[MR] Idea for a university class

[Denise V. McMahon]

The Medieval Tailor's Assistant: making common garments 1200-1500
by Sarah Thursfield is an excellent start.

It is written quite well, has wonderful amounts of information on how to
make what she calls a Pattern Block geared to your own measurements and
goes through quite a variety of garments and how to acheive their proper
drape and fit on *you*.

400 line drawings, 121 patterns and tons of common sense! The book runs
at Amazon for about $40- and i am sure you could find it cheaper
somewhere else.

ISBN 0-89676-239-4
Costume and Fashion Press an imprint of
Quite Specific Media Group Ltd.
7373 Pyramid Place, Hollywood, CA 90046

or go to:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0896762394/qid%3D1037249087/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-9585083-2807042#product-details

Cheers!

-Rowan Berran


Peters, Rise J. wrote:

> If we could get a good class going in pattern drafting and draping -- including how to develop a sloper/toile for your figure -- we could eliminate this whole question of how to modify patterns.  I think Rivkah is right on point when she talks about learning to "create her own patterns."
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> =Caitlin


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