Sofi and I discovered this wonderful book on the $2.00 table at Barnes and Noble a month ago. It is called, "Sew Teen" and it shows you how to make about 20 different outfits from scratch - no patterns or anything - it tells YOU how to measure & cut (talk about amazing math practice!) your own pattern based on the measurements you take of yourself. This book was perfect for Sofi because she loves to design her own fashion. She is always cutting up old clothes to make something new and creating things for her dolls out of scraps of fabric. I didn't want to stifle her natural creativity and make sewing a chore for her by bringing in all the pre-stamped patterns and complex directions. And intuitively I was right - she LOVES this method.
So we started by making her Halloween costume - the bottom part will be a skirt - and with the leftover fabric we can easily make something to match for her doll because there is no pattern, we just follow the cutting instructions for the doll down to the doll's size and all is well.
And isn't the skirt pattern so clever? It is just two squares placed at an angle to each other and a waistband in the middle (see picture).
Friday, October 16, 2009
Fashion Design 101
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2 comments:
This is fabulous! I can't wait to show my daughter this post. She is a fashion designer in-the-making, and often she will sew without patterns. Thanks, Kristy!
As an X-professional fashion designer, this is exactly how to go about it! Do what you love and your talent will carry you.
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