Leena's.com: PatternMaker Tutorial Web Site The following measurements are needed for PatternMaker women's macros. Use these instructions also when drafting patterns according to the instructions on the pattern drafting pages. If you need ladies' standard measurements you can get them by clicking here . Important! Important! To view the larger pictures and to print them click on the picture in question. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL WHEN TAKING THE MEASUREMENTS PRINTED IN RED . Important! YOU CAN USE CENTIMETERS OR INCHES.
Hand-Painted Tights Pack up the summer clothes: autumn is here at last! Ward off chilly weather with a pair of hand-painted evil eye tights. If evil eyes aren’t your thing, feel free to use this technique with your own design. I free-handed my pattern, but you can also trace your design to scale on a piece of paper and slip it under the tights as a guide. Let’s begin! You will need: Tights (any color) Light opaque fabric paint Dark opaque 3D fabric paint Paint brushes Blow dryer (optional) Step 1: Put the tights on. To make the evil eye pattern, paint as many ellipses onto the front of your tights as you’d like with a light shade of paint. Step 3: Once all of the ellipses are dry, paint dots in the center using 3D fabric paint. Care: Hand-wash your tights in cold water with mild detergent. All photographs by Romain Laurent. Clare McGibbon is a Brooklyn-based designer and maker.
Grosgrain: Free Pattern Drafting Calculator for Your Measurements....and my commentary on drafting patterns for dummies;-) I will admit, when I first saw the calculator (ie Excel document) it looked as confusing as a building schematic. But here are a couple things that might help put it in more "layman's terms". First download the file here at Mediafire. See the tabs at the bottom? Now, see that on FBodice 1 AND every other page there is a top and a bottom table? First off in column B type in your own personal measurements. Now, you can start! Look at the measurements under the column "Lines". First off, line A. Now, look at the number in the "Lines" column next to "B". Measure down your vertical line using that measurement and make a mark. Now, look at the number under P1 in row A (P1 stands for "point 1", each horizontal line that you just drew ie, A, B, C, D....has one or more points on it). Using that number under P1 measure from where your axis points meet out to the right along your A line. Now, look at the number under P1 in row B. For Line E you must make several points. Now comes the fun part! Side
Make a Magical Kaleidoscope Remember looking through a kaleidoscope as a kid? It was like being a pirate on a treasure hunt, but instead of discovering unexplored land we were glancing into a world of brilliant beauty. Most of the supplies needed for this great project can be found in your home — some of them are even recycled. If you don’t have a stash of gems on hand, you can find a great selection of jeweled beads right here on Etsy. By the end of this tutorial, you and your inner explorer will be dazzled by the endless and unique patterns created by your handmade kaleidoscope. You will need:Metal ruler Thin acrylic mirror (I used a magnetic locker mirror) Box cutter Masking tape Cardboard paper towel roll tube* Empty plastic vegetable or fruit container Fine permanent marker Paper Transparent colorful beads or “gems” Faux wood pattern contact paper Glitter (optional) Glue (optional) Mark the width of the mirror on both sides at 1 ½ inches, 3 inches and 4 ½ inches. Slide your triangular prism inside your tube.
pattern drafting You need 1 18″ reversible nylon closed zipper2.5 yds. of shell fabric, 60″ wide1.5 yds. of liner fabric, 60″ wideCoordinating thread1 roll of kraft paper or pattern-making papper1 tracing wheel On a sheet of kraft paper, draw a straight line about 2″ from the edge along the length. In the middle of this line, mark point 1. 2 from 1 = 29″ 3 from 1 = 29″ 4 from 1 = 29″ Connect points 2, 3, 4 with an arc radiating from 1 as shown. 5 from 1 = 1 ½” 6 from 1 = 3 ½” 7 from 1 = 4 “ Connect points 5 and 7 with a shallow curve. Join points 6 and 7 with a deep curve as shown. 8 is located midway between point 6 and 3. Square down from 7 and across from 8 to locate point 9. 10 from 5 = 1 ½” 11 from 7 = 1 ½” Connect 10 to 11 with a curved line parallel to line 5-7. Draw a tangent line from 11 passing through point 9 and continue to locate 12 at the intersection. With a tracing wheel, trace out onto a new sheet of paper the following from this draft: For the shell: trace points 6-7-5-2-4-12-3-8-6.
