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Step 3Patterning
I don't do necessarily do all the patterning for all my pieces first. But if you do this step BEFORE you order your supplies, you'll have a much better idea how much to order; or you can walk into a fabric store with a good estimate of how much fabric to buy.
Patterning sewn pieces - for anything I'm making out of fabric, I usually make mock-ups out of muslin - or whatever fabric I can get cheapest. This saves me a step since I can draw the pattern or changes to an existing pattern straight onto the fabric, sew it up, try it on, make changes, and ultimately take it back apart to make a pattern. Sometimes I trace my muslin pieces onto quilter's pattern fabric; usually, you can just pin it right on to your fabric and cut away. You'll find you're much better off drawing where you want to have a piece end with a Sharpie when it's not your final fabric. I used to find the step tedious, but I found out it saved me a lot of time and money and "oh snap what do you mean you don't have any more of this" by removing some of the chances to make a mistake on my real fabric.
The jacket pattern was based off several "kitbashed" commercial patterns. The first picture is a sewn mockup which I put on my dressform to mark up and alter; then, the piece with some alterations made, and finally, the muslin pattern pinned to my fabric.
Patterning "Hardscape" - for non-fabric pieces, you can make mock-ups and patterns out of newspaper, printer paper, posterboard, cardboard, or whatever else you have handy.
The photo is the newsprint pattern for the boot caps, traced in pencil once onto the material I was cutting the actual piece out of.
Patterning sewn pieces - for anything I'm making out of fabric, I usually make mock-ups out of muslin - or whatever fabric I can get cheapest. This saves me a step since I can draw the pattern or changes to an existing pattern straight onto the fabric, sew it up, try it on, make changes, and ultimately take it back apart to make a pattern. Sometimes I trace my muslin pieces onto quilter's pattern fabric; usually, you can just pin it right on to your fabric and cut away. You'll find you're much better off drawing where you want to have a piece end with a Sharpie when it's not your final fabric. I used to find the step tedious, but I found out it saved me a lot of time and money and "oh snap what do you mean you don't have any more of this" by removing some of the chances to make a mistake on my real fabric.
The jacket pattern was based off several "kitbashed" commercial patterns. The first picture is a sewn mockup which I put on my dressform to mark up and alter; then, the piece with some alterations made, and finally, the muslin pattern pinned to my fabric.
Patterning "Hardscape" - for non-fabric pieces, you can make mock-ups and patterns out of newspaper, printer paper, posterboard, cardboard, or whatever else you have handy.
The photo is the newsprint pattern for the boot caps, traced in pencil once onto the material I was cutting the actual piece out of.
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Nov 3, 2010. 6:57 PMtheAkKi
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epic anime figures collection in the background! sorry, just had to say that :3
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Feb 13, 2011. 6:57 AM~Zero
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I know right! I'm loving that Totoro!
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