Review ... Winifred Aldrich

Winifred Aldrich has written many books. Mostly on metric pattern cutting, I've used these books at my night course and they are amazing! 5/5! Lots of stars! etc! Her books tell you about the fabrics to use, some tips etc. They are so basic and tell you how to make the pattern step-by step to your own measurements, and she tells you how to take the measurements as well since it's not quite how it appears. I've made all of my items so far from her patterns and they've all come out so well and they fit properly! What is also good about her patterns is that say your making a jacket, it will give you several options for a collar. Each option will have a picture and a complete instruction, there is nothing fussy about these books. If you seriously want to design I am telling you to invest! They are roughly £30.00, well just under like £27? but they are so worth it! They've 100's of things in them and the knowledge that they hold within those pages are worth every penny!
The pictures in them are well designed and are designed to inspire, the options are endless and she recommends fabrics to use! This saves beginners lots of time since they can go into a shop knowing what is good and what is not!

The books are designed to teach you basic pattern cutting skills. The book is recommended by professionals who still use it, by teachers and by people on Amazon who have never cut a pattern before in there life, or so they claim. The language has been kept simple and easy to understand.

As I said before I give this book 5/5 and completely recommend it. It's been printing since 1985 for a reason!
The best place to look for these books is Amazon.

Becoming a designer...

I want to become a designer. In case you've not guessed. But I found it really hard to find much information on How to do this, so hopefully people who read this will help, and people who want help will find the help they need.

I do 6th form and do History,Art and Business Studies, I also did Photography as an AS. My world pretty much revolves around fashion, I shop, I read, I look,Watch, pretty much breathe it. I just can't help it, it's true, Fashion  really can change the world. Would you vote for someone that looked grubby and unkept? Nope, so no presidents do. You kinda see my point I hope by now. 

But I've taken up a night course at the local college - Pattern cutting and dress making. It's the basic level, but before I didn't know how to do anything. I tried to make simple bags and failed and got tired of it. It's extremely frustrating when you can't do something. So I'll post pictures and video's so as to help you or at least try. This way you're at least doing some basic sewing of pockets etc. I'll try my best for the rest! But it's also just something just to quickly refer back to if needed, which is always helpful, a little like an online book!

But for now I've not made any video's as this is the first post. So subscribe and keep updated!