The techniques Natalie Bray pioneered and perfected revolutioniseddress pattern designing, assisting the rise of the modern fashionindustry. Her teaching has had a profound influence on design,production and education and her works are classics: fashionschange but the principles of designing patterns in the flat do not. This book - the most popular of Natalie Bray's three works -covers the basic course and includes measurement and blockpatterns, circular patterns, simple pattern designing, yokes, dartmanipulation, sleeves, collars and necklines, skirts, and theone-piece dress foundation.