Some errors are random but some are in the entire table. I called the the publisher (Fairchild) and they are aware of the problem but I'm wondering why it's not recalled! Shame on you Fairchild!
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This review is from: Design and Patternmaking for Stretch Fabrics (Spiral-bound)
This otherwise wonderful book has one huge flaw - the tables contain errors. The author has gone to the trouble to generate multiple tables for various sizes - misses, mens, petite, women, etc., and then work through various reductions for these depending on garment style and stretch ratio but all that is in apparent vain as no-one bothered to proof the tables. So be prepared to check all the calculations yourself.
The book does give a comprehensive review of both patterning and working with knits.
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This book is so poorly written that our teacher had to correct the book before we could do a lesson. Pictures were often misplaced, not matching the text. What was correct was confusing, and this to students who are already well-schooled in pattern drafting. There are more mistakes than good information. Not worth it at all.
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