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Draping is the art of using cotton muslin to create a fashion design directly on a mannequin. It is an essential skill for fashion designers. In this book, Karolyn Kiisel presents a series of stepbystep projects, creating real garments in classic styles, that are designed to develop skills from the most basic to more advanced techniques.Starting with the basics of choosing and preparing the dress form for draping, the book advances through pinning, trimming, and clipping, and creating shape using darts and tucks, to adding volume using pleats and gathers, and handling complex curves. Advanced skills include how to use support elements such as shoulder pads, under layers, and petticoats, and how to handle bias draping. The book culminates with a chapter on improvisational skills.Each skill and technique throughout the book is explained through specially commissioned stepbystep photographs and line drawings that bring the art of creating womenswear in three dimensions to life. The QR codes are in the book, each code takes you to individual instructional videos.
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- Q: What is 'Draping: The Complete Course' about? A: This book teaches the art of draping using cotton muslin on a mannequin to create fashion designs. It covers techniques from basic to advanced skills needed for fashion design.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'Draping: The Complete Course' is Karolyn Kiisel.
- Q: What are the key features of this book? A: The book includes step-by-step projects, instructional photographs, and line drawings that help illustrate draping techniques. It also contains QR codes linking to instructional videos.
- Q: What is the condition of the book? A: The book is listed as a New item and is described as being in Good Condition.
- Q: How many pages does this book have? A: The book has a total of 320 pages.
- Q: What is the binding type of this book? A: This book is available in paperback binding.
- Q: When was 'Draping: The Complete Course' published? A: The book was published on October 1, 2013.
- Q: What skills does this book help develop? A: The book helps develop various draping skills including pinning, trimming, creating shapes, adding volume, and handling complex curves.
- Q: Does the book cover advanced draping techniques? A: Yes, it covers advanced techniques such as using support elements like shoulder pads and handling bias draping.
- Q: Is this book suitable for beginners? A: Yes, the book is designed to help beginners learn draping techniques, starting from the basics and progressing to more advanced skills.