Draping for Apparel Design

by Helen Joseph-Armstrong

Book Overview

The third edition of Draping for Apparel Design combines Joseph-Armstrong's classic step-by-step instructions with a user-friendly layout. To show how to turn two-dimensional drawings into... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563671026
• ISBN13: 9781563671029
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Fairchild Books & Visuals
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 3.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.7" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Great Resource

I've been waiting to purchase this book for quite a while...... and it was worth the wait. It's packed with numerous projects, detailed instructions, and clear illustrations to help you visualize the process. A timeless resource for all clothing enthusiasts.

cothing designing by fabric draping for pattenmaking

Cardmaking has drawn me away from sewing for some time and it is because of a lack of good advanced reference books available for pattenmaking and sewing for home sewers. I love to design, this book has opened my creative process up again and inspired me to return to pattern making. This book is not for a begining pattern maker or seamstress. You can learn from it but it will overwhelm you. I am still in the process of reading and learninig what the book has to offer. For the price I believe it will meet my needs at least for a while and allow me the freedom to recreate some of the fashions I love in the expensive catalogs I can't afford to buy nor want to. As I work through the book and put it the test I will be in a better place to review how great the information is and how well one can use it. As in any craft, your ability to take a material and do something fabulous is often a matter of the work invovled, putting the time and energy into the process, and having access to the great materials. Scrapbooking and paper crafting has exploded with great products but the seamstress must dig hard to find the products that will bring awe and a great finished product. This has not changed as I have been in and out of many fabric shops recentley looking for fabrics. But the internet certainly has a lot to offer in fabrics provided you know what you want and are willing to buy sight unseen which comes with a whole other set of complications to deal with. Women like Martha Pullen keep the craft of sewing fresh and inspiring. I was excited to find this book and didn't think twice about investing the money. The book was everything I was seeking and so much more. jnetti.

Well illustrated draping text

Really like this text. Lots of good illustrations, good technical instructions. I have her flat pattern book, too, and like both as good solid reference and teaching books. I've learned a lot from these books.

Professional guidance for the creative sewer

A detailed, step by step guide for designing using the drape method. Easy to understand and also inspiriing. I wanted a way to create the designs I had in my head. This makes it so much clearer. A great resource to have.

See it and learn!

This book is so beautifully illustrated, you hardly need to read a line. To me, draping is the most rewarding method of apparel design, in that what you see is what you get -- no sketching, drafting, sewing up a muslin, and then seeing the results. That is why I find this book to be the best of all popular draping texts on the market today. The instructions are clear, the book itself is clean and well laid out. The illustrations are flawless. You can follow the drawings and easily achieve the same results. There is so much clarity in the way the material is presented, it's easy to use, easy to understand, and easy to learn from. The quality of this book is similar to her pattern drafting book. I would recommend any book authored by Helen Joseph-Armstrong, as you will certainly get the best book on the subject. This book is absolutely delightful.