--- product_id: 1765458 title: "The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting" price: "AED 134" currency: AED in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.ae/products/1765458-the-complete-photo-guide-to-perfect-fitting store_origin: AE region: United Arab Emirates --- # The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting **Price:** AED 134 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting - **How much does it cost?** AED 134 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ae](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/1765458-the-complete-photo-guide-to-perfect-fitting) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting is the ultimate reference for fitting test garments and transferring accurate adjustments to patterns. No matter what size or shape you are, wearing garments that fit perfectly makes you look and feel better. Rather than making commonly accepted changes to a commercial pattern, the method presented in this guide focuses on the way a test garment fits the body . The fabric is manipulated to improve the fit, and then those specific changes are made to the pattern. The result: patterns that fit perfectly! With The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting , you'll learn: The importance of a fitting axis and how to use it during a fitting How to recognize fitting issues , such as drag lines and folds How to manipulate fabric to solve common and unusual fitting problems How to transfer the fitting changes to your pattern easily Basic pattern-making skills to ensure accurate alterations See the fitting process from start to finish on basic garments, fitted on real people . Then follow fitting solutions on different body types . Hundreds of large color photos illustrate the techniques and concepts in simple step-by-step instructions. With these lessons, you will get the perfect fit for any body. Review: Excellent resource for everyone trying to visualize fit problems - Sometimes it really is true that a picture is worth a thousand words. This book is the perfect example of how you can read something over and over and not understand it the way you can from seeing a clear full-color photo. I've read fitting tips in pretty much every garment making book and website and pattern out there, but this was, bar none, the one that made me understand it the best. The idea of a horizontal balance line to change where you do your alterations is the kind of simple and elegant idea that is absolutely radical in how you interpret things. There is a whole section on what pull and crumple lines look like in fitting, and how to alter them. It's true that this is the kind of thing that would be easier to see and adjust if you were fitting someone else, but I still think it's very valid information for someone who fits themselves -- I know I take a lot of cell phone pictures to see how things are fitting across the back or arms. It's also really nice to see a breadth of body types and "fit problems" that may be what you're facing, without seeming at all judgemental. Some people have lower or higher breasts, some people have bellies or asses or narrow shoulders or ... it's just a thing you can solve with fitting, not a moral issue. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is doing fitting for themselves. It's a great companion to the Fit for Real People book, which was my introduction into how to alter patterns for size and fit. I'd read both of them -- Fit for Real People had a better description of how to do a Full Bust Adjustment, but this book had pictures about how and why it would work. I recommend you buy the paper copy of this book -- I still buy my craft books in paper -- and then go ahead and upgrade to the digital for another couple bucks. It's worthwhile to have both of them. Read if: You do fitting for yourself. You are interested in understanding why things don't fit. Skip if: You don't do your own sewing. Also read: Fit for Real People. Review: The New Gold Standard on Fit - Sarah Veblen has written an extraordinary book that's light year's beyond any of the other fitting books in your bookcase. I just finished reading The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting yesterday, and it's excellent in every respect -- clearly written, comprehensive and systematic with hundred of detailed photos that show every step of the way for a variety of basic pattern styles and figures. In my five years of sewing clothes, I've picked up a fair number of fitting techniques. But like many people, I use an improvised, hit and miss approach that kind of, sort of works but doesn't give the best possible fit. In contrast, Perfect Fitting outlines the steps we need to take in an orderly way. The process relies on sewing a series of test muslins which are revised on the body by: establishing the all-important Horizontal Balance Line (a new term for me); releasing tight seams by opening them; clipping tight necklines and armholes; remarking shoulder seams and waistlines; and pinning tucks, darts, and open and close wedges. Then in pattern work, the muslin changes are transferred back to the pattern, the revised pattern is walked and trued, and if necessary a second muslin is sewn for further fitting improvements. Perfect Fitting concentrates on the bodice and includes all four basic styles: shoulder princess, armhole princess, side panel and darted. All the common bodice adjustments are explained and illustrated: full and small bust adjustments, forward shoulders, rounded back, sway back, etc. Armholes, set in and raglan sleeves, and skirts are also covered, again in a high level of detail. The book does include a section on basic pants fitting, though it is relatively brief. It's quite obvious that Sarah Veblen's ability to teach rivals her ability to sew because this book conveys not just how to do something but why it needs to be done, and that leads to a deeper understanding. Sarah also stresses the importance of aesthetics in pattern fitting so the fitting changes will enhance the garment's style and the appearance of the figure. Before Perfect Fitting was published, I read the sample pages that are posted here on desertcart, and I urge you to read them, too. I was so impressed with the book, I not only bought it, I also signed up for Sarah's online Bodice/Sleeve Fitting class that starts on the patternreview.com website next week. If you'd like to improve the fit of your garments and have the Tried and True patterns we all strive for -- the ones that skim our bodies and flatter our figures as only custom made garments can do -- I highly recommend The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fit. