Patternmaking for Underwear Design Paperback – April 1, 2010

graet designs!

Clean. Clear. Concise. It's a very good book to have at most skill levels with very through instructions.I don't personally like the corset portion of the book because it's not for drafting a pattern of a real corset, just lingerie you'd find in any old department store. That was misleading and disappointing.

Easily understood drafting directions and clear diagrams for bras using underwires as a base. Great variety of garments, with information and explanations of what, why, and where....

I bought this book because I thought it would help me draft bras. While it shows you how to customize patterns for lots of other garments, the bra pattern is for a 34B. No explanation of how you might grade that to another size is included.

Thank you. This have not been tested yet. I hope to do that soon. I would appreciate any valuable tips in the future. Cheers!

I like it alot

Have lots of scrap fabric lying around? Get this book and put it to good use for your underthings! There is great information and fantastic illustrations showing how to do everything to make bras, panties, corsets, and more!

I bought this book for the bra making pattern which was difficult to work with at best. She uses a standard 34b bra size to do the cup and the band. I was not sure how to get the band to my size except to add to it in the back. This book shows a fairly good dart manipulation example but failed to give thorough direction for the entire process to help with the design changes in making bras and designing my own patterns. The book does show how to make a sloper for most patterns. I enjoyed the way this book is layed out but she doesn't state some things that one must wonder about to figure out how to use what she has written.I used an internet site called Patternschool.com in which the owner has a full two pages dedicated to both the bra band and the bra cup patternmaking process.I have never seen such a maze of difficulty in the way information is put together in the bra making process. I bought this book after I bought the Bra-Making Manual which is a great book for making bra patterns and doing different designs but the copyright listed doesn't allow one to use her information for any purpose other than making one your own bra. Kristina Chin does allow her work to be used (not copied but used) for education purposes. Her work along with Stuart's who is author of the Patternschool web site has helped me learn the pattern making process for bras.There is a lot more in the book besides bra pattern making but that so far is all I can really review. I think I could use this book for the block patterns. She does have a full sizing list for all sizes based on existing measurments in the garment making business.The book appears complete and does seem to offer most of what the author claims to teach.