The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting
by Sarah Veblen
Creative Publishing International | January 2012 | ISBN-10: 1589236084 | True PDF | 224 pages | 43.5 mb 
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Photo-Guide-Perfect-Fitting/dp/1589236084

Here is the ultimate reference for fitting test garments and transferring accurate adjustments to patterns! No matter what size or shape you are, wearing garments that fit perfectly makes you look and feel better. Rather than making commonly accepted changes to a commercial pattern, the method presented in this guide focuses on the way a test garment fits the body. The fabric is manipulated to improve the fit, and then those specific changes are made to the pattern. The result: patterns that fit perfectly!

With The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting, you'll learn:
- The importance of a fitting axis and how to use it during a fitting
- How to recognize fitting issues, such as drag lines and folds
- How to manipulate fabric to solve common and unusual fitting problems
- How to transfer the fitting changes to your pattern easily
- Basic pattern-making skills to ensure accurate alterations

See the fitting process from start to finish on basic garments, fitted on real people. Then follow fitting solutions on different body types. The lessons you learn will help you fit any body.

About the Author
Sarah Veblen is a custom fashion designer who focuses on teaching, creating clothing for her clientele, patternmaking and design consultation for young designers, and writing in several venues. She has a Certificate in Fashion Design from Baltimore City Community College and a BA from Stanford University. Dedicated to promoting the craft of clothing design and construction at all levels, Sarah teaches in her studio as well as other classroom venues and PatternReview.com. In 2001, she launched her own Intensive Study Program in Fashion Design, developed for both home sewers and sewing professionals. With an emphasis on design, fit, and pattern development, she currently offers classes on patternmaking, working with knit fabrics, many aspects of design, and sewing techniques. Sarah has more than twenty articles and various other written contributions and garments for THREADS magazine, as well as several ΓÇ£how-toΓÇ¥ videos for the THREADS website. She lives in Sparks, MD.

Brief Contents
Introduction 6
LAYING THE FOUNDATION 8
Developing a Solid approach to Fitting 9
Pattern and Fitting Basics 10
A Framework for Fitting 24
Fundamentals of Fitting Muslins 28
Fundamentals of altering Patterns 44
DEVELOPING YOUR ABILITY 78
The Process of Fitting garments 79
Fitting Solutions for Body types and related Pattern alterations 126
GOING TO THE NEXT LEVEL 212
Correcting Pattern elements affected by Fitting Changes 213
Get Creative 218
About the author 222
Index 223