Basic Black Paperback – 8 July 2014

Love the designs......they have that architectural Japanese elements. Unfortunately the photos are not a good reproduction and hard to see the detail. Wish the book designer had taken time to edit the brightness of each photo.Also putting all the designs of 24 patterns on front and back of one single piece of paper presents challenges, but can be over come.All in all, love having these ideas available for making

This book is a great book for those who love to make garments.The Pros:There are many designs included , a blouse , a jacket , dress etcNot all designs are loose fitted like how it is generally in Japanese sewing books.There a few fitted styles alsoThe instructions are detailed with illustrations and good to understandThe Cons:You have to trace the patterns from a big paper where many lines are overlapped. Time consuming and confusing.No Pant patternsizes of pattern are limited.All pictures are in black making it difficult to see the details.

Need more books like this for sewing with patterns. Preceded japanese.