Patternmaking For A Perfect Fit: Using: The Rub-...
She stood before her full-length mirror and slipped the muslin over her shoulders. She held her breath and looked.
Taking her fine pins, she pushed them straight down through the seam lines of the jacket, through the paper, and into the corkboard below. She placed a pin every half-inch along the curved armscye and the collar. Patternmaking for a Perfect Fit: Using the Rub-...
Clara laid a large sheet of pattern paper over her corkboard, and then laid the front panel of the jacket over the paper. Smoothing the fabric carefully to ensure the grainline was perfectly straight, she began the "rubbing" process. She stood before her full-length mirror and slipped
She then had to add what the rub-off method doesn't naturally give you: seam allowances. Using her clear gridded ruler, she meticulously drew a parallel line 5/8 of an inch outside her traced seam lines. She placed a pin every half-inch along the
She repeated this painstaking process for the back panel, the collar, and the complex two-piece sleeve, always checking that the corresponding seam lengths matched each other perfectly. 🪡 The Moment of Truth
With her fresh paper pattern cut out, Clara was ready for the ultimate test: the muslin toile. She cut the pattern pieces out of cheap unbleached cotton and basted them together on her sewing machine.