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various basic pattern shapes followed by
instructions for altering these basic
shapes for various styles.

Milliners Guide. Los Angeles: 1925.
TI515.B6. 1925: University of Colorado.
Boulder

Design. New York: Willey. 1968.
Costume Reference Library. Costume Institute. New York

Bame. Louise. Pants Fit for Your Figure:
Point-By-Point Pattern Adjustment. Santa
Monica. CA: Vista Publications. 1978.
A teaching manual and workbook for
creating a master pattern for one's own
figure with excellent diagrams and clear
instructions.

Boehmer. M. French Scientific Dressmaking
with Map of Chan Especially Adapted for
Self Instruction. Glasgow: 1887.

Brooke. Iris. Medieval Theatre Costume. New
York: Theatre Arts. 1967.
A good construction book with graphed
patterns.

Bane. Allyne. Creative Clothing Construction.
New York: McGraw-HilI. 1973.

Flat Pattern Design. New
York: McGraw-HilI. 1972.
TT520.B23: Northern Illinois University
"Practical. highly illustrated with patterns." (SHEP76)
Banks. A. E. Banksian Dress Cutting for Technical Classes and Evening Schools, Also
for Dressmakers and the Home: and
Specially Arranged for the City and
Guilds of London Institutes Examinations. A. F. Banks. 1923.

Dress Cutting Specially Arranged for Dressmakers and Students of
Technical Classes, also Those Preparing
for the City and Guilds Examinations.
Wilson and Whitworth. 1901.
Barker. Paul. How to Form a Coat Professionally. Kansas: 1954.
VBA/p.v. 184: New York Public Library
Beck. S. William. The Draper's Dictionary.
London: The Warehouseman and
Draper's Journal Office. 1882.
TS 1309.B39; University of Miami. Coral
Gables
Bernstein. Aline. Masterpieces of Women's
Costume of the 18th and 19th Centuries.
New York: Crown. 1959.
GT595.B45; Northern Illinois University
"Patterns are not to scale. but many exact
measurements of pattern pieces are
given. Measurements are of seam
lengths. which are most often curved. and
therefore not always definitive in transferring the exact shape. The style of the
finished garment will depend on the
ability of the user visually to reproduce
the shape of each pattern piece." (ETJ)
Better Homes and Gardens. Creative Sewing
Library. New York: Meredith. 1966.
TI515.B455: Northern Illinois University
"Practical. very well illustrated; including
patterns. styles. pattern adjustments.
tailoring suits and coats." (SHEP76)
Blackburn. Juditha. The Home Dressmakers
Guide. Indianapolis. Indiana: The
Blackburn Company. 1919.
TI515.B6: U.S. Library of Congress
"Containing knowledge found to be of inestimable value during a lifetime of experience in dressmaking and tailoring.
Written in answer to the pleas from thousands of women for a book containing
the course in dressmaking lessons. and
with the diagrams and illustrations used
throughout this four weeks' course."

_ _ _ _ _ _ . The Home Dress Makers and
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Boullay. Benoist. Le Tailleur Sincere. Paris:
Antoine de Raffle. 1671.
TT575.B7: U.S. Library of Congress
"Comprehensive patterns of the period of
publication. Access to this book is
limited. but several of its patterns are
reproduced in Edson and Barton. Period
Patterns." (ETJ)
Bradbury. R. and H. Bradbury. Dress Cutting
Chart for Ladies' Scientific Square
Measurement System. Oldham. 1893.
Bradfield. Nancy. Costume in Detail. Women's
Dress 1730-1930. London: Harrap. 1968.
GT580.B67: University of Colorado.
Boulder
Brandt. E. Systematic Cutting Out from Units
of Measurements. London: W. Swan Sonnenschein. 1884.
Boston Public Library
Bray. Natalie. Dress Pattern Designing: The
Basic Principle of Cut and Fit. London:
Crosby Lockwood Staples. 1961.
TI5208767. 1974
Fourth Edition. 1974. in metrics.

More Dress Pattern Designing. London: Crosby Lockwood Staples.
1964.
Third Edition. 1974. in metrics.
Bridgland. A. S. Cutting From Model Patterns.
London: Tailor/Cutter (30·s).
"Men's suits; adjust different body types.
patterns." (SHEP77)
_ _ _ _ _ _. Ed. The Modern Tailor Outfitter and Clothier. (3 volumes) London:
Claxton Publishing Co.
University of Texas. Austin
Presents instructions for the drafting of a
variety of garments for men and women.
including some military garments and
some draping. Interspersed among the
various chapters on pattern drafting are
chapters on subjects of interest to the
field of tailoring.
Brinkley. Jeanne and Ann Acetti. Altering
Ready- To-Wear Fashions. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons. 1977.
TI519.5.B74

British Factory Production of Men's Clothes.
London: G. Reynolds. 1950.
New York Public Library
British Standard Size Fittings. United
Kingdom. 1950.
Brockman. Helen L. The Skin Handbook;
Basic Pattern Development and Alteration. Manhattan. Kansas: Kansas State
University College of Home Economics.
1968

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of Fashion

Broughton. Mrs. J. Practical Dressmaking For
Students and Technical Classes. London: MacMillan. 1897.
John Crerar Library: New York Public
Library
"Practical. especially for the period
clothes. Illustrated. including patterns."
(SHEP71)
Brown. Clara. Clothing Construction. Boston:
Ginn. 1927. Revised. 1934.
Browne. Miss M.
Drafting, with
Westminster:
1903
TI520.B817d:
Stillwater

Prince. Dress-Cutting and
'"ustrations and Diagrams.
A. Constable and Co" Ltd"
Oklahoma State University.

Dress-Cutting, Drafting, and
French Pattern Modeling. Westminster.
England: Archibald Constable and Co"
Ltd .. 1902.
TT520B8: New York Public Library
"Up- To-Date" Dress Cutting
and Drafting With Diagrams. London: H.
Cox. 1907-08.
Temple University. Philadelphia.
Four volumes illustrated. including
diagrams.

The Practical Work 01
Dressmaking and Tailoring. London: H.
Cox. 1902.
TT520.B8: John Crerar Library. New York
Public Library
"Practical on Victorian styles; 156 illustrations including pattern diagrams."
(SHEP76)

Byrne. John J. Practical Tailoring: Treatise on
Garment Making. London: The J. Williamson Co" 1895.
New York Public Library
"Early 1900's well illustrated patterns. 5
Volumes." (SHEP76)
Bullard. Daphne. Catalogue of the Costume
Collection: Pan " Eighteenth Century:
Part If, 1800-30. Borough of Worthing.
England: Worthing Museum. 1964.
"One pattern for an outer and foundation
garment and accessories." (PATC)
Burnham. Dorothy. Cut My Cote. Toronto.
Canada: Textile Department. Royal Ontarios Museum. 1973.
TI520B95
Patterns and cutting charts showing the
cut of basic T-shaped garments.
Butterick Publishing Company. The
Dressmaker; A Complete Book On All
Matters Connected with Sewing and
Dressmaking, From the Simple Stitches
to the Cutting, Marking, Altering, Mending, and Caring for Clothes. New York:
Butterick Publishing Company. 1911
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