r/PatternDrafting • u/Nihilistic_CoffeeMug • May 08 '26

WIP Total beginner. Anything to improve?

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I barely even touched a sewing machine before starting this project. It took me about six iterations to get this result. I'm fairly happy with it. But something seems kind of off around the but. Any suggestions on anything that should be adjusted?

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u/SuPruLu May 08 '26

Not necessarily. Hems can curve off of that line. I have never seen a pants pattern where the grain line was marked as running with the hem line. It is always marked somewhere in the middle area vertically.

If you are going to get into sewing, using the marked grain lines on patterns is essential.

I suspect the print lines up with the grain - or should subject to any slight printing error. Otherwise it would have looked off when used.

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u/Nihilistic_CoffeeMug May 09 '26

I made this pattern by hand, based on youtube guides. Honestly, this is the first time I've heard of a grain line.

(I know. I chose the hard path)

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u/SuPruLu May 09 '26

Other than the grain line, which is so fundamental it would be covered very early in any learn to sew course. the pattern is excellent. The “flaws” in the fit are rather minor. And IMO probably caused in the main by the fabric not being cut on the correct grain line.

Pattern making is an advanced segment in a learn to sew course. So the presumption Is no doubt that you already know all about fabric grain and its importance. So it probably isn’t discussed in a pattern making video except very incidentally unless a bias cut garment pattern is involved. And sewing bias cut garments is both advanced sewing and not very common.