5 Best Pattern Cutting Books 2025: The Ultimate Reading List For Fashion Students And Pattern Cutters

1 // Pattern Cutting: By Dennic-Chunman Lo is a comprehensive course and easy to interpret if you’re a complete beginner. It runs you through all the tools necessary to make a pattern and how to draft basic blocks from scratch to lead you on to more advanced pattern.

2 // The Art Of Fashion Draping: By Connie Amden-Crawford is written for fashion design and pattern cutting students, written with both metric and imperial measurements, it’s the complete tutorial on creating garments using the more advanced draping method, including the basic bodice, bias cut dresses and beyond.

3 // Pattern Magic: By Tomoko Nakamichi is the first of the 4 part series, teaching you how to sculpt with woven fabrics with set patterns and the fundamentals of working with woven fabric, giving you the skills to experiment and create your own sculptural pieces.

4 // Pattern Magic 2: Tomoko Nakamichi is part 2 of the series further teaching you new ways to sculpt with woven fabric with set patterns and the fundamentals of working with woven fabric, giving you the skills to experiment and create your own sculptural pieces.

5 // Pattern Magic, Stretch Fabrics: By Tomoko Nakamichi is a special edition in the 4 part series, this particular book teaches you how to sculpt with stretch fabrics with set patterns and the fundamentals of working with stretch fabrics, giving you the skills to experiment and create Your own sculptural pieces.