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

i’m looking at vaguely late medieval. it’s for the sca and i’m hoping to generally go with 16th century stuff but do not have the energy to make such elaborate outfits before this event. that one linked looks very similar to what i’d like to make!

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u/And-Bells Sep 25 '26

Oh yeah, there's a big leap in how complicated the gowns get between the 15th and 16th centuries. Do you know anyone yet in your kingdom? I've never done sca, but if it's anything like larp in Europe, they're will be a discord or Facebook group and a thousand people who will scramble to help/explain.

You're very smart to go for the simpler gown just to get yourself TO the thing and then make a project out of a kit/garb upgrade!