Kenneth D. King's Smart Fitting Solutions: A Complete Guide to Identifying Fitting Problems and Using Smart Fitting to Fix Them

Fit any figure, solve any challenge. No matter what your shape or size, you can make garments that fit! Couture designer and popular instructor Kenneth D. King teaches you how to sew clothes that fit by understanding where your real fitting problem is and how to fix it.

“No matter your size or shape, Kenneth D. King's Smart Fitting Solutions will teach even the most novice needlecrafter how to make perfect-fitting garments every time. A comprehensive and thoroughly ‘user-friendly’ instructional reference and resource. Certain to be an immediate and enduringly popular addition to community library needlecraft instructional collections.” –Midwest Book Review

About the Author:

Kenneth D. King is the designer behind Kenneth D. King Design. His couture clothing and accessories are in many private collections, as well as in permanent museum collections, including Victoria and Albert Museum in London. His work also has appeared in music videos and television commercials. Kenneth is a professor at Fashion Institute of Technology, teaches garment construction across the U.S., and is a contributing editor to Threads magazine. In 2013, Kenneth was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Sewing and Design Professionals.

CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
PART I Understanding Good Fit
Study Your Figure
Evaluate the Clothes You Wear
The Smart Fitting Alteration Method
Make a Muslin
PART II Read the Wrinkles and Learn to Fix Them
Carol
Norma
Sarah
Rosann
Jeannine
Evamarie
PART III Alter the Pattern
Carol
Norma
Sarah
Rosann
Jeannine
Evamarie
AFTERWORD: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RESULTS
APPENDIX 1: ESSENTIAL MEASURING POINTS
APPENDIX 2: WEARING AND DESIGN EASE
APPENDIX 3: FULL BUST ADJUSTMENT
APPENDIX 4: ROTATE A DART
APPENDIX 5: THREE-STEP SLEEVE
INDEX