Designer Joi's Fashion Sewing Workshop: Practical Skills for Stylish Garment Design

Mahon, Joi

ISBN 10: 1440244286 / ISBN 13: 9781440244285

Published by Interweave, 2016

A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteedâ but the story's all there! Seller Inventory # PKV.1440244286.G

Synopsis:

A fashion design course in a book, Sewing Boot Camp covers design principles, basic sketching, how to create story boards, basic draping, basic pattern making, sewing construction techniques that are the most important. It will include lessons on body types, knowing your audience and more. Each page or section will offer a lesson in itself, making the sewing skills people need approachable and achievable. The book also includes drafting tools. With these 5 basic pattern shapes (cardboard slopers) readers can create ANY garment they can think of by tracing a shape then cutting, slashing, manipulating, adding design details etc. It is like having a cookie cutter or reusable tool to make patterns.

About the Author: Joi Mahon, aka Designer Joi is an award-winning designer with a passion for fashion. She has been sewing since she was 5 and taught her first sewing class when she was 14 to her local 4-H club. She apprenticed in a men’s tailoring shop all through high school and during college learning how to fit, measure and work with all figures types. She studied fashion design and product development at ISU and has a degree in Apparel Design, Merchandising and Production. Joi started her own custom design studio immediately after graduation and has been sewing professionally for over 20. She has received numerous awards, obtained a patent on a functional clothing garment she is currently licensing to the mass marketplace, she currently has a pattern line and license with McCall’s Pattern, creates products for Baby Lock and Tacony, is a national spokes “designer” for Baby Lock, and has two successful Craftsy online classes. She is also is a regular contributor to SQE Professional, Sew It All, Sew News, and has won the Passion for Fashion Design Competition through the American Sewing Expo as well as being named as Teacher of the Year 2013. Joi recently has been picked up by Mettler Threads as a corporate sponsor for her upcoming embroidery trunk show. She also has designed an entire new approach to home embroidery and is working with the John Deer of Adorable Designs for digitizing her work. The collection will debut fall 2014.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Designer Joi's Fashion Sewing Workshop: ...
Publisher: Interweave
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: good