| Lingerie
Design on the
Stand by
Dawn Cloake (published 2000) ISBN No: 0713485523 Available from Internet book sites. Prices vary. To be released soon as an Ebook. Draping designs and creating final patterns for underwear
and
nightwear, including bras,
'bodies', slips and camisoles; includes innovative designs for underwear as eveningwear. An inspiring book, invaluable to fashion students, dressmakers and established designers. Includes a beginners (or refresher) draping course. |
| Cutting &
Draping Special
Occasion Clothes by Dawn Cloake (published 1998) ISBN No: 0713483326 Available from Internet book sites. Prices vary. To be released soon as an Ebook. Evening and partywear complete guide to advanced pattern design and cutting, developing basic dress blocks to a wide range of designs. Excellent reference work for established designers, pattern cutters and designer dressmakers and a practical course workbook for advanced level fashion students. |
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| Book Fashion Design on
the Stand by Dawn Cloake (published 1996) ISBN No: 0 7134 7757 1 Available from book web-sites and a few still available direct from Fashion Academy and to be released soon as an Ebook. Modelling garment designs on the dress stand. From basic blocks to advanced techniques, including eveningwear, stretch- fabric, swimwear, tights and sportswear. An ideal coursework book for teachers, students, designers and dressmakers and as an introduction to draping for 5th & 6th forms. Purchase Book Fashion Design on the Stand. For enquiries please contact Fashion Academy |
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For
further details about this book please click here
To read Dawn Cloake's review of Make your own clothes book click here |
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Comprehensive, well illustrated guide to cutting, making and
fitting every kind of bra. To read Dawn's review of Beverly's book: Click: Beverly Book Review Enquiries: please contact Fashion Academy |
Pattern
Cutting Blocks (Slopers)
by
Dawn Cloake
(professional
templates for designers, pattern cutters, teachers, students
and dressmakers)
Available now
![]() Copyright of Dawn Cloake 1996-2007 Professional pattern cutting blocks (slopers) for creating patterns for your own designs. Want to know more before you decide? E-mail Dawn Cloake: Fashion Academy |
Pattern Cutting Blocks (Slopers) by Dawn Cloake (Womenswear (Misses and 16+) Available now Bodice back and front, skirt back and front and sleeve graded in 8 sizes - from size UK:8-22; equivalent to (USA: 6-20). (5 pieces in each set = 40 pieces included on a sheet of 8 sizes) Includes 28-page
illustrated booklet with instructions
for
tracing off
the different sizes, changing dart positions, block terminology,
plus size charts with listed body sizes
and wearing ease, pattern cutting exercises and making a toile. (trial
garment
to test the fit of the blocks).
Purchase Pattern Cutting Blocks (Slopers) by Dawn Cloake £110.00 English pounds sterling. |
Copyright of Dawn Cloake 1996-2007 How to Make a Boned Bodice (booklet with pattern) Want to know more before you decide? E-mail Dawn Cloake: Fashion Academy |
A 20-page illustrated booklet with full
cutting and sewing instructions by Dawn Cloake. A classic, waist length, 7or 8-panelled Strapless Boned Bodice with graded pattern in 8 sizes (UK8-22) equivalent to (USA 6-20) Purchase How to Make a Boned Bodice (booklet with pattern) £25.00 English pounds sterling. Enquiries: please contact Fashion Academy |
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The Absolute Beginner's
Introduction to Pattern Cutting (also a good 'refresher' course) * Covers the first principles of pattern cutting (dart manipulation, shaped seams, adding fullness, etc.,)
*
No previous experience necessary and no time-limit (study at your own
pace) E-mail hotline for contact with your Personal Tutor (Dawn Cloake) * Includes skirt openings, pockets, darts, dart-tucks, pleats, gathers, yokes, panel seams, hipster, raised waistline, flared, circular and other variations. * Small-scale blocks (slopers) included for design practice (*full-scale blocks also available) *Full-size blocks are obtainable from this web-site
(any other reliable
set of blocks can be used). SKIRT DESIGN COURSE: (in 3 X 54-page illustrated booklets) Cover of Booklet 2 ![]() Purchase Distance Learning Course (beginner's pattern cutting) UK £130.00 English pounds sterling. Want to know more before you decide? E-mail Dawn Cloake: Fashion Academy Back to Main Page ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BODICE,
SLEEVE & COLLAR COURSE:
(in 3 X 54-page illustrated booklets)Example from Jacket Design In preparation - not yet available Want to know more before you decide?E-mail Dawn Cloake: Fashion Academy |
MAKE YOUR OWN PATTERNS
FOR
ADULTS
AND CHILDRENS' GARMENTS ON YOUR OWN PC

![]() Copyright Dawn Cloake The sketch above is a
variation of an illustration from
the book "Lingerie Design on the Stand"
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Who needs to use
a
Personal Computer
for making garment patterns?
Anyone who now spends a lot of
time
making patterns
by hand - teachers, students, dress designers
and dressmakers, pattern cutters in clothing firms. PatternMaker
Software is suitable for wide-scale use in industry,
education and for personal use. * PatternMaker Software at Home and in Schools *Start with the 'DeLuxe Editor' at $99.00 which allows you to use the macros, modify patterns and save measurements for any number of users or go straight for the Professional Studio at $399.00 which has full CAD tools for drafting from scratch, can import images to trace and save patterns as 'macros'. PatternMaker Software's inclusion of 'macros' makes it an ideal way of introducing school children to pattern adaptation in their Information Technology classes before they attempt the more complicated processes involved in working from pattern-making blocks. *PatternMaker Software for Professional Pattern Cutters in the Clothing Industry, in Art and Fashion Colleges Professional pattern cutters need the facility to create grading rules for producing patterns in many sizes. Select GRADING STUDIO. For large-scale Marker Making for clothing companies select MARKER STUDIO. Fashion Students: you can practice your pattern cutting, do all your diagrams, fabric estimates, charts, sketches, grading and marker-making, re-size to any scale and illustrate your course-work just sitting at home with PatternMaker Software on your PC . GRADING STUDIO $1199 MARKER STUDIO $2499.00 Dawn Cloake is a professional pattern cutter and has used PatternMaker Software for constructing the pattern-making blocks and for all the patterns and illustrations in the distance learning course and booklets appearing on this web-page.
PatternMaker for
Windows
- for PC-compatible
computers running Windows 95/98/NT For further information about
PatternMaker please contact |

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Padded
Arm Form for sleeve design, testing patterns and toiles.
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Use
a Padded Arm Form to evaluate patterns and sleeves and to drape new
sleeve designs. Can be used attached to a garment stand or
independently on the work table. Fully illustrated booklet includes how to cut out and make an arm form pattern to standard ('average size') from size UK8-22 (US 6-20) The booklet includes instructions for drafting the pattern to individual sizes and for adapting a commercial paper sleeve pattern to individual arm sizes. See below an example of using the padded arm on the work table to test a sleeve design. ![]() If you would like to read more about this please click here. Purchase Padded Arm Form Cost: £19.95 English pounds sterling ( $39USA ) |