Can any of you recommend a decent pattern drafting book for about a tenner?

[lucysmam]

Or even online tutorials would be good.

[lucysmam]

anyone

[Inthedarkaboutfashion]

Ask on the sewing forum (Google the sewing forum). You might get a better response because everyone on there is interested in sewing or needlework.

[lucysmam]

Good thinking batman! I signed up last week & promptly forgot about it

[SilverHawk]

I can recommend two books but they are not around the £10 mark.

Pattern Cutting made easy by Gillian Holman is the cheaper,
Designing Patterns, a fresh approach to pattern cutting by Hilary Campbell, quite pricey but a good buy.

[lucysmam]

I'll have a look, thanks Silver, I've got £20 left of my birthday money from my dad so if they're more than that I can put towards.

I used to be able to make a pattern to do what I wanted, 15 ish years of not making my own pattern or sewing seems to have erased my memory

[SilverHawk]

Another one that is very useful is 'A guide to Adjusting and Altering Vintage sewing patterns'. Don't be misled by the title, it's a very good sound primer.
I got mine off ebay The Vintage Pattern Shop. It's a good first call.

[lucysmam]

Thank - you, I appreciate your recommendations. I'd like to get back to where I was ability wise before I gave up because of a machine I couldn't get along with (of all bloody things ).

Thankfully I can still make an item reasonably well. Just patterns have me foxed.