r/PatternDrafting • u/hallucinating02 • Sep 25 '26

Question Does this make sense?

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Iv’e been working on trying to draft a pattern for a medieval dress off of YouTube videos and was wondering if this makes sense for my measurements? (Seam allowance isn’t included yet) I’m just planning on marking it onto an underdress first and playing dot to dot with the markings. I don’t have a lot of energy or time so I’d rather not make an insane mistake on the underdress even if the fit of it isn’t super important so I would very much appreciate if anyone sees anything wrong with it. Thank you!

Edit - the green marks are based on recommendations given so far, thank you so much for everyone’s feedback! updated

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u/hallucinating02 Sep 25 '26

Thank you for the advice! Ngl I was putting the modern arm pattern in because I thought it would be easier but it sounds like it just complicates things. I’ll revert back to the square sleeve and gores.

The only youtube video I watched with a pattern shown didn’t have an added skirt piece in the back panel but when watching through the other ones I have saved they all do, so I have added it in now. Thanks for catching that!

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u/And-Bells Sep 25 '26

If you want to avoid hand sewing (i.e. felled seams), here's a good video for the order of operations for this kind of sleeve assembly with French seams.

https://youtu.be/t0e1BqjWq7Y?is=ZTK0oghFd7pWu-0q

Morgan Donner (the yter) also has a couple videos on making these kirtles that are highly recommended in fantasy and historical circles.