**Cutting with a ruler and X-acto knife is ideal because it gives perfectly straight, clean cuts. Use your ruler and X-acto knife to cut the paper into four separate pieces. Measure and mark the center of your paper both vertically and horizontally. This method shows you how to draw repeating patterns by drawing and cutting a design that, once digitized, can be repeated seamlessly at any size. So today we're not going to work harder.we're going to work smarter. Life is busy, work is busy, sometimes even dreams are busy! We need to save on time where we can. This entry was posted in Pattern tutorials and tagged basic shell, pants, trousers.Let's face it.we're all busy. But as there were any more letters left in the alphabet I decided to continue the pattern in the next article. You will also need to add the waist darts and the ease. The construction of the pattern is partially completed. Join points placed on the vertical and horizontal lines by either curves or straight lines (Figure 6). Calculate WZ = Desired ankle circumference / 2 + 1 cm and divide the result between the two sides of the crease.ġ6. Calculate UV = knee circumference / 2 +1 cm and divide the result between the two sides of the crease.ġ5. Join TRNP points by a curve (Figure 5).ġ4. Calculate ST = ¼ waist size + 2.5 cm and mark this measure from the point S to the extra line above the waist at the point T.
Draw a short line, 2.5 cm above and parallel to the waist line.ġ3. Also mark 3.5 cm to the left of the vertical line from L and place another point R.ġ2. On hips line, measure 3.5 cm to the left of the vertical line from K and place a point Q. On the vertical line passing through O, measure 2 cm below the back waist line and place a point P.ġ0. On the waist line mark a point M’ in order to have KM’ = MB and M’L = AM and then draw the back crease from M ‘. From K and L, draw two vertical lines at the waist line.Ĩ. The back pattern will be drawn to the right of the front pattern. Calculate IJ = desired wingle circumference / 2 – 1 cm and divide the result between the two sides of the crease (Figure 3).ħ. Calculate G H = knee circumference / 2 – 1 cm and divide the result between the two sides of the crease.Ħ. Write down the measurements AM and MB on the pattern, they will be needed for the construction of the back.ĥ. From M draw a vertical line that represents the crease. Calculate MB = (AB + CD) / 2 and mark M on the waist line. On the bisector line for DCE (line that divides the angle into two equal angles), mark CF = 2.2 cm. On the back waist line, add DC to the left of the vertical line from A, where DC = 1/20 hips size – 1 cm.ģ. Calculate AB = ¼ of the hips size and draw two vertical lines from A and B (Figure 1).Ģ. Mark A on the waist line, 20 cm from the left long edge of the sheet. Knee line by taking into account the knee lengthįloor line by taking into account the leg lengthġ. Hips line by taking into account the height of hipsīack waist line by taking into account the back waist length Then draw all horizontal lines, parallel to the waist line, from one edge to another: Draw the waist line 10 cm from the short edge of your sheet. The front and back pattern will be drawn side by side:ġ. Let’s begin the construction of the pants. To have beautiful pants, one must already have friends. That “someone” will also be very useful when you will make adjustments. If you want a “sportswear” pant or a jean, there is another pattern presented hereīefore starting to draw, arm yourself with the following: By following this process, you can draft the basic pattern for high-waisted pants that are adjusted to your measurements. The method I present here comes from the book of Teresa Gilewska, “Pattern Drafting, Volume 2”, method that I find simple and effective, or at least the one which has perfectly worked for me.
So, after a long and unsuccessful pants hunting, I started to wonder if I could not do it myself, even if I had to dive into geometry and mathematical formulas.
There are many morphologies and women and this is why, among ready-to-wear collections, there are more and more stretchy jeans and pants and very few classic trousers because it is virtually impossible to create a model that goes to everyone. Finding pants that perfectly fits our shapes is not an easy task.