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Transferring draped patterns to paper thread !
I start by pinning my drape down to a blank sheet of paper. I start by pinning my straight grain line as straight as possible, then smooth out the rest of the drape gently to avoid stretching it
Next I& #39;m going to trace all relevant lines, darts, seams, hems, grain lines and notches with my tracing wheel. Before I had access to a tracing wheel I would use a pin and prick along the lines
After tracing I have this left. I pull off the fabric drape but I keep it close hand because I& #39;m def gonna forget what all the lines are
The first thing I do is take out my straight ruler and trace my grain line. This is the CF of a dress and the grain line is directly down the middle
I& #39;m also gonna mark any seam I know needs to be a straight line. On this particular drape, that& #39;s only the shoulder seam
With the straight grain marked and all the straight seams drawn, it& #39;s time to break out the curved ruler!
I& #39;m gonna start tracing all the curved seams now. I find the best fit on the curved ruler, changing it& #39;s angle every few inches or so to get the best curve
There are lots of little overlaps where I change the angle or orientation of the ruler to continue the curve. I come back to those overlaps and smooth them over the get the smoothest line possible
I& #39;ll do this for the rest of the curved seams and darts. I& #39;m gonna follow my traced lines as closely as possible when it makes sense, though occasionally I& #39;ll defer to the curved ruler when it looks like I& #39;ve made a mistake or had a wobbly hand, like in the tracing below
After my darts are traced, I& #39;ll pull out my take measure to make sure both sides of the dart are the same length. If they aren& #39;t, I& #39;ll make small adjustments to the curvature until they are. Usually they& #39;re only off by at most 1/4"
All my tracing and trueing is done on the left side, but this is an asymmetrical piece and I& #39;ll need a full pattern rather than a & #39;cut on fold& #39; pattern. The piece is symmetrical from the waist up, so I& #39;m going to trace the left side waist up directly
I start by cutting out the left side from the waist notch up, including darts
I& #39;ve folded the pattern carefully along the center front line and trace it to the other side of the pattern
It& #39;s looking pretty good! There are a few adjustments I need to make with the assymetrical seam to make sure the waist notches match up, so I& #39;ll grab that curved ruler again
And after I& #39;ve trued the right side, I cut everything out and the center front is ready to go! I made some alterations to the torso length based on my msmts but that& #39;s not something I& #39;ll go into detail here about lol
And now I& #39;m going to repeat this whole process for the center back piece! See u in a few hours :)