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #109,180 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #112 in Fashion Craft #140 in Sewing (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,789 Reviews | ## Images ![The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91IO-zeurGL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent resource for everyone trying to visualize fit problems *by W***T on March 2, 2015* Sometimes it really is true that a picture is worth a thousand words. This book is the perfect example of how you can read something over and over and not understand it the way you can from seeing a clear full-color photo. I've read fitting tips in pretty much every garment making book and website and pattern out there, but this was, bar none, the one that made me understand it the best. The idea of a horizontal balance line to change where you do your alterations is the kind of simple and elegant idea that is absolutely radical in how you interpret things. There is a whole section on what pull and crumple lines look like in fitting, and how to alter them. It's true that this is the kind of thing that would be easier to see and adjust if you were fitting someone else, but I still think it's very valid information for someone who fits themselves -- I know I take a lot of cell phone pictures to see how things are fitting across the back or arms. It's also really nice to see a breadth of body types and "fit problems" that may be what you're facing, without seeming at all judgemental. Some people have lower or higher breasts, some people have bellies or asses or narrow shoulders or ... it's just a thing you can solve with fitting, not a moral issue. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is doing fitting for themselves. It's a great companion to the Fit for Real People book, which was my introduction into how to alter patterns for size and fit. I'd read both of them -- Fit for Real People had a better description of how to do a Full Bust Adjustment, but this book had pictures about how and why it would work. I recommend you buy the paper copy of this book -- I still buy my craft books in paper -- and then go ahead and upgrade to the digital for another couple bucks. It's worthwhile to have both of them. Read if: You do fitting for yourself. You are interested in understanding why things don't fit. Skip if: You don't do your own sewing. Also read: Fit for Real People. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The New Gold Standard on Fit *by N***Y on February 9, 2012* Sarah Veblen has written an extraordinary book that's light year's beyond any of the other fitting books in your bookcase. I just finished reading The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting yesterday, and it's excellent in every respect -- clearly written, comprehensive and systematic with hundred of detailed photos that show every step of the way for a variety of basic pattern styles and figures. In my five years of sewing clothes, I've picked up a fair number of fitting techniques. But like many people, I use an improvised, hit and miss approach that kind of, sort of works but doesn't give the best possible fit. In contrast, Perfect Fitting outlines the steps we need to take in an orderly way. The process relies on sewing a series of test muslins which are revised on the body by: establishing the all-important Horizontal Balance Line (a new term for me); releasing tight seams by opening them; clipping tight necklines and armholes; remarking shoulder seams and waistlines; and pinning tucks, darts, and open and close wedges. Then in pattern work, the muslin changes are transferred back to the pattern, the revised pattern is walked and trued, and if necessary a second muslin is sewn for further fitting improvements. Perfect Fitting concentrates on the bodice and includes all four basic styles: shoulder princess, armhole princess, side panel and darted. All the common bodice adjustments are explained and illustrated: full and small bust adjustments, forward shoulders, rounded back, sway back, etc. Armholes, set in and raglan sleeves, and skirts are also covered, again in a high level of detail. The book does include a section on basic pants fitting, though it is relatively brief. It's quite obvious that Sarah Veblen's ability to teach rivals her ability to sew because this book conveys not just how to do something but why it needs to be done, and that leads to a deeper understanding. Sarah also stresses the importance of aesthetics in pattern fitting so the fitting changes will enhance the garment's style and the appearance of the figure. Before Perfect Fitting was published, I read the sample pages that are posted here on amazon, and I urge you to read them, too. I was so impressed with the book, I not only bought it, I also signed up for Sarah's online Bodice/Sleeve Fitting class that starts on the patternreview.com website next week. If you'd like to improve the fit of your garments and have the Tried and True patterns we all strive for -- the ones that skim our bodies and flatter our figures as only custom made garments can do -- I highly recommend The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fit. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Encyclopedia of Wrinkles & Drag Lines *by N***I on November 9, 2012* This is my new favorite book on fit. I have a gazillion books on fit, so that's high praise. Here's why -- clarity. You will learn how to read wrinkles and drag lines and correct them. For me, this was an eye-opening approach to fitting -- it's all about the muslin. Let me get back to the clarity. The title gives you a clue -- the photography is some of the best I've seen in a sewing book. I sincerely hope it becomes the new standard. The book is also well-written. The author covers a number of fitting concerns and explains each very clearly. I hadn't seen the concept of the horizontal balance line before and I love it! It is very helpful. The beauty of this book is the muslin photography. It really helped me understand exactly what I was seeing as I evaluated my own garments. Most of my other books use drawings and it's just not the same. Once you have identified your issues via the photography, the book does teach you how to alter your patterns. When it comes to the pattern work, I switch to more in-depth alterations books like Fit for Real People: Sew Great Clothes Using ANY Pattern (Sewing for Real People series) or Pattern Fitting With Confidence , depending on which alterations method I want to use (slash and spread, pivot and slide or the seam method. If you have a good grasp of pattern alterations, you may not need the supplemental books. I do have to give the author credit for the "Fundamentals of Altering Patterns Chapter. Many seasoned stitchers may already know this info, but for newbies it provides a one-stop shop for the process of altering patterns. They way it's written underscores that when doing alterations, you've kind of become a pattern drafter. Here's some of what the chapter contains: -Blending Seams, Using the Rulers and Adding Seam Allowances -Lengthening and Shortening Patterns and Grainline Arrows -Walking and Truing a Pattern -Placing and Creating Notches -Controlling Patterns with Built-in Ease -Truing Difficult Seams -Moving the Placement of a Seam -Moving a Dart to a New Location -Truing Dart Legs -Scaling Patterns Up and Down -Working in an Efficient Order I think this book is a must-have! You will not regret the purchase. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting - The Fitting Book: Make Sewing Pattern Alterations & Achieve the Perfect Fit You Desire - The Palmer Pletsch Complete Guide to Fitting: Sew Great Clothes for Every Body. 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