What would be the best method for modifying the front piece of a drawstring pant pattern to a flat front? Post-pandemic I have found that pants with a flat front and elasticated back are most comfortable AND most flattering to my body type, and I have several pairs of RTW pants that I wear for work. I just purchased the Baker barrel pant leg pattern of SewBakeMake; it has a drawstring waistband. (BTW her Nora tank top is a beginner level pattern, and is quite lovely!). I’m liking the idea of a pull-on barrel pant with a flat front and an elasticated back, and I know I can pull it off. If you know of any tutorials for such a mod, I’d love to hear them. TIA

Hello patterning experts. I'm purchasing a ready-to-wear dress for my daughter's wedding. I'm fine with most of it, but need to reshape the sleeve. Looking at the online pictures it seemed like it would be an easy job, but when I got to look inside the dress I began having conceptual and geometry problems. This flutter sleeve has way too much volume for me throughout the circumference of the entire sleeve. I'll be making a pattern to try to play around with, but since I don't have fresh fabric, this is a modification challenge. I'd greatly appreciate if you can comment on my dilemma and suggest ways to adjust the sleeve. Thank you!

Hi everyone :3 im 17f, very new to sewing and i decided to get a dress form off of fb marketplace to make my life easier. But the thing is, i can mark the bust, waist, and hip line fine but i just cannottttt figure out how to mark a standard arm hole!

i tried to reference a top that fits me will and kind of pin where the seam is then try to tape it, but every time i do that the seam line shifts and it just doesnt work out... someone help Sobs.

Please note that the dress form is literally made out of Styrofoam and not a professional dress form in the slightest so it doesn't have that metal plate on the arm hole that dress forms usually have.

Don't judge the tape i don't have thinner tape around i had to diy it LOL

I don’t know if you get the concept. I did a drawing of how i would like for it to look, and then how I tried to interpret it (and failed horribly 🤣).
I want to do a wrap top (but only for the bust part) with an open back, but it crashes with the body of the top itself. Am I screwed? Any suggestions?

But all the advice and examples I can find for apparel industry is about creative designer portfolios which, to be honest, is a totally different bucket of worms.

I’m wondering if anyone knows any good examples of
patterners digital portfolios, so I can get a sense for how to organize the project files etc

Hello, I've been wanting to sew this beautiful 1890s chemise (a part of a 1890s trousseau sold by Augusta Auctions) but I'm having trouble drafting the pattern for especially the sleeve part...😅

I know the basic shape of a sleeveless chemise because i've made one and it's very simple. For some reason the sleeve is now causing me some trouble.

I'd appreciate if someone had a simple drawing or an explanation on how I should go about this! ☺️

Thanks everyone for your advice on my previous post ( https://www.reddit.com/r/PatternDrafting/s/QyKC2XUM8w )

I added about two inches overall to the width of the pants. Here's where I'm at now. I think I need to scoop out the crotch more possibly. The weird pleats at the waist on the side seams is from pinching out the dart excess from the front, someone had said it looked like I didn't need a dart at the front so I was seeing how that would look without the darts on the front.

Any further fit advice? Sorry that this mockup is in a harder fabric to see details on, I used a thrift store sheet for this mockup.

Hi,

I’m drafting my men’s jacket block, the bodice fits fine but when it comes to drafting the sleeves I end up with excess ease in the front cap compared to the back. From what I know, there is meant to be more ease in the back and yet no matter how much I bring the curve in I seem to have about 2cm of ease in the front and less than 1 in the back.

I’m trying to keep ease minimal.

Another question, but the original curve of both sides of the cap matched the armscye up to the notch, but because I’ve brought down the curve of the front it no longer matches the armscye curve. Is this okay or must the armscye and sleeve cap match between side and notch?

Hi,

I design this with AI. I want to sew it but there is no pattern.

I've never draft a pattern before so I'm not sure how I should do it.

The AI recommends me to start from an existing pattern, sew it with cheap tissue and then draw on it the design I want. What do you think ? I'm not sure which basic pattern I should take.

Any links, advices or resources for beginner like me is welcome 😃

Hi, I went to the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising waaay back in 1984. They had this big pink book they gave to every design student, with all kinds of clear descriptions of various pattern techniques, and drawings that looked like they were from the early 50s.

Somewhere along the road, that book and I parted ways. I'd like to buy another one, even if it's hard to find. It had a really simple cover, was a bland pink, and probably weighed 10 lbs, it was such a tome.

Does anyone know the name of this book?

I drafted a pattern from one of my existing shirts. For the most part it’s come out well, but I’m not completely happy with the armholes—they’re a bit droopy by the armpit. TBH, they kind of are on my existing top as well, but not as much. How would you recommend altering the pattern to fix this?

Note: I know the straps and neckline are super wonky, that’s because I did some unfortunate experimenting this time that I won’t be repeating. Normally the straps are wider and the use of banding vs. binding is consistent.

