Professional Sewing Techniques for Designers

To execute excellent designs, you need accurate pattern drafting and quality sewing, and Professional Sewing Techniques for Designers, Third Edition gives aspiring designers these skills. The text presents a wide range of step-by-step beginning and advanced techniques, accompanied by detailed illustrations to help with visual learning. Each chapter covers a topic following the stitching order of a garment, including stabilizers, darts, seams, pockets, tucks and pleats, zippers, waistbands, flounces, collars, facing, and more. This book also incorporates social topics relevant to the fashion industry such as sustainability, gender neutral design, and diverse representation. Learning tools like checklists and Style I.D. diagrams teach students to understand the relationships between fabric, sewing techniques, and design and apply this knowledge to their own creations.

New to this

-New chapter on “Sustainable Sewing”

-Focus on inclusivity, including gender neutral language and more illustrations of people of color

-All-new STUDIO featuring video demonstrations of beginning and advanced stitching techniques

STUDIO Features

-Download 1/2 scale slopers for easy practice

-Practice your skills by completing worksheet PDFs

-Watch step-by-step videos that bring sewing techniques to life

Instructor Resources

-An Instructor's Guide to help incorporate this text into the classroom

-PowerPoints featuring key concepts from each chapter