Sewing Human to doll pattern

I would go about it like this:

*First figure out if you can just scale the pattern down or if you will need to resize it as well.
*Assuming you only need to scale it down, now figure out by how much.
*Make a grid and draw out the original patten pieces on that. Preferably a grid with a size of the squares that is easy to divide by the scale. For example, if you need to scale down to 1:4 a grid with 2cm squares would be convinient as that would make 5mm squares when scaling down. Don't make the original squares too big or you will have trouble maintaining details in the pattern.
*Now make a new grid, scaled down to match the finished scale of the pattern. Redraw the pattern using the squares as a guide. This way you don't have to recalculate every measurement on the pattern, you simply count the squares. The only math involved is to scale down the grid and since you have control over the size of that you can intentionally keep the calculation simple.

Two things to note, though.
1. If the pattern is in fact not a perfect fit, you have to grade the size to fit the doll as well. If this is something you allready are familliar with and comfortable doing, go right ahead, but if it was me I would in that case just skip both scaling and grading and make the pattern in the right size to begin with, using the original pattern only as a guide.
2. Even if scaling down the pattern goes perfectly you have to remember that fibres don't scale down. You can chose a thinner fabric, shorter stitches and smaller buttons, but you can't entirely eliminate the springiness and bulk of the materials. If you scale things down to a very small scale you may have to add more fold- and bend- allowance for things to fit nicely. You may also find that some parts of the pattern needs to be simplified to keep bulk down. Order of assembly may also be something that needs to be modified and that may mean additional pattern adjustments as well.

Best of luck!

 

i want to know also, its on youtube some kind of video but its too complex in my opinion and a lot of paper is needed to do it and time

 

Wow I'm interested as well. Waiting to see how everyone else does it.

 

Not to put you off or anything, but it's probably quicker and less hassle to find a doll-sized pattern that is close enough to adapt to what you want to make than it would be to scale down a human pattern, which would then stil need fitting to the doll's actual size.

Just sayin'....

Teddy

 

Fairy Nuff... Have you tried searching online for free doll clothes patterns?

Also, your library might had doll-making books in the craft secction with patterns in.

What size of doll are you sewing for

Teddy

 

Poop! I was hoping you's be sewing for a doll I'm familar with sewing for, so I could recommend doll pattern books to look for in the library.

A Closet Full of Dolls Clothes by Rosemarie Ionker (ISBN : 9781932485325) would probably be a good starting point. It contains patterns for childrens-styles of clothes for four sizes of doll and I think the second smallest ones would probably be close enough to be a good starting point for you.

I've made several items from the smallest size of patterns which are a good fit on YoSD/LittleFee sized dolls. (and fit taller dolls such as Chibi Unoa well in width, but come up shorter in length on them). I've not made any of the bigger ones but since they're all the same clothes just in four different sizes I would imagine the bigger sizes would go together just as well as the smallest size does.

Teddy