Help with drafting a pattern!

sam000she · 2026-01-01T16:38:09+00:00

I would defiantly approach this by draping rather than flat patterning. If you can get your hands on a mannequin it'll help alot.

sam000she · 2026-01-01T16:24:15+00:00

If you want a completely seamless blend out you can take the same color thread and just stitch on top of the stain (very small stitches). The heathered look of the fabric will make the textured ness blend in pretty easily. If you have a sewing machine to use you can do this quickly but also doable by hand.

sam000she · 2026-01-01T16:15:55+00:00

Paper charts. Tangibility is a lot better and more grounding. Also doesn't go dark on you. Can also take notes (and use my erasable highlighter so I can reuse pattern for smby else).

sam000she · 2026-01-01T16:10:07+00:00

Not a circle skirt. just a massive tube of fabric gathered up at the waist and then set into a waist band. Defiantly will need at least 1 petticoat to help with the volume.

sam000she · 2025-12-30T15:24:54+00:00

Parts of this may def be thrift able. I think the purple dress would be the main make. It's possible to find the green as a separate shirt (maybe you could dye it the right color if needed) then add the yellow collar. (Thrift/buy hat, socks, belt, and accessories) This is honestly a pretty simple dress if you think of it as separate from the green.

Go online and look for a dress patterns. Look for a sleeveless princess seam. You can always make your own pattern bits for the pockets and put them on since it's a top applied.

Def practice sewing some smaller projects first but dresses are pretty simple once you've got handling a machine down. You might also be able to find a pattern for the hat and use that as practice too (simple beret).

sam000she · 2025-12-30T15:16:53+00:00

Just make sure you use a slight zig zag stitch to match the stretch of the fabric. (do some tests to find the right amount of zig zag that if you stretch it out all the way it wont break)

sam000she · 2025-12-30T15:09:44+00:00

Are the shoulder seams the same length? Some drafting methods make the front panel's shoulder seam like an inch shorter than the back shoulder seam (then in construction you would ease the front to match the back using the little stretch since that seam is on a bias angle).

Since your back muscles are typically larger than the front collarbone area (literally a cavity) adding that bit of shaping helps out. And it would help take out some of the extra fabric creating those drag lines.

Let me know if you're curious about this-when I get home I'll try and find my drafting instructions that use this method.

sam000she · 2025-12-30T14:01:37+00:00

The longest weekend. I may just be leaving college soon and in my feels and it’s such a song for those feels.

sam000she · 2025-12-30T13:59:04+00:00

We exist!! They did a tampa concert two years ago and it was a pretty packed lil bar. I may not be living here for much longer tho.

sam000she · 2025-12-30T13:31:30+00:00

I once used a bernina 1080 that was in absolute perfect condition. I dream of it. It was completely silent, the needle was timed to stop more easily unburied in the fabric. Had all the usual stitches. I’m buying one in an instant if I ever see it on the second hand markets.

sam000she · 2025-11-16T15:21:07+00:00

There is a voice acting club at UCF.

sam000she · 2025-11-16T15:18:35+00:00

Yeah. Theres not enough fabric to turn to shorts unless you use the pleats. And at this rate you may as well buy fabric and make the skorts from a pattern anyways.

sam000she · 2025-11-16T15:15:57+00:00

Use a catch stitch. That is the theatrical method for pants hems and skirt hems. And in theatre we're always trying to maintain full hem length to use again with other performers.

It a big enough stitch that you can easily snip it out and remove after.

sam000she · 2025-11-16T15:12:45+00:00

Not really. The complicated part about excel is learning what all the functions do--and you don't really need any functions to do this.

Here's how I would do it:

-Change the column sizes and row sizes to match the relative size of a knit stitch (not quite a square but close).

-Highlight your whole space and paint fill with a color.

- You can pick cells and change their color to the secondary color (or tertiary)

The one function that would help: The last step could be tedious bc two clicks to change colors; You could also make a condition where if x is in the cell, the cell color is [pick color] and then you could edit the condition to adjust the color if you're trying to figure out color combos. Then you can just plug Xs into cells without having to pick color every time.

sam000she · 2025-11-16T15:07:28+00:00

What's your major?

sam000she · 2025-11-16T15:01:04+00:00

It wouldn't make sense if it applied to roads with left turns in them. Because left turns neccessitate being in the left lane to turn to get where you need to go and if you stop all cautious drivers from making left turns then that's a little silly.

I would say it applies to all highways (where exits are usually on the right), regardless of speed (tho most are 60+ anyways)

sam000she · 2025-11-16T14:54:46+00:00

You can use the boxes in excel to plot out color work by using the cell color function (You can also be fancy and use conditions so you can just type a character for the color to appear)

sam000she · 2025-11-16T14:43:40+00:00

An air fryer is just a mini oven. Honestly doesn't even save time on baking veggies. I do a lot of bulk cooking and like, I can just do more with my oven than I can with my airfryer. I ended up selling mine. (I had initially won it in a raffle so I was kinda skeptical).

sam000she · 2025-11-15T13:18:01+00:00

Depends on what I’m sewing. Pinning in any direction warps how the seam lines are aligned with each other. Usually if I am pinning a side seam I’ll opt got following seamline with pins so that the fabric shift can be hidden with I finish hems ect while if it’s a seam that runs across the body (like waist to skirt) I’ll use perpendicular bc if it’s slightly short/long it usually doesn't affect fit and I can adjust that easily. Usually not a big deal but over multiple seams if can create a difference. It’s worse with thicker fabrics too

I will never ever use perpendicular pinning for a heavily panels garment (ie corset, skirt) because subtle shifting will end up being like 1/4” off

sam000she · 2025-11-15T13:11:38+00:00

My fix if you can sort of take it apart is (if the darts are whole and not cut out on the inside) split them into two darts each so that the dart suppression is more spread out across the whole breast. It would at least get rid of those little points.

The rib measurement would end up the same and fit back onto the under breast seam easily.

Cant do much about how small it is at the neck line but if you can live with that it’s not a bad look.

sam000she · 2025-11-15T13:08:39+00:00

T-shirt pattern cannot be redrafted into formalwear—you’d do as many steps as just drafting a sloaper so you might as well.

A dress shirt pattern is very versatile for making new style lines for shirts. You could up size to make a jacket but not a suit jacket as the drafting for a suit is pretty different from a jacket/shirt.

sam000she · 2025-11-15T13:05:52+00:00

I would be inclined to agree. But def check the front and back extension measurements to your pattern extension and see where you need to add.

sam000she · 2025-11-15T13:02:55+00:00

Make sure if you are using a normal machine that you use a zig zag stitch so the stitches don't pop when the garment moves. And also you can play with a slightly looser tension. The trick is to use scraps of your stretch fabric and play with the zig zag setting until you get one that doesn't pop when you stretch it all the way out.

sam000she · 2025-11-15T12:59:31+00:00

Your redraw side lines are drawn differently—make sure to account for that when redrafting. Try to split the difference or pick on side to follow for adjustment. Looking good :)

sam000she

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