{"id":6744,"date":"2023-05-13T00:05:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T07:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tianascloset.com\/?p=6744"},"modified":"2023-12-20T15:19:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T23:19:47","slug":"how-to-adjust-patterns-to-your-own-measurements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/13\/how-to-adjust-patterns-to-your-own-measurements\/","title":{"rendered":"How to adjust patterns to your own measurements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever find a beautiