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The Perfect Fit: The Classic Guide to Altering Patterns

The Perfect Fit: The Classic Guide to Altering Patterns
By Editors of creative Publishing

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Good fit improves the comfort and appearance of any garment and is the reason many people sew their own clothes. However, it's common to worry about ruining a pattern when you cut it apart to make a fitting adjustment. The Perfect Fit makes pattern alterations easy with proven methods illustrated step-by-step. This complete guide includes analyzing a figure, measuring the body, customizing the pattern, and fine-tuning the fit with small adjustments like moving buttons and reshaping darts. The Perfect Fit shows how to change a commercial pattern sized for millions of women into a sewing blueprint sized to fit your figure alone.

Altering patterns has never been easier, thanks to the help of 400 step-by-step photographs!

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #20127 in Books
  • Published on: 2005-08-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 128 pages

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About the Author

Creative Publishing international is a worldwide publisher of how-to books. The company's current retail offering includes over 300 titles on topics covering home improvement, home decorating, sewing, crafting, hunting & fishing, and photography. Over the past 15 years, CPi has developed high-quality photography step-by-step books with nationally recognized brand partners like Black & Decker and Singer.

Customer Reviews

Should Have Bought This Before5
Many fitting books have good hints, but I've often had to look in several to get the fit right. This book gives clear and sound fitting help. The pictures clearly demonstrate what you are doing, and the results are very good. Wish I'd found this book before buying so many others.

Excellent fitting resource5
This is the most comprehensive and clearly explanatory book on fitting and alteration I have ever seen.
The photos make it easy to see the problems and the drawings make it easy to see the solution. I highly recommend it.

Excellent book that gives all the steps5
This book gives all the examples with photos so you will understand what kind of alteration you need to do. Good book for advanced seamstresses. And a must-have for beginners and intermediates!