Comments on: How to Resize a Pattern http://sensibility.com/tips/how-to-resize-a-pattern/ Winsome Clothing with an Old-Fashioned Appeal Sat, 19 May 2012 14:54:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jennie Chancey http://sensibility.com/tips/how-to-resize-a-pattern/comment-page-2/#comment-53647 Jennie Chancey Sat, 19 May 2012 14:54:15 +0000 http://sensibility.com/?p=4916#comment-53647 Hi, Tina! I have instructions for going up to a D or larger cup in my <a href="http://sensibility.com/pattern/romanticdresshelp.htm#appii" rel="nofollow">Romantic Era Dress instructions</a>. The same principles apply in taking a B to a C/D, but you won't need as much length. If you're making a tailored blouse or something with a more fitted bodice, you'll also want to see about adding a horizontal dart from the underarm area to bust. Hope this helps! Hi, Tina! I have instructions for going up to a D or larger cup in my Romantic Era Dress instructions. The same principles apply in taking a B to a C/D, but you won’t need as much length. If you’re making a tailored blouse or something with a more fitted bodice, you’ll also want to see about adding a horizontal dart from the underarm area to bust. Hope this helps!

]]> By: Tina C. http://sensibility.com/tips/how-to-resize-a-pattern/comment-page-2/#comment-53520 Tina C. Fri, 18 May 2012 17:56:14 +0000 http://sensibility.com/?p=4916#comment-53520 Hello! This tutorial is great and makes total sense! I have one quick question, however. I'm a full busted lady (my cup measurement is a C/D). Moat patterns are drafted with a B cup in m ind. Is there any way, when grading a pattern up a size, to also include a FBA? Hello! This tutorial is great and makes total sense! I have one quick question, however.

I’m a full busted lady (my cup measurement is a C/D). Moat patterns are drafted with a B cup in m ind. Is there any way, when grading a pattern up a size, to also include a FBA?

]]> By: Jennie Chancey http://sensibility.com/tips/how-to-resize-a-pattern/comment-page-2/#comment-51210 Jennie Chancey Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:54:44 +0000 http://sensibility.com/?p=4916#comment-51210 Hi, Lisa! Just follow the instructions in this tutorial, and you'll be able to size up your pattern to a 2 and a 3. :) Hi, Lisa! Just follow the instructions in this tutorial, and you’ll be able to size up your pattern to a 2 and a 3. :)

]]> By: Lisa Bruce http://sensibility.com/tips/how-to-resize-a-pattern/comment-page-2/#comment-51071 Lisa Bruce Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:08:31 +0000 http://sensibility.com/?p=4916#comment-51071 Im a virgin sewer of clothes, and I need help please. I have a pattern in a 1 and would like to up size it (standard is fine) to a 2 and also a 3. How do I do it? Im a virgin sewer of clothes, and I need help please. I have a pattern in a 1 and would like to up size it (standard is fine) to a 2 and also a 3. How do I do it?

]]> By: Jennie Chancey http://sensibility.com/tips/how-to-resize-a-pattern/comment-page-2/#comment-50737 Jennie Chancey Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:09:45 +0000 http://sensibility.com/?p=4916#comment-50737 Hi, Elizabeth! You can "grade" between sizes to make the bust smaller and the waistline larger. See the images of the skirt cutting lines I have just above the last illustration on this page of the sleeve. Essentially, you can size the bodice down (using my method), then draw a graded line between the underarm and the waist so the waist is larger. The hipline will follow naturally from the waist (if the skirt is separate, you can just size it to a S to match the waist). Hope this helps! Hi, Elizabeth! You can “grade” between sizes to make the bust smaller and the waistline larger. See the images of the skirt cutting lines I have just above the last illustration on this page of the sleeve. Essentially, you can size the bodice down (using my method), then draw a graded line between the underarm and the waist so the waist is larger. The hipline will follow naturally from the waist (if the skirt is separate, you can just size it to a S to match the waist). Hope this helps!

]]> By: Elizabeth http://sensibility.com/tips/how-to-resize-a-pattern/comment-page-2/#comment-50671 Elizabeth Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:32:38 +0000 http://sensibility.com/?p=4916#comment-50671 Hi, I have a question. I want to make a dress, but my measurements don't match up to one pattern size. My bust measurement is 32", which falls under XXS in the pattern. My waist is 28" and hip is 38" which both fall under size S in the pattern. How do I adjust for this? I plan on making a muslin first, but I am fairly new at sewing with patterns. Thank you!! Hi,

I have a question. I want to make a dress, but my measurements don’t match up to one pattern size. My bust measurement is 32″, which falls under XXS in the pattern. My waist is 28″ and hip is 38″ which both fall under size S in the pattern. How do I adjust for this? I plan on making a muslin first, but I am fairly new at sewing with patterns. Thank you!!

]]> By: Susan Wales http://sensibility.com/tips/how-to-resize-a-pattern/comment-page-2/#comment-50670 Susan Wales Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:34:22 +0000 http://sensibility.com/?p=4916#comment-50670 Thanks very much for this. I bought a dress pattern online but when it arrived I found it is a size 8 and I need 12 to 14. I think I can manage to follow your instructions - thank you again. Thanks very much for this. I bought a dress pattern online but when it arrived I found it is a size 8 and I need 12 to 14. I think I can manage to follow your instructions – thank you again.

]]> By: Jennie Chancey http://sensibility.com/tips/how-to-resize-a-pattern/comment-page-2/#comment-50643 Jennie Chancey Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:51:55 +0000 http://sensibility.com/?p=4916#comment-50643 Hi, Holly! Threads has a <a href="http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/5053/the-seam-method-of-pattern-alteration" rel="nofollow">great tutorial</a> for altering pants patterns. Hope this helps! Hi, Holly! Threads has a great tutorial for altering pants patterns. Hope this helps!

]]> By: Holly http://sensibility.com/tips/how-to-resize-a-pattern/comment-page-2/#comment-50597 Holly Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:59:22 +0000 http://sensibility.com/?p=4916#comment-50597 I am a beginner first of all and have found moat of what was said about increasing patterns very helpful. But I didn't see anything about pant patterns. I am a beginner first of all and have found moat of what was said about increasing patterns very helpful. But I didn’t see anything about pant patterns.

]]> By: Jennie Chancey http://sensibility.com/tips/how-to-resize-a-pattern/comment-page-2/#comment-49677 Jennie Chancey Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:06:47 +0000 http://sensibility.com/?p=4916#comment-49677 Hi, Jenna! If he is broad through the shoulders, I'd go with the men's XS and size it down for him. I have a 14-year-old son as well, and he seems to outgrow everything in a month these days, so I'd be more inclined to choose a men's pattern anyway! And, yes, the instructions above apply to a dress shirt as well. Have fun! Hi, Jenna! If he is broad through the shoulders, I’d go with the men’s XS and size it down for him. I have a 14-year-old son as well, and he seems to outgrow everything in a month these days, so I’d be more inclined to choose a men’s pattern anyway! And, yes, the instructions above apply to a dress shirt as well. Have fun!

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