Comments on: Pattern Puzzle: pick one

By: sandra

sandra — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:06:05 +0000

I saw this and remind me of this guy: The principles of Julian Roberts system of Subtraction Cutting. It is the same technique?

By: final fashion » fashion illustrated – Sevin-Doering pattern puzzle

final fashion » fashion illustrated – Sevin-Doering pattern puzzle — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:45:37 +0000

[...] again Kathleen at Fashion-Incubator provides an irresistible puzzle for a fashion illustrator who also fancies herself pretty keen on [...]

By: ClaireOKC

ClaireOKC — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:19:51 +0000

Kathleen, I think these are my favorite posts….the pattern puzzles….and I’m dying to get to them – why do you have to put them up when I’m so busy with my clients/students?!!!! Why do I need to sleep at night!!! This is like offering wine to the alchie!!!! Keep ‘em coming!

By: aline

aline — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:51:19 +0000

thank you for this discovery, it is superb I did not know this artist

By: Brina

Brina — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:28:44 +0000

Britannica,
You are so right–I got a pretty erect posture muslin as well–not sure about the pompous, . The flat cut is for a dance costume for a ballet called Torana 7, choreographed by someone named Yette Resal. Some female dancers don’t have much of a bust so it could work for either male or female–that part I don’t know. I used to do costumes professionally including the cat suits for CATS, (really) that were cut in one piece except the sleeves. I think that’s why I was able to work the flat out–I’m used to seeing the shape of dance costumes or garments made for a lot of movement with a minimum of pieces, which sometimes means weird shapes where, how do I say this, the pattern is distorted in order to accommodate the cut.

I’m going to work out some of the other flats because I am obsessed and it’s better than jigsaw puzzles. I’ll post the solutions on my Flickr stream. I’m looking at Orphee and Romeo now. And I’m thinking that the dying on Orphee will help me solve the puzzle.

Cindy,
Glad to help

By: Pattern puzzle: pick one pt.2

Pattern puzzle: pick one pt.2 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:39:02 +0000

[...] you had fun playing with the all-in-one patterns from last week? I didn’t process the red one because it seems you could figure it out easily enough if you [...]

By: Britannica

Britannica — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:11:33 +0000

Well, there’s no room for a bust, so I am doubting it’s for a woman. The shape (at least in paper) is not quite straight, although I suppose this is because the front waist of the pants aren’t attached to anything.
I wonder if this was for an acrobat for someone who would have to bend backwards at the waist?
Oh, and when I say tummy, I don’t mean extra that is all beneath the waist (which would affect the curve of the front crotch). It seems more like overall posture that is over-erect and pompous if you know what I mean.
Or maybe it’s just my paper.

By: Cindy Peterson

Cindy Peterson — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:01:01 +0000

thanks for the insight Brina and Britannica! It’s really fascinating and I must try it out for myself now.

By: Brina

Brina — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:55:57 +0000

Hum, I don’t see that the front is pushed forward–what part do you mean?
The pants have a weird shape flat–but I think the bumps are to accommodate a backside and kind of a built in gusset in the crotch–even though the bump shaping is in the side seam. is that what you mean? I don’t know that that is particularly for a male in that you’d need that kind of shaping for a pant to allow movement–especially dance movement.
I have a pants draft from a 1970’s magazine that looks similar to this. I think that’s why I recognized the crotch right away.

By: Britannica

Britannica — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:17:59 +0000

I was wondering about that- the tummy I mean. It seemed to me that the front part was pushed forward. Definitely not a woman’s garment methinks. I think that’s where I was going wrong- assuming that it was for a woman.