Transfer Gridded Patterns to Life-Size Paper (Working with Patterns of Fashion & More!)
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- Опубліковано 20 лип 2022
- Have you ever wondered how to work with a book like Patterns of Fashion and transfer a gridded pattern onto life-size paper? This straightforward tutorial explains a simple method for enlarging historical fashion patterns, so you have more resources to work with.
This method allows you to expand outside of only buying commercial patterns for historical fashion and historical sewing, and in turn, the world becomes your oyster.
Once I learned this technique, so many more opportunities fell into my lap.
Some of my favourite historical costuming books that feature patterns on a grid includes:
-Patterns of Fashion
-The Victorian Dressmaker
-Making Working Women's Costume
-The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking
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Congratulations on your first pattern release. How exciting for you. Well done, Human.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
i like using wrapping paper that has the 1x1" grid on the back, they usually have it at the dollar store, and if you mess up when cutting the paper its not like you're wasting anything special
That’s a really wonderful idea! 🥰
I do this too!
That's a great idea, I've never thought of that!
Very clever!
You can also pick up wrapping paper rolls for very cheap from estate sales.
I've used this method to draw a mural on my bedroom wall. I learned it in high school art class many many many many years ago, but I haven't tried a gridded sewing pattern yet. Thank you for the demonstration and good luck with your new venture!
How awesome that you can use this method for drawing a mural too, but that honestly makes perfect sense since it’s still accurately transferring a specific shape. So cool! Thanks for your comment 🥰
Dots & Cross paper is truly magical, learning how to use gridded patterns is such a useful skill!!
One tip: when buying a new roll of marked paper, measure between the marks to make sure it's actually 1”x1”, I've been unlucky and come across ones that are just sliiightly off like 1”x1.25” and it throws everything off 😭
Congrats on releasing your first pattern!!
Yes!! Such an important tip, thanks Lilja! This happened to me once as well and it was frustrating 🥺❤️
Aww thank you!! I hope lots of people run around this winter with their little late Victorian capes 🥰
@@VBirchwood It's so not fun discovering after drafting an entire pattern that it's off 😭😂
I hope so !!
Yeah, check that the scale is actually what you think it is, in both directions, because finding out that the “squares” aren’t actually squares, or that what you thought was a 1:2 rectangle is actually 5:9 is going to be annoying after you’ve already started.
@@ragnkja Very good to know. Thanks for the tip/slash/warning...
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
Darnit, I love these videos. You really make difficult things understandable. If at any point in future you have time, please do make another historical sewing-tutorial. I'd love an informative video about the ways to finish a seam by hand. I always have trouble especially with heavier, fraying fabrics. And you've become my go to teacher in these things. I just tried honeycomb smocking today for the first time and I love the look of it.
Aww I’m so glad! Seeing this comment really cheered me up today, as I haven’t been feeling well physically, so thanks for that! A tutorial on how to finish seams by hand is a great idea. I appreciate the suggestion 🥰
@@VBirchwood I'm glad to have cheered you up. I hope you'll feel better soon, take time to heal yourself. I'm doing the same with my current summer cold, while trying to figure out how to handle a placket on a cartridge pleated skirt. Ever the adventure, this sewing thing.
@@VBirchwood I really must second Essi's comment here!
Dot and cross paper is truly a gift to humanity. Because whenever I try to draw a grid myself, something, somewhere always goes wonky. I got a roll of it for myself for Christmas. I'm just about to start tracing some ebay vintage patterns I got from the 30's, 40's & 50's to paper in order to work with the pattern without destroying it. Thank you for the very clear explanation of the process.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
It is honestly _such_ a gift! It can be so easy for tiny things to go wrong with drawing your own lines. It’s such a fragile process. Your vintage patterns project sounds lovely 🥰 thanks for your comment Cathy 😊
@@VBirchwood I'm actually at the beginning of a multistep process to get to making the first dress. First - fix the cabinet my sewing machine is sitting on. Second - I have to remember how to sew. Things have been sitting in time out for a while now... Third - just do the thing I guess...
Thank you for explaining this so clearly - I actually know how to do this know and can't wait to put it into practice
Woohoo! I’m so glad this method now makes sense! It really unlocks an entire new world when working with patterns 🥰
Perfect timing, as I just finished downloading the digitalized versions of several 19th century sewing books that includes patterns
Oooo how excellent! Those should be lots of fun!
