Fashion Design Toolkit

With The Fashion Design Toolkit you'll learn how tried-and-tested techniques like gathers pleats tucks and twists can help you adapt patterns and create your own original garment designs. Tracy Jennings walks you through 18 patterning tactics to inspire fresh ideas demonstrating how embracing pattern drafting skills can lead to innovative and effective collections. . Each technique is illustrated in a variety of contexts showing how and why it has been used by other designers so you can use the history of each tool as inspiration for your original collections. Ethical practice is woven throughout the book with tips on how to implement techniques in an environmentally sustainable way. . The 18 essential techniques are divided into 5 categories: . Establishing Fit and Flare: Darts Slash & Spread Seaming Insets Channeling Fullness: Gathers Ruffles Pleats Tucks Fashioning the Fluid and Unstructured: Arcs Flounces Drapes Twists Engineering Fabric and Form: Contouring Structure Textile Designs Focusing on Concepts: Adaptation Reduction Zero Waste . Online resources include a downloadable pattern block which is available in US sizes 4–18.. bloomsburyonlineresources.com/the-fashion-design-toolkit