Here are some different ways of pattern cutting that we were also taught about.
Spiral Cutting
Spiral-cut is a technique normally used for evening dresses when cutting on the bias, this is because the whole pattern is shifted 45 degrees including the darts. This means that when making up your bias cut garment it is less likely to distort and is also a creative way of eliminating darts by replacing them with a winding seam line.
Missoni - Spiral-Cut One Shoulder Fringed Dress
Cutting On The Flat
Cutting on the flat is a technique used for adding volume and gathers, the reason it is a good method for this is that it is more intuitive and immediate....you can see straight away how its going to look as you're already working in 3D.
You use a piece of facing that is fine enough to see the original pattern piece through then simply create the shape you are after and mark it out with a pen when you are happy with it.
Subtraction Cutting
Subtraction Cutting is a technique developed by a man called Julian Roberts that I herd about from my brother. I looked on the internet for some more information about it. Here is an interview with Julian Roberts talking about it and a stop motion video of the process.
The technique seems really interesting but perhaps limited in that garments I have seen created in this way all have quite a similar aesthetic.
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