patternmaking
- a word derived from patternmaker.
Example Sentences
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Western patternmaking follows the curvature of the body, so it works as both enhancement and restriction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2023
Through the independent study class she took last spring, she was assigned to the patternmaking department at VF Corp. in Greensboro.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 9, 2018
The girls studied sketching, painting, and anatomy, under professors from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and then moved on to cutting, tailoring, and patternmaking.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 21, 2016
There was no basic patternmaking textbook at the time, so Bee and two colleagues wrote one, called How to Draft Basic Patterns.
From Slate ● May 29, 2012
Dracula is a great artist, Justin says, and if art is defined as manic patternmaking for no apparent purpose, he's right.
From Time Magazine Archive