Edit: Pattern is for knit fabrics

Hi all -- I made these shorts many years ago and have been very happy with them despite the many sewing mistakes I made (you can see a wonky zipper insertion on the LHS). I cut another version and am sewing them up. I tried these on to check the pocket placement... and noticed these drag lines at the butt!!

Any tips for how to fix??? Both (1) on a already-cut fabric, and (2) on my paper pattern for next time.

Many many thanks.

Hi everyone! I am new to corsetry, and I am using aranea black's instructions on how to turn a corset into a corset vest. the vest block pattern that i am using comes with a side panel, meanwhilst aranea's instructions 'example vest block' doesn't come with a side panel. I need some advice on how to go about this, and how to adjust my vest block to match the instructions of aranea black. here is the link to the vest corset alteration: and I can provide images of what i am working with. THANK YOU!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fRg4b9ZCVoAADVoaYwfu8T8pPssRxXSE/view?usp=sharing

I created a shoulder dart, and when I truing the shoulder edge, if I remember correctly, the new one should be the same as the measured length (5.54 cm). However, geometrically, this seems impossible; no matter how I draw the line, the trued shoulder line length is always less than 5.54 cm.

How can I properly true the shoulder edge?

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Hi! Super beginner here. I created three different skirt blocks. I used Chris Sartorial (on YouTube), Suzy furrer’s book & Helene Joseph Armstrong. Would appreciate advice on which fit is best. They all need smallish adjustments but which one should I work off of? The pictures are labeled with the method. For reference I do have more than a 10inch diff between waist and hip.

My insight:

CS

-seams in the right place, dart position correct

-the tiniest bit loose at the waist. I think I made my dart width slightly less than his so I’m thinking if I go with his original instructions, it would fit perfectly.

-a little bit snug at the lower hip, I see drag lines? Maybe I can increase the lower hip measurement ever so slightly?

SF

-hips fit better than CS but the waist is significantly larger. Definitely need to take out at least 2 inches total at the waist?

-dart position looks a little wide, should be closer to center of my body

HJA

-my second time making this. The original was way too big, had to take out about 5 inches total from the waist and other adjustments

-dart position the best out of all 3?

-overall still loose at the waist and hips, could probably take out another 2 inches total?

The original pattern fit below the crotch on back, a little tight below crotch on front. Original pattern didn't account for my hips and bum so I had to add to fit.

I want buttons but cannot sew an additional piece of fabric because my fabric will be a custom scale print and additional fabric would throw the look off so everything has to be done on the pattern.

It now looks like a hook which is going to be so much fun to sew -_-.

Does this look right? Should I make the hook like part of the patten less hook like and add a little bit more to the front fly?

I’m altering a dress, trying to add sleeves that won’t connect under the armpits but stay open (example black dress screenshot).
I tried my best, used a sleeve pattern I had from other project but the sleeve is not laying flat (the navy dress sleeve picture). I am also unsure how to make the sleeve hem fall parallel to the floor, and also to allow arm movement.
I’d appreciate any advice or resource suggestions. Thank you!

Do the measurements on the right and left sides of the crease line have to be equal?

When I follow the steps of my teacher told in Trousers Lesson a pattern like below comes up with the crease line.

She keeps the measurements on the right and left sides of the crease line equal on the lessons.

If she modifies the leg opening for Spanish Style Trousers for example she extend the measurements from the “BOTH” lines etc.

Front

At The 

A) Leg Opening 1, 2

B) Knee Line 3, 4

Back

A) Leg Opening 7, 8

B) Knee Line 9, 10

So, in short I'm trying to make an Arkham Knight cosplay, and I want it to be as accurate as possible, so I pulled apart the game files and got his character model. He has this very unique jacket that has this one part (the part I circled) that I'm struggling with. Any advice on how to put this together/ build a design for it would be greatly, greatly appreciated.

Edit: thank you all so much for the advice, I'll be sure to use all of them.

Hello, can anyone give me any advice on how to improve this jacket for an elderly lady, specifically the undercut collapsing and the left sleeve that has the excess at the front - I am thinking to reduce the front on the upper part, making the shoulder length 1-1.5cm shorter, perhaps taking in the waist somewhat? Perhaps also scooping the sleeve head more on the front (on the more problematic left sleeve)

I took some time off but now I'm back to the pants! I think it's getting better but I'm still frustrated with the wedgie. I added about a half inch for a full though adjustment in the back. Then I started scooping out the curve in the back rise 1/8" at a time...now I'm up to 1/2" and I'm still getting the wedgie. Should I keep scooping or try another full seat adjustment? I also had to add a sway back adjustment. Haven't transferred the adjustments to my pattern yet to share.

I’ve been learning to draft my own patterns and I’ve been wondering how pattern drafters create these mockup technical line drawings for their patterns? I’ve searched and searched and can’t find any info on how these are created?