@assembil: Pattern Basics: More than one way to draft a block? This is Part 2 of a short video series about pattern blocks. When you first start using blocks in patternmaking classes, it can feel as though you are thrown into the deep end. “This is the bodice block”, they may say, as though this is the one and only way to translate body measurements into a bodice block. Maybe this is explained at the time, and goes over your head as you try to grapple with the angle from CF to the shoulder, but it can be easy to think you follow one method, and that is your only option. As though this is the singular flawless mathematical solution. The truth is, there are different block methods, and they vary in the way that they translate body measurements into a block. For example, if you made a bodice block from Helen Joseph-Armstrong’s “Patternmaking for Fashion Design”, a bodice block from Winifred Aldrich’s book “Metric Pattern Cutting for Women’s Wear”, or followed the draft from “Fundamentals of Garment Design” from Bunka Fashion College, then they will all result in slightly different shapes even when drafted from the same body measurements. This difference between blocks is about more than just different dart positions. The formulas, angles and amounts of ease differ from method to method and is something I could explore in a later video. If you are new to using blocks, a previous video, “What confuses you about blocks?” will introduce you to some block basics. In follow-up videos, I will discuss more things to know about working with blocks, as they form a solid foundation if you are working predominantly in a flat patternmaking method. PLEASE NOTE: “How Patterns Work” does not cover block drafting. That is why this video series allows me to introduce you to books that do include block drafting methods. Books from the video: - “How Patterns Work” by Assembil - “Fundamentals of Garment Design” by Bunka Fashion College - “Metic Pattern Cutting for Women’s Wear” by Winifred Aldrich - “Patternmaking for Fashion Design” by Helen Joseph-Armstrong #patternmaking #patterncutting #fashiondesign #assembil #howpatternswork

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