Tutorial Resizing Human Patterns TUTORIAL

@Christant, I don't think interfacing would be the best thing to use for test material, as it would tend to fall apart while you're working with it. It's meant to be sewn between thicker pieces of fabric, after all. But if you're looking for something lighter and easier to handle, other than old sheets, you could try lightweight muslin or even Viva paper towels (which tend to be more cloth-like than other brands).

 

Oooh, Viva! Thank you for the tip. I wanted to avoid muslin because I found it tends to fray on me, and then the sewing marks are hard to see.

 

I was figuring I would have to go to fedex or something similar.. This tutorial makes it so I don't have to cut the pieces and guesstimate... Thanks a bunch!! You saved me a **TON** of time!!

 

Wow, this is amazingly useful. TIme to go pattern hunting.

 

awesome tutorial, I'll give it a try, thank you!

 

Finally! I've been looking to see if there was a way to do this and not have a million numbers involved. The step-by-step really breaks this down and thank goodness it does.

 

You have really done me a huge favor. I have so many patterns I would love on my dolls but never could try to change the sizing, (scary). Now I can't wait to try

 

This is great; I will definitely try this once I get my printer fixed. I have a scanner too and a program for resizing on my computer. So can't wait to get the printer working.

 

Thanks for the information. I will have to give it a try.

 

o_o I didn't even know this was possible...This is game changer for me, holy crap! Bookmarking this, thank you SO much!!

 

Hi there,

You say to use SD patterns for 60cm+ dolls. What type of pattern are you referring to?
Thanks so much

 

This tutorial is great. Thanks a lot for organizing everything in steps.

 

Hm. Instead of Viva, it might also be good to use those blue shop towels you can get at the hardware store--they're similar in texture and price, but a bit sturdier. The individual towels are also slightly larger, if you have pieces that somehow don't fit onto one viva towel. I'll definitely keep this method in mind!

 

Thank you so much for this

 

Thank you so much for sharing! I can't wait to actually start putting some real clothes on my girl. No more sock dress!

 

Great tutorial! I'd also love to suggest the "How To Make Sewing Patterns" book by McCunn -- once you have the basic pattern from enlarging the pieces, the book will help you to modify the pattern to make an exact fit for your doll. Can't wait to start doing this for my boys when they arrive!

 

Love it, thanks.

 

It took me a lot of work until I figured out that the problem was on the scanner end, but I finally got it working so I could use some patterns... my mom had a collection of patterns, many of which she'd never actually used, and while they aren't great for my boys or my quadroped, they'll work for my sister's girl (and I can always buy more boy patterns... seems like McCalls patterns are always on sale anyway... and I have such a fabric stash that doesn't work with the few basic patterns I'd already had. So I'm really happy to be able to make some fancier things!)

Thanks for figuring out the less-math version! Once I figured out what percent mine actually wanted to be resized to, it was so easy!

 

This is awesome!! Any chance someone has the images from the dead links saved somewhere though? I'm super visual, heh...

 

Thank you so much for this tutorial!

I'm making a very detailed dress for one of my girls and this is super helpful.
I'm cosplaying as a character that carries a doll around so I'm dressing one of my girls up as that doll so we can cosplay together. I was absolutely terrified of making her outfit because I've had so much trouble making doll clothes in the past (they're just, so small) but I'm a lot more confident that I'll be able to make her a nice dress now. Thank you!

 

I feel like I'm missing something. I do what she says to do buy the pattern is like 3 times bigger then my doll, I have a volks sd girl. I'm using Windows paint, should I use another program.

 

You'd be better off using something like Gimp, where the image size can be better controlled. Windows Paint, in my experience, doesn't offer very good sizing controls, which are what you need with something like this.

 

All the image links are broken

 

The original tutorial, complete with images, still available at Pattern Creation from instruction sheet - for fashion dolls

Just follow the instructions at the beginning of this post for adapting it to BJDs.

 

Still xD

 

there is a notice running accross the top of DoA's page that says there is an 'image' problem and they are working to fix it... Howevr, this does not help if the original poster of the images has not made sure their images are no longer working due to the image host.

 

Once again, this time with emphasis. The images on the original tutorial are not broken. You can easily use those images. I reposted the original tutorial link.

 

I know, I understand!

 

I’ve also used newspapers that’ve been lying around or free, only thing to be careful of is the ink can occasionally transfer (I’ve found this easily erases tho with a dry mr. Clean sponge)

 

It looks very nice! I would try removing some of the pressure on the foot. Usually it's a spring that can be loosened at the top of the machine. It looks like the stitches are too short and that could happen if there is too much pressure on the fabric as it feeds through the machine. Also check the bottom of the foot for adhesive residue or scratches that could cause fabric drag.

 

I have copies of all these photos that are missing saved to my computer, I had saved the whole tutorial in case the website went down, if anyone ends up here and wants them, just DM me, I will share!

 

would you or anyone be able to recommend how to print this for a minifee?