CONTENTS

  1. Introduction
    1. What This Book Is About and What It Isn’t
    2. Why Try Draping?
  2. FIT | 1
    SHIRTS: AN OVERVIEW
    1. What’s a Shirt?
    2. Basic Shirt Shapes: The Rectangular Body
    3. The Loose Shirt: Not Fitted, But Still Fits
    4. How Do Shirts Fit?
  3. FIT | 2
    FITTING: THE BIG PICTURE
    1. Draping Magic
    2. Measure a Favorite Shirt
    3. Draping with Patterns
    4. How to Use Armhole and Sleeve Cap Curves
    5. Can I Drape Plus Sizes and Weight-Lifters, Too?
    6. Wrinkle Basics
    7. Pin- and Wheel-Tracing
    8. Meet the Form Family
    9. Draping Essentials You Need to Know
  4. FIT | 3
    DRAPING THE LOOSE-FITTING SHIRT
    1. What are Loose-Fitting Shirts?
    2. How to Choose Your Yoke
    3. Positioning the Yoke
    4. Reshaping the Yoke
    5. Draping Fitted Shoulders
    6. Draping Loose Shoulders
  5. FIT | 4
    DRAPING THE FITTED SHIRT
    1. What are Fitted Shirts?
    2. Side-Seam Shaping: The Draping Way
    3. Darts: Visible and Invisible
    4. Full Garment Conversion by Draping
    5. Hiding Darts in Seams and Under Collars
  6. FIT | 5
    DRAPING THE TIGHT SHIRT
    1. What are Tight Shirts?
    2. Draping a Tight-Fitting Shirt from a Fitted Test Muslin
    3. Converting Dart Shaping to Seams for a Tight-Fitting Shirt
    4. Foil Wrapping for Body Cloning
    5. Making a Form from a Foil Wrap
  7. SEW | PROJECTS
    BASIC SHIRT CONSTRUCTION
    1. The Sequence
    2. Sew | Project 1: Loose, Lined Shirt Jacket
    3. Sew | Project 2: Fitted V-Neck Dress Shirt
    4. Sew | Project 3: Fitted Wrapped Shirtdress
    5. Sew | Project 4: Tight Denim Western Shirt
  8. Resources
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. About the Author
  11. Index

Guide

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