Download [Epub ] Pattern Design: Fundamentals: Construction and
Pattern Making for Fashion Design
By Jennifer Lynne Matthews-Fairbanks
Pattern Design: Fundamentals is for beginners to the field of fashion design as well as
self-guided learners. Pattern Design: Fundamentals covers the basics of pattern
making, terminology and drafting concepts. This book is different than all other
drafting books of its kind. This drafting book combines knowledge of drafting with
sewing and construction. The best way to understand how patterns are drafted is to
understand how the drafts are constructed, why certain pattern markings are used
and in what order a pattern should be constructed. Understanding the construction,
solidifies one's drafting knowledge, connecting the dots of two-dimensional drafting
to the three-dimensional finished garment.Pattern Design was developed by designer
and educator Jennifer Lynne Matthews-Fairbanks. Fairbanks years of instructing at
the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising coupled with her years running her
own design and sewing studio, make for the ideal combination of teaching to the
