Building Patterns: Ultimate Guide to Designing Clothing Patterns - Suzanne Furrer

From Suzanne Furrer, Building Patterns: Ultimate Guide to Designing Clothing Patterns is a paperback reference guide for aspiring fashion designers, fashion design students, and sewing and fabric enthusiasts looking to build confidence in garment pattern making. Designed as an illustrative master class, it explores the fundamentals through clear diagrams and illustrations, making it particularly well suited to visual learners.

Across 11 chapters, Furrer guides readers from creating basic slopers through to developing patterns intended to help achieve a well-fitting garment. The book opens with an introduction to pattern making, including the terminology used throughout and what is required for building a proper patternmaking tool kit, before moving into the core instructional chapters. With 35+ years of fashion pattern experience distilled into a single volume, it’s a focused resource for anyone ready to deepen their understanding of professional pattern making instruction, with a particular emphasis on dressmaking.

Key features

• Paperback format
• 280 pages
• Includes 11 chapters covering essential pattern making subjects
• Diagrams and illustrations throughout
• Introduction covers terminology and patternmaking tool kit requirements
• Focuses on dressmaking
• ISBN: 9781639811311

Specifications

• Author: Suzanne Furrer
• Publisher: Fox Chapel
• Publication date: 9 September 2025

Sizing

216 x 280 mm

Rackhams Reference : 3U73VCMCAG