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Patternmaking: A Comprehensive Reference for Fashion Design

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Anyone looking for a comprehensive pattern making would be better off go for other books i.e. that of Helen Joseph Armstrong, or Winifred Aldrich.

Basic Sloper in page 34 where HI measurement (chest line) is taken 3 in below A (neck point) seems to be too generic for a comprehensive pattern book, I suppose.

There is no children pattern included in this Comprehensive book either.

I am disappointed in this book. The patterns are very old styles.
However, it has some useful bacis pattern making information. If you are a beginner, it is helpful.

I am taking a course in pattern making and sewing at the dubai Art Centre.
I thought that if I bought this book it would help me understand pattern cutting more.
I am a clinical pharmacist, but I paint, write, draw , sew and cook. I also make rag dolls and do embroidery.
I found the book very easy to follow and some things were made in a way that is easier than what my Chinese teacher taught us.
I would recommend it to anyone interested in learning dressmaking.
Dr( Mrs) Tanweer Mahmoodullah

I just received this book from Amazon. I thumb through it. It looks helpful enough. It has a lot of information. There is a part on the color wheel, which is great--It's just too bad the book appears to be a photocopy of the original. I imagine the original actually had color and the print quality was better.

There is something really strange about the whole thing. The book is bound and the cover looks fine, but it's just that the pages in the book look and feel cheap and the print quality is bad--I mean they couldn't even get a good copier to do the job. The book is not worth $94. This is a very cheap version and it shouldn't cost more than $60. What is wrong with Pearson Prentice Hall or Amazon?

What a rip-off!

This is THE pattermaking book that every top fashion school is going to be using. If you are interested in learning about pattermaking this is a great place to start. (Actually the BEST place to start.)
The author has been a patternmaking teacher for a long time, and at all the best schools on the east coast. I was a student of Sylvia's and her method of teaching is very thorough and precise. Patternmaking isn't easy and you have to be a certain mind to understand it sometimes. I know that with the step by step instructions in this book, as well as the extensive illistrations, it is made as simple as possible.
Don't waste your time with other books.
Looking at the other reviews, I feel that they aren't doing the book justice. Maybe they were expecting something more advanced. (Which is coming out in a few years.)
This is a great book to add to your collection.

This is by far the worst book on pattern making. I COMPLETELY wasted my money. Its taken me long time to review because I never needed it really. It came up in conversation how bad it is and I decided to warn anyone who might consider this non-reference.
Everything is shabby and explained inadequately. Other books have drafts for different types of pants patterns, not this one. Darts and slashes are not explained AT ALL. The author should never, ever call herself a teacher again. Books like this and crappy descriptions by Amazon make me not want to buy anything through Amazon again. This is the third time I have bought a product and been disappointed through poor descriptions.

a great book, very informative, little pricey though, but worth it.

I have not bought the book as of yet but I was privy to certain things that went into the book. Sylvia was my patternmaking teacher. She was working on this book while I was in school and all the students anticipated its release. Sylvia's teaching style is thorough and concise and so is this book. I recommend anyone interested in learning the right way to make patterns should purchase this book.

I'm signing up for a pattern-making class in a college, and they use this book for their main reference. I hear it's used by other teachers as well. Not having read the book or taken the course, I cannot comment beyond observing that these teachers and the program director have chosen this book from the entire palette of available pattern-making books.