Pattern Magic

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There isn’t much information to be found about the author Tomoko Nakamichi. I searched on the internet, but I could only find the same information that’s also written in the Pattern Magic -books: She was a professor at Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo and now delivers lectures and holds courses both in Japan and internationally. All the garments in the pictures are actually in half-scale. Nakamichi created them with trial-and-error approach and they served to help her students understand better how patterns work. Basics The first book teaches how to insert knots, twists, cubes, holes, craters etc into your basic bodice. A version of the bamboo-bodice is in this book, too. Some techniques are surprising, as you literally attach the element with tape or pins on the garment and use style-lines to melt it into the pattern. I’ve had an explosion of inspiration, and I’m not even an expert in sewing!…I’m sure that many of you, fashion designers or not, can learn a lot from these tutorials’ ImaginativeBloom.com These are really beautiful transformation, I love the nyokittos and the jungle flower. I don’t have any of the books neither have I tried any of these before. I’m now inspired to try some through your tutorials. Great job there

There’s a dress with a group of knots in the front. What a great idea! The knots create an interesting texture. I made a different version by inserting the knots on the shoulders of a bodice and added some gathering, too. Gathered bodice with knots Pattern Magic Books By:Tomoko Nakamichi ​ Inspired by nature and geometry,this Japanese series of Pattern Magic books offers fashion designers & dressmakers the chance to be more playful with pattern cutting. Each design comeswith step by step written and photographed instructions making these intriguing designs possible. ​ It’s a fairly well known series of patternmaking books from Japan. There are others, too, but what I love about these in particular, is that instead of just giving you the finished pattern to copy, the book explains how to draft it yourself! That way you have the possibility to make all kinds of different versions of your own using the various techniques explained. Ffareconceafed in a curve Thisdesignmakesyou wonderhow the flarehas beenconcealed. The foldedand layeredlook that hasso much depth is structurallybeautifuland exciting.With that ideain mind, I beganby drawing somecomplexcuryes. Trang phục người Dao Đỏ trong giảng dạy thiết kế thời trang Ấn tượng cho sinh viên khoa Thiết kế thời trang (Luận văn thạc sĩ)Trang phục người dao đỏ trong giảng dạy thiết kế thời trang ấn tượng cho sinh viên khoa thiết kế thời trang It’s difficult to say which one is my favorite. Each book has designs that I like. However I’ve done most variations on the pieces from book number 2, so I guess this means that it’s the most inspirational for me. What is Pattern Magic? The designs in these books are pretty unique: not exactly your everyday garments! The approach is definitely creative. It opens your mind to a completely different way of constructing patterns. It’s mostly flat-patternmaking, although many times it looks like one would have to drape to get such results. Here’s a picture of a vanishing tie I made with some changes to the pattern. I think this way the pattern became more simple. I added stripes as well. Vanishing tie with stripes

If you’ve mastered the basics of pattern cutting, have caught the bug and are eager to experiment with complex 3d designs, you should definitely take a look at Pattern Magic‘ Tilly And The Buttons Blog Take the pieces of a three-dimensional garment apart and flatten them, to get individual pattern pieces. This series of booksis ideal for intermediate & advanced fashion designer/dressmaker. In the series, Tomoko Nakamichi has written4books, 3 which usewoven fabrics and one of which usesstretch fabrics. I would be lying if I said these books are good for a beginner as you need some knowledge of pattern cutting and sewing to be able to use and understand the processes required to make the designs. That said, they'realso greatbooks if you would just like some design inspiration for a collection or for fashion illustrations. A basicjabot-style frill A gorgeousdecorativeeffectfor the front of a blouse. The connectionbetweenthe sectionthat is visiblefrom the front and the sectionconcealedunderneathis important.Having served for many years as a professor at Bunka Fashion College, Tomoko Nakamichi currently delivers lectures and holds courses on pattern making both in her native Japan and internationally. This book brings together the results of the research she has carried out on garment patterns to help instruct her students. She is also the author of Pattern Magic, Pattern Magic 2 and Pattern Magic: Stretch Fabrics. Then there’s a design called ” Like a jungle” where the bodice front is separated with stylelines into slices that overlap each other. I had an idea that I wanted the overlapping area to create a flower-shape in the middle by leaving little holes in between the slices. Well, I’m not too happy with the result, but probably I could make it work by editing the pattern some more. Jungle-flower You can create a garment by cutting, moving and reassemblingthe piecesof a pattern, just like the pieces of. a pazzle.