Dress Making - Drafting and Pattern Making

This vintage book contains an introductory guide to tailoring including complete directions for drafting and pattern-making. With step-by-step instructions and many helpful tips this volume is designed to introduce the beginner to dressmaking and aims to walk the novice through the creation of a few simple items. Contents include: Dressmaking and Tailoring Drafting and Pattern-Making Shirt-Waist Shirt-Waist Sleeve Foundation Skirt Tight-Fitting Waist and Collar Tight-fitting Sleeve and Kimono Waist. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on dressmaking and tailoring.