Books like Patternmaking with stretch knit fabrics by Julie Cole

Patternmaking with Stretch Knit Fabrics offers a comprehensive, user‑friendly guide for emerging fashion designers. The book explains the fundamentals of stretch fabrics, how stretch ratios influence design, and how to identify knit types. With hundreds of clear, color‑coded illustrations, it walks students through drafting slopers and patterns for tops, dresses, jackets, cardigans, skirts, pants, lingerie, and swimwear, using a simplified hip‑and‑top foundation approach. The text includes grading instructions for creating top and hip foundations across four stretch categories, practical stitching guidance for test‑fit garments, and finished muslin samples. It is suitable for students with basic design, patternmaking and sewing skills at an intermediate level and can be incorporated into both knit‑specific and general design courses.

First publish date: 2016