Make a Personalized Inkodye Pouch Jessica Jones is a graphic designer in Chicago, Illinois. Jessica also writes How About Orange, a craft and design blog. Check it out to find DIY tutorials, free printables, fonts and wallpapers, quizzes, decorating ideas, and more. I love the idea of screen-printing my own textiles and t-shirts, but I’m not excited about buying special equipment. Splattering my tiny kitchen with ink while cleaning up screens doesn’t sound ideal, either. So I became curious about Inkodye, a product that creates permanent designs on natural materials like cotton, wool, raw leather, and unfinished wood. Inkodye is permanent, water-based, and activated by the sun. You will need:Inkodye Cotton fabric Digital photo (bold, high-contrast images work best) Printable inkjet transparency film Inkjet printer Foam brush (any brush or roller will work) Small cup Portable waterproof work surface (cardboard wrapped with a plastic trash bag works well) Tape Paper towel Water Fabric detergent Sunlight
constructing the basic sloper pattern If you want to get into pattern drafting, having your own sloper of pattern block is a must have. Instead of calculating all of your measurements over and over again, do it once thoroughly and adjust that pattern to every shape you can imagine. It's really not that difficult. When I started out making patterns I came across lots of wonderful tutorials on how to construct your own basic patterns, none of them were completely to my liking however. Technique Materials ruler, L square, French curve, calculator, pattern paper, set of body measurments Circle skirt calculator – for the drafting of full, half and 3/4 skirts. With bonus grading worksheet! | The Snugbug Mercantile Special Sunday greetings you naked molerats! Since you’re so naked, I thought you might want to make yourselves some nice little circle skirts. And perhaps, like me, you find yourself with little mole rat patterns just a touch on the small side. But the grading of a circle skirt isn’t so easy, is it you naked rodents? Oh no, not so easy at all… OK. Recently I’ve been plotting about two separate circle-skirt related issues in my head. For molerats who are unfamiliar with circle skirts, here’s the difference between the three styles. For a much more interesting comparison, here’s a full circle skirt. {image Whirling Turban} Here’s the oh, so lovely three-quarter circle skirt. And a slightly pixelated half circle skirt… {image Get Go Retro} The other circle-skirt related problem I’ve been mulling over has to do with grading up circle skirts. OK, I admit I usually grade up my circle skirts the ‘wrong’ way. My problem is (hopefully) solved! Okee dokee. Whew! OK! There we have it!
Using Adobe Illustrator for flat pattern drafting | Tien Chiu I draft my own sewing patterns. I had been doing this on paper, but got tired of having to copy, cut, tape, and recopy patterns every time I wanted to modify a design. I also wanted to be able to save old versions of designs without drowning in a sea of paper. I investigated professional pattern drafting software, but they typically cost about $5000, far out of my reach. And it worked! Here is a tutorial on (or maybe just some examples of) using Adobe Illustrator for flat pattern drafting. The first section discusses drafting a sloper – which contains all the concepts you need to draft any pattern. Part I: Drafting a Sloper I started by drafting a sloper from scratch. Using the Dynamic Measure tool, I clicked on the first endpoint, then dragged the mouse out to create each of the red lines. Here is my screen after I had finished all the measurements and laid out all the points: Next I took the Pen tool and created anchor points at each of the points indicated in the pattern: Ta-daa! Ta-daa!
Sugar Tart Crafts: Drafting a Bodice Front In case you missed yesterday's post. We are jumping right into the kids pattern-making series today with the Front Bodice, but first I'm going to show you the tools of the trade. I hope it is obvious that we will be using paper, pencils and a ruler, but there are a few other things that make pattern-making simpler. The first (and also my favorite) helpful tool is a french curve. They come in many different shapes and sizes, but the one you will need has the curved shape of an armhole. The next helpful tool is called a hip curve and it's purpose is exactly what you'd think. Or, You could just get a combination ruler that is both the hip and the arm in one. So, now that we have all the necessary equipment assembled, let's make a bodice! If you are not using the chart and are taking the measurements directly from your child, you will need: #4 - Center Length - Measure from the center of the neckline (that little dip in the collar bone) to the waist. Did that make any sense? Thanks for Visiting!
Grading For such a quiet little web site, my site does require quite a bit of work – hence the silence. I am happy to report that I’ve mostly won the battle and added lots to it in the past few weeks, both seen and unseen. There are now kits, needles, notions and a few books I’m enthusiastic about. Also had a wee sale on black Friday which was announced to newsletter subscribers only – I will continue to announce any price breaks solely there, so sign up if you’d like to be in the loop! But, back to the subject at hand… It’s been a while since I promised to write about grading, but it’s a lengthy subject and requires an uninterrupted block of time. Before we can start about grading, let’s take a quick look at patterns and where they come from. Flat patternmaking begins with what is known as a block or sloper – these are shells which fit the body with only wearing ease added. Once a block has been perfected, it can be used again and again to create new styles by drawing new style lines. Anyhow.