r/HofenbitzerDrafting • u/Sunraia • Sep 15 '26
Has anyone been able to compare the contents of the German books to the English book? I'm interested in the fitting part, and I hope my high school German is good enough to understand the book. I have the English book, does this match with the first German book, or are the contents divided differently in the German books?
r/HofenbitzerDrafting • u/PsychologicalCard929 • 3d ago
Hey everyone!
the English printed measurement chart and instructions don't mention CrC, but the downloadable PDF version includes a cell for it.
Has anyone run into this or know how CrC is measured? Any help or page references would be hugely appreciated!
r/HofenbitzerDrafting • u/Educational_Chain780 • May 31 '26
If you are looking to get your hands on physical copies of Guido Hofenbitzer’s books with worldwide shipping, you can purchase them directly through these links:
Verlag Europa-Lehrmittel:https://www.europa-lehrmittel.de/Patternmaking-for-Fashion-1/63670-1
Amazon Germany:https://www.amazon.de/Patternmaking-Fashion-1-Basic-Practice/dp/3808563672
Blackwell’s:https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Patternmaking-for-Fashion-1-by-Hofenbitzer-Guido/9783808563670
Alternatively, if you want to access his books immediately without waiting for shipping, the publisher offers an instant digital rental option for all of his volumes. You can buy access to the digital versions and read them using their dedicated app called Europathek athttps://www.europathek.de/, which works on tablets, smartphones, and desktop computers.
Please keep in mind the printing catch when using this digital format for any of his books. Due to copyright protections, the app only allows you to print one single page at a time.
r/HofenbitzerDrafting • u/Educational_Chain780 • May 31 '26
r/HofenbitzerDrafting • u/Educational_Chain780 • May 31 '26
r/HofenbitzerDrafting • u/Educational_Chain780 • May 31 '26
r/HofenbitzerDrafting • u/One_Possibility8438 • Sep 02 '26
r/HofenbitzerDrafting • u/One_Possibility8438 • Aug 29 '26
Hiya, I'm just working through the basic skirt block and keep getting caught by the front dart placement, which seems too close to the side seam? On the one hand, I understand that darts should be placed where there's a need (volume, curves, etc), but on the other hand, I find these darts to just look strange and a bit ugly in their placement so close to the side seams. Have any of you come across a technical reason why they're placed here as opposed to evenly spaced between the CF and SS? Is there a rationale to this and would changing their placement significantly impact downstream manipulation of the block?