A detailed guide to dressmaking, being a handbook of pattern drafting and design. Extensively illustrated with simple, useful diagrams and step-by-step instructions, this volume is ideal for those with little previous experience, and would make for a fantastic addition to the bookshelf of today's tailor and dressmaker. Contents include: тАЬPattern DraftingтАЭ, тАЬTools Necessary for Pattern MakingтАЭ, тАЬChart of MeasurementsтАЭ, тАЬBasic Pattern for Waist from Given MeasurementsтАЭ, тАЬConstruction of PatternтАЭ, тАЬFormula for Back of Plain WaistтАЭ, тАЬDraft of Front of Waist from Chart GivenтАЭ, тАЬMeasurementsтАЭ, тАЬFormula for Front of Plain WaistтАЭ, etc. Many vintage dressmaking books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on dressmaking and tailoring.