Welcome to my new summer blog series, making your own patterns and extending the ones you have to fit larger sizes. It is so simple to make your own basic patterns and extend the ones you have that I feel compelled to share. I think this will be a lot of fun.
I got the idea for this series by reading this book.
Design-It-Yourself Clothes
Patternmaking Simplified
Patternmaking Simplified
By Cal Patch
Such a great book! I love it so much I may have to buy it. (I have it from the library at the moment.) It offers great tips and advice and technical details about how to make your own patterns and design your own clothing. It is all simple clothing, to be sure, but still pretty darn cool and perfect for where I live, the Pacific Northwest.
So, starting tomorrow, I am going to show you how to alter your existing children's patterns and create your own patterns for yourself and your children. This should be fun!
First up, taking a peasant dress pattern for baby girls thru size 8 and enlarging it to fit a size 10 or 12 girl and customizing it to her measurements.
I enjoyed this book, too (and also got mine from the library!).
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