I am so happy I didn’t make mistake doing this myself with 70‘s sewing pattern from magasine (pratice for 18th pattern next). Thank you for your tutorials ❤
Also congratulations on your pattern and more to come I hope!🥰
Thank you so much Jessica! Definitely more to come 🥰 I’m attempting not to rush with them but I’ve been having a lot of fun pulling all of the patterns 😊
@@VBirchwood I can't wait to see what else you have in store!
Your offer for a pattern to make a cape is such perfect timing for me! I believe I mentioned last week or so, that I was going to try and copy yours. Well, a pattern from you is certainly better 😉 I am so excited to get started. As always, I appreciate your tutorials and I really appreciate when you make everything so accessible. You are a wonderful person, with a generous heart.
I wish you many of whatever is wonderful for you,
Audri
Thanks so much Audri! 🥰 so sweet ❤️ I’m sending an email now re: your other comment 😊
@@VBirchwood Thank you Vasi. The step by step guide was helpful, and I was successful in ordering the pdf pattern.
@@audriscarborough9309 thanks so much Audri!! I really appreciate the support and I hope you have a lovely time making the cape 💕
Very cool to learn that you are publishing your own patterns
Thank you!! I was a little terrified to take the plunge as I needed my skills to get to a certain point, but I’m really happy with giving a new life to antiques in particular, as that’s something I feel really passionate about and want others to be able to enjoy ❤️
This video is brilliant V! I love how you explain things! I always get so confused with patterns. lol 😃👏🏼
Awww I’m so glad this is helpful! 🥰 I think it’s one of those skills that is just super confusing because the internet lacks direct instruction on certain methods, and for each pattern and body, the steps of alteration are so different
And congratulations on your first pattern issue! 🥂 💐
Thank you!!! ❤️🥰
Very nice clear instructions.
Thank you Catherine!! Hope it comes in handy 🥰
Thank you so very much for making this clear, succinct guide!!
So glad it’s helpful! Thanks for watching 🥰
Excellent video! Just bought the cape pattern! I quite fancy a summer day cape for breezy summer days. I have twice scaled up patterns this way and I really enjoyed it, though I did it the long and slightly painful way of drawing out all my own 1” squares, and as one of the patterns was a Victorian skirt it too ages to draw all those little squares. Will definitely get some of that dot and cross paper.
Awww thanks so much Bella! I really appreciate you supporting it 🥰 It would be a lovely pattern to use for making a summer cape. I was thinking of making a linen one soon myself actually to match a linen skirt. Wow, that’s very brave of you to draw all the lines out yourself! Dot and cross paper is such a time saver ❤️
Love the idea of a linen one to match your skirt!
Excellent...!!!
Thank you Jay! 😊
I'd love a video explaining how to take a preset pattern and make it fit
I honestly don’t think I’d be the person to make this video, as I’ve only been sewing for two years so I’m still very much figuring out fit myself. it also depends heavily on the purpose’s unique body measurements so I wouldn’t be able to cover all the possible adjustments, since many of them as well are done at the mock-up stage and there are multiple ways to achieve a certain fit. I’d love though if someone with lots of fitting experience would make a video like this as I’m sure it’d be immensely helpful for people 😊
Wonderful pattern tutorial V! Your content and cinematography never cease to impress, not to mention your tenacious entrepreneurial spirit. I appreciate how you included your happy little accident for us mere mortals, just a short detour on the road to success. May I ask what you use to make the imbedded illustrations? Keep up the lovely work Vasi, you are one of kind
Aww thank you so much Mitchell for the lovely comment, I really appreciate it! 😊 with regards to the animations where I show the pattern on a digital grid and highlight/circle various parts of it or zoom in/out, I’m using my iPad and Apple Pencil, the programme markup which is built in, and a digital image of the pattern which I drafted directly on the iPad. I also use the built in screen recorder and then just use my editing software to crop out any parts that are showing and might not need to be (like any borders etc.) The Apple Pencil is the true game changer in this entire set up as it makes demonstrating things digitally so much easier.
So very helpful! I have some one-take instructional videos in my vault that are aching for animated support. They add a great deal of professionalism and clarity to your tutorials.
Side note, when I first started sewing I didn't make any patterns to duplicate garments and bags, I just used quick sketches with annotated measurements... I'd measure and remeasure and remeasure again only to cut a piece of stock and realize I forgot to add a seam allowance on one side or scaled one measurement wrong lol.
Anyways, thank you for taking the time to write a detailed response. Sending well wishes, hope you feel better soon!
Given that you are doing such nicely detailed mini tutorials, is there the possibility of one on lapped seams?
Thank you!! 🥰 I’ve only completed a lapped seam perhaps once or twice in the past, so I’m not great with them, but if I manage to figure out a way that would be good for teaching others, then I definitely will. I think I’d just need to build the skill myself more first 😊
I'm not really big on copy patterns from a book onto a grid. But when I do, I like to use wrapping paper that has a grid. If your wait until after Christmas its really cheap and you can get it on clearance. After I perfect my pattern is like to transfer it onto freezer paper. From there I can just iron the pattern directly onto the fabric and cut out. I can reuse it as often as I need to.
Funny coincidence that your would be releasing a vape pattern when my duaghter came up too me yesterday and told me she wanted me too make her a cape, Lol. Guess I know what my next pattern purchase will be. 😉
Quick question did you make your snood?
Wrapping paper is a great tip, thanks! 🥰
What perfect timing with the cape!
I did not, a friend of mine made it. I often commission her to knit and crochet things for me as those skills are not my strong suit 😅
@@VBirchwood a much as I would live to take credit for them wrapping paper idea, it wasn't mine. I think I saw Bernadette Banner use it first. 😉
Yes perfect timing for a cape. I have a couple of snoods that I made after not crocheting for a long time. I got back into it just about the time Morgan Donner coined the phrase history bounding. I even made a shawl. I started another shawl but i put it down for a while. I just wasn't feeling it. I think I just needed a break. Lately I've been looking at it thinking about picking up its back up. I have a couple of projects in want to do. Mainly another snood.
I love your videos but I would love to know where you get that gridded paper from
Thank you!! I got mine from William Gee in the U.K., but you can get it from many different places if you search “1 inch grid paper” or “dot and cross paper”. Just make sure to measure the spacing before using the paper to ensure it’s accurate and truly 1x1 inches
How would you get it to fit you if its one size? I am thinking know your measurements and expand or decrease from there?
Exactly! It would still need to be adjusted according to your measurements. But having the base where you can measure the pieces too and see how much the original pattern is, creates a solid foundation for altering a pattern. Also, because seam allowance usually isn’t included for this gridded patterns, it makes alterations much easier
@@VBirchwood In my head it sounds very intimidating. But I am also doing a Full bust adjustment on a top that didn't have any darts to begin with and I was so lost because i skipped steps but I maybe my brain is like no, no more thinking tonight 😅
Any who I think I figured the FBA out.
Hello! What is your opinion on “Making working women’s costume”? I’ve looked at it and pondered getting it, but the reviews on Amazon are mixed and not always from sewers or seamstresses. So what is your take?
Hi! I absolutely love the book. I reference it quite regularly and it’s also one of the few resources that exists with patterns specifically for working class dress. I’m working on some garments out of the book currently.
@@VBirchwood I shall take note of that. We need more working class clothes in the costuming world
@@imaginegigi6001 definitely! this is something i'm trying to bring more into mainstream awareness (as much as I can), partially by wearing a lot of working class fashions these days myself.
Hello Vasi,
I am sorry to bother you with my technology ineptitude! I just tried to order the pattern for the cape and leave a tip. I am embarrassed to say that after many tries, I can't manage to check out. After shaking your head and wondering how.... can you please email me back with the steps 😊 Thank you very much in advance for your time and help.
Audri
I just had a bit of trouble as well. In my case, I am ordering from USA, so thought that might have been the issue ? I just persevered & it ended up going through ?!
Oh no! I’m so sorry that you had trouble. I’ll have to check in with stripe, my payment processor, and see if it’s maybe something on their side? That can perhaps be.
I’ll email you as well now Audri and explain the steps clearer. Sorry for the inconvenience!
@@m.maclellan7147 sorry for any inconvenience! I can indeed confirm that it all went through successfully on my side. Thanks for your purchase 🥰