I am beginning to learn pattern making. I just took a course at F.I.T. that is very basic. We learned to draft a pattern for a straight book.
I want to buy a book on pattern-making. Have any of you used the book by Kopf?
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I see your posting is quite old - did you buy the book? How are you doing with the pattern designing?
I'm on my SIXTH attempt to make a sloper. Bought a book at F. I. T. on basic patternmaking. I just cut out the sixth attempt, and I'm going to see if it goes together over the weekend. Somehow or other, the front and back, when I tried to sew it together at the shoulder didn't fit. There was about a two inch difference (longer) at the back shoulder. This time it seems to be O. K. - for the life of me I don't know what I did different.
How did the new pattern turn out? I assume that, what you are drawing/making, is a basic block pattern? Or are you doing style manipulation based on the basic block?
Sorry if it takes time between postings - I go online for web-work about every fortnight only; otherwise just a quick download of e-mails at night.
Enid, I know this may seem like a bit obvious - but have you sewed a dart in the back shoulder? This would account for the discrepancy. Good luck with the sloper - I made one last year using the Joseph-Armstrong book and it is such a great tool.
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