The Fashion Design Toolkit: 18 Patternmaking Techniques for Creative Practice

Tracy Jennings

ISBN 10: 1350101567 / ISBN 13: 9781350101562

Published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2022

Seller Inventory # 9781350101562

Synopsis:

With The Fashion Design Toolkit you'll learn how tried-and-tested techniques like gathers, pleats, tucks, and twists can help you adapt patterns and create your own original garment designs. Tracy Jennings walks you through 18 patterning tactics to inspire fresh ideas, demonstrating how embracing pattern drafting skills can lead to innovative and effective collections.

Each technique is illustrated in a variety of contexts, showing how and why it has been used by other designers, so you can use the history of each tool as inspiration for your original collections. Ethical practice is woven throughout the book, with tips on how to implement techniques in an environmentally sustainable way.

The 18 essential techniques are divided into 5 categories:

Establishing Fit and Flare: Darts, Slash & Spread, Seaming, Insets
Channeling Fullness: Gathers, Ruffles, Pleats, Tucks
Fashioning the Fluid and Unstructured: Arcs, Flounces, Drapes, Twists
Engineering Fabric and Form: Contouring, Structure, Textile Designs
Focusing on Concepts: Adaptation, Reduction, Zero Waste

Online resources include a downloadable pattern block, which is available in US sizes 4–18.

bloomsburyonlineresources.com/the-fashion-design-toolkit

About the Author: Tracy Jennings is a professor of fashion at Dominican University, USA. She teaches courses in apparel design, clothing construction, textile science, and computer-aided design. She incorporates years of experience as a patternmaker and designer of women's career wear into her classes. Her research interests include aspects of fashion and design related to creativity, technology, and sustainability.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Fashion Design Toolkit: 18 Patternmaking...
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New