Sharon Clay

Learn to Read and Adjust Patterns for Home Sewers: Learn the Ins and Outs of Printed Patterns Sharon Clay

Publisher Marketing: This book is for anyone who wants to learn to read, make adjustments, and understand preprinted paper patterns available from retail stores and online stores for garments, home decor, and sewing crafts for the home sewer. The process of reading and understanding a home sewing pattern can be frustrating and confusing without some guidance and tips. This book will steer you on the correct path to understanding. Through reading and applying the lessons you learn from this book you will be able to read the sizing charts on the back of the pattern envelope, and understand fabric and notions needed to create the end product. You will also learn to understand the sewing skill level the pattern was created for, as well as grading lines, cutting symbols, and adjusting symbols. In this volume you will also find instructions and hints to adjust the paper pattern to better fit your shape requirements. All preprinted patterns are designed using standard sizes to fit persons of average shape in their respective sizes. Since not everyone is built the same, you may have a special need in a specific part of your body that would require an adjustment to the preprinted pattern to make the garment fit and look better when completed. Standard body measurement charts for Misses, Women, Men, Juniors, Girls, Boys, Children, Toddlers, and Infants are included in this volume with measurements noted in inches and centimeters. Contributor Bio:  Clay, Sharon Sharon Clay is designer, author, wife, mother, grandmother, entrepreneur, and teacher. As a designer of woman's garments she has designed and sewn award winning career wear for business professionals. She is also the owner and CEO of Sharon Clay Fashions specializing in woman's suits, dresses, blouses, skirts, and pants. Sharon has three beautiful daughters whom she designed and made clothes for all their lives from their infancy to their weddings. This includes pulling those all-nighters to complete a special dress for those "Sorry I forgot to tell you, I got to have it tomorrow" dresses. Her education includes a BA in Fashion Design, a MBA in Management/Finance and a BBA in Accounting. She was a manager in the business world for 27 years, as well as worked as an adjunct professor at St. Edwards University for five years. Her experiences and education gives her a special insight of what it takes to give instructions with positive results.