PatternMagicStretchFabricsisthethirdintheseriesofcultJapanesepatternmakingbooks,nowtranslatedintoEnglish.Thenewvolumelooksatworkingwithstretchandjerseyfabric.Materialthatstretcheslengthwaysorsidewayscanbemagicalinitself.Thisbooktakesthespecialqualitiesofjerseyandstretchfabricsandusesthemtocreatestunning,sculpturaldesigns.Intwoparts,thebookshowshowtoworkwithstretchfabricsandhowtocutpatternsthatexploittheirpropertieswithtrulyoriginalresults.Thebookisaccompaniedbyabasicpaperpatternblock/sloper.
PatternMagicisthecultpattern-cuttingbookfromJapan.Takinginspirationfromnature,fromgeometricshapesandfromthestreet,thisbookharnessesthesheerjoyofmakingandsculptingclothes.Thebooktakesacreativeapproachtopatterncutting,withstep-by-stepprojectsforfashiondesignersanddressmakerstoenjoy.Allthebasicinformationyouneedtostartpatterncuttingisincluded,fromthebasicblocktomeasurementsandscaling.Eachprojectisbeautifullyillustratedwithcleardiagramsandphotographsshowingthestagesofconstruction,thetoilesandthefinishedgarments.Thesesimpleillustrationsanddetailedinstructionsmakeiteasytocreatestunning,sculpturalclotheswithacouturelook.
本书以大量的图片，介绍了时尚写真文化。包括什么是艺术、艺术写真的“性感”、切肤之爱?贴身情人、拍摄中的亲密接触、艺术写真的艺术素质、艺术写真的创作过程等。
