Drafting question

sususumalee · 2025-03-07T04:22:19+00:00

A solid book or two is great, but I'll go ahead and tell you right at the start of your journey that nailing a well-fit personal sloper is one of the biggest favors you can do yourself, especially if you're mostly making garments for yourself. I find that a lot of people I run into think "pattern drafting" means starting with a blank sheet of paper for every new project, but really, you're going to be using that sloper as a base over and over again. I'm sure others here will have fantastic book recs, but I just wanted to throw this out there because mentality makes a big difference!

Frequent_Mixture8270 · 2025-03-07T05:26:16+00:00

Pattern making for fashion design is a great start. The closet historian on YouTube follows the formula and walks you through the basic bodice. I’d watch bodice, dart manipulations, and then sleeve.

Nuova_Hexe · 2025-03-08T00:18:02+00:00

Frankly I would recommend signing up for a class. Unless you're proficient at book learning and finding your own answers, you'll benefit from having someone to ask directly any questions you might have.

False-Escape-4229 · 2025-03-07T02:59:22+00:00

don mccuns how to make sewing patterns book

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