Download or read book Creative Pattern Skills for Fashion Design written by Bernard Zamkoff and published by Fairchild Books. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this textbook, the next step up from Basic Pattern Skills for Fashion Design, the challenges of advanced flat pattern design are given in an easy yet creative way using the authors' unique shorthand method of patternmaking. Sections are devoted to the kimono and the semi-set in families of sleeves, and shawl and notched collars. Each section begins with a discussion of the theory behind the particular aspect of garment construction and proceeds with illustrated, step-by-step instructions for the basic pattern draft and several variations.