Continuing with our free book giveaways sponsored by OPR, today’s freebie is Pocket Apparel Expert: A Practical Handbook on Garment Manufacturing (regularly $39.95 but you can buy it for 10% off by mentioning you found it on Fashion-Incubator). Again, this is a little book, 5.5″X 4″, 310pp with guidance to novices interested in a survey of the trade.…
Did you think I’d forgotten about hosting free book giveaways this week? I wouldn’t blame you but I’ve been busy busy busy. The first title OPR (Overseas Publishers Representatives) is offering for your perusal is part of the Pocket Book Expert series.…
I will be working in Denver all next week so I won’t be able to respond to inquiries and questions in a timely way. I thank you for your patience in advance. To tide you over in my absence, we will be hosting book give-aways, sponsored by OPR.…
Today I want to tell you about a great resource I have for industrial sewing. First I have to back up to explain that unbeknownst to me, the schematics and illustrations I used in Industrial sewing instructions came from the book I’m going to tell you about now.…
One reason experienced pattern makers are reluctant to take on a new entrant is because the designer doesn’t have a clear understanding of what they should or should not do. Specifically, new designers think nothing of taking a professionally made pattern and changing a thing or two without realizing how those changes can impact the rest of the pattern’s design.…
