For all patterns in the order you can download TWO files for each pattern:

1. A multi-format PDF file of a pattern that can be printed in a printer or plotter on sheets of paper of the format A0, A1, A2, A3 or A4, with independent splitting into sheets and correct printing only in free adobe reader.

2. A4 PDF file pattern, which is already divided into A4 sheets and can be printed on any device in any program, including in browsers and mobile phones, but only on A4 sheets.

The print order for these two file options is slightly different.

Please read carefully how to print correctly, both pattern files!

Sewing lessons from Vera Olkhovskaya

Oddly enough, connecting sheets of a printed pattern causes difficulties for some visitors to our site. See how to do it in the new video master class.

When the pattern is printed in full size on A4 sheets, there may be quite a lot of them. There are patterns, for printing of which you may need several dozen A4 sheets.

After the printing process is completed, the small sheets are cut off on both sides, since printers cannot print without leaving a margin, and then glued into large sheets.

Sewing lessons from Vera Olkhovskaya

The question of choosing the size of a pattern is always very acute and, despite its apparent simplicity, has many nuances that are difficult to understand for novice fashion designers.

In detail, this topic has already been discussed in a separate article, but for the ever-hurrying needlewomen, the nuances often act as a traumatic factor.

Therefore, this video lesson is devoid of all the details that you can do without ...

Vera Olkhovskaya

Usually my publisher, the Book Club "Family Leisure Club", deals with the sale of my books.

That is, all my books are sold in all stores of the "Club", including the online stores of this publishing house, and are also distributed by mail to members of the "Club".

Therefore, do not look for my books in your city in other bookstores. It is easier to order them via the Internet by typing the title of the book and the last name of the author in the search box.

Please note that in most cases the book is sold only a year and a half after publication. Then it's pretty hard to find.

I understand that collector readers and student readers are not satisfied with this state of affairs, so I decided to restore my old books in electronic form.

Of course, with corrections and additions.

It will soon be possible to read them directly on this site online!

The publication of the book has already begun "We cut and sew on any figure".

And "Sewing without fittings" can be bought - PDF format.

Buy the e-book "Sewing without fitting"

And the latest news. In 2015, I put my publisher on hold due to the fact that books become outdated before they are published and demand for them continues to fall.

It is possible that "Big book of cutting and sewing" is my last book.

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1. Fashion literature

Analyzing book production on fashion and tailoring, one can notice that the proposed methods for constructing patterns have some differences, which are visible in measurements, formulas and the style of presenting the material. According to the nature of the presentation, book methods of designing clothes can be conditionally divided into two categories: written by a cutter specializing in the field of individual tailoring and written by a clothing designer who develops patterns for large sewing enterprises.

The technique of the individualist cutter is usually elegant and simple. Few letter designations and transparent formulas, as well as an emphasis on the eye and common sense, make it easy to understand the logic of construction. The sequence of building a drawing is easy to remember.

The constructor's technique is described ponderously and is replete with letter designations, coefficients and indices. Two-story formulas make it difficult to include logic.

Vera Olkhovskaya 2014

So, what book should I buy so that I can read it right away - and I can do everything! ..

If you have read previous article on this topic, then you already guessed that you first need to choose the cutting technique and the presentation method that is suitable for your future activities.

Let's agree right away: in this article I will not write about my books. If you want to, see books by Vera Olkhovskaya I have on the site.

When choosing, you should also pay attention to the fact that ALL books on cutting techniques become outdated over time, therefore, you should not get hung up on old editions.

I will start my review with my favorite authors and favorite books, which I return to from time to time.

Vera Olkhovskaya

In times of crisis, many want to learn how to sew clothes with their own hands.

But we want everything at once, without leaving the computer, for free, without straining, and for everything to work out.

We type this query in the search and get thousands of false enticements: e-mail of tailoring and sewing courses, online seminars with “hereditary tailors”, video lessons from “fashion designers” and master classes from “famous couturiers” ... Lessons are boring, long , useless ... Technologies are outdated, models are old-fashioned ...

So what's the alternative? Attending costly and ineffective tailoring courses?

In fact, you can even start sewing without any skills. All you need is fabric, a typewriter, determination and a pattern of a simple product.

Vera Olkhovskaya

Fake - the configuration of the part is determined on the mannequin or on the customer.

It is often used for the manufacture of collars and draperies of complex configurations.

Until the XNUMXth century, it was the main one, and today we are witnessing its revival in haut couture wedding and evening dresses.

These are patterns made according to your measurements, which are used for tailoring dresses or blouses according to the figure.

In this case, there are no shaped elements.

In other words, to sew a "little black dress" it is enough to choose a base that suits your figure.

Vera Olkhovskaya

"Where to start learning to design if the first attempts were unsuccessful?

I am a beginner tailor, I am also just learning to sew.

There is no way to get to the courses, you have to gnaw at the granite of science on your own. The only source of knowledge is books...

Letters with similar questions very often come to me, therefore, I give an answer immediately to all novice tailors.

The very first step in learning the cutting technique is learning the technique. taking measurements.