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Pattern Making for Dressmaking and Needlework -- Drafting and Sewing 1930s Fashions
by Emily and Marian Wallbank

{softcover, 54 pages, 5.5x8.5, 2009, ISBN: 1934268909}

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Originally published in 1935, this rare sewing book was written as a guide for teachers and students to learn pattern making using two different methods -- (1) proportionate patterns using the bust measurement as a base for garment making and (2) the direct measurement method using multiple body measurements (bust, hips, etc.). Using the block method of pattern making, the authors begin by showing how to draft a bodice block pattern using both methods. At this point, you can determine which method works best for your body type. 

Because this book was used as a teaching guide for pattern drafting, you can be sure its techniques will be easy to use for both beginning and advanced sewers. Over 60 illustrations outline the pattern making process (each fashion has a pattern diagram and six completed styles are illustrated) with the text providing instructions for making:

- Blouses for adults
- Magyar tunic with dart in underarm sleeve
- Magyar tunic with fullness on front shoulder
- Simple blouses for slim figures
- Waistcoast or sleeveless coat
- Coat overall for slight girlish figure
- Coat overall for average adult figure
- Princess slip or petticoat
- One-piece frock
- Frock with waist seam
- Sleeves (shirt, close fitting and coat)
- Skirts (plain gored, sports skirt with pleats, wrap over)
- Magyar-type nightgown
- Magyar-type overall
- Dressing gown
- Dressing jacket
- Dressing gown of thin material
- Petticoats (princess, petticoat with waist seam and dart, 
  camisole)
- Nightgowns (princess, yoked, nightgown with waist seam)
- Knickers/underwear (directoire, french, knicker lining)
- Cami-knickers
- Pajama coat for women and girls
- Pajama coat for men and boys
- Pajama trousers

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