If you’re looking for printable French curves or hip curves with measurement marks, here you go. I made both imperial (inches) and metric (centimeters) curves. The inch/centimeter marks are not numbered, so you can decide where you want to start…
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New Jeans Zipper Fly Tutorial
I am making a rub-off jeans pattern for one of my kids. When I got to the zipper fly, I compared the child-sized zipper to adult-sized ones, and to my surprise, they were about the same width. It varied a…
Posted in Patternmaking, Sewing
Easy half scale dress form
The dress form cover pattern I have on Craftsy can also be stuffed to make a dress form. Use firm non-stretch fabric to make the cover. Sew the pattern as in the instructions, but with one modification: Instead of leaving…
Another half-scale dress form
So, I guess I got a little obsessed with the half scale dress forms. I made another version that you print out on card stock and glue together, then cover with paper mache or kraft paper tape. The paper dress…
Printable French Curves
I was playing around with Inkscape and I ended up making a set of printable French curves. I really like how the curve turned out. I made full size, half scale, 3/8 scale, 0.39 scale (1 cm = 1 inch),…
My take on custom dress forms
My first custom dress forms were made with duct tape many years ago. They weren’t that great and eventually stretched out of shape. Later I learned about paper tape dress forms. I had a couple of those made for me…
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Pants form tutorial
I added a tutorial for a 3/8 scale pants form, similar to the half-scale dress form instructions.
Custom fitted clothing
I want to make clothing that fits me perfectly mainly for two reasons: comfort and health. How my clothes look is a secondary concern – I can buy clothes to get a certain look, but not ones that fit. I’m…
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My half-size dress form
My current project is making a paper mache half-size dress form, which I’ll be using to teach myself to make my own sewing patterns. I made a page with the half-scale dress form pattern and a tutorial with instructions for…
Posted in Half-Scale Patternmaking and Sewing, Patternmaking
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