The Edwardian Modiste: 85 Authentic Patterns with Instructions, Fashion Plates, and Period Sewing Techniques / Edition 1

by Frances Grimble

Overview

The 85 patterns and 91 fashion plates in this book were reproduced from rare originals of the 1905 American Garment Cutter Instruction and Diagram Book and 1907 1909 issues of the quarterly American Modiste. These publications were used by both professional dressmakers and amateurs. They offered sophisticated fashions, artistic illustrations, fashion columns describing the latest styles, and pattern instructions. They also provided the ability to create patterns for the wearer's individual measurements with the American System of Cutting. Using special rulers that eliminated arithmetic, even untrained designers could enlarge pattern diagrams to the correct size. A full set of printed rulers and detailed instructions are provided for readers who wish to use the American System. Also included are instructions for enlarging the patterns by projection, plus carefully selected sections from a 1907 sewing manual, The Complete Dressmaker.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780963651716
Publisher:	Lavolta Press
Publication date:	09/03/1997
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	430
Product dimensions:	8.62(w) x 11.17(h) x 1.12(d)

About the Author

Frances Grimble is the author of nine books on historical costumes. Over 60 of her articles on sewing and vintage clothes have appeared in national magazines, such as Threads and Sew News. Frances Grimble has been a how-to writer and editor since 1983. She has substantial formal education in researching social history and in clothing design. In 1974 she began making historical reproductions for periods from the Renaissance into the 1920s. Since 1972, she has collected vintage clothing and accessories from the late 18th century into the mid 20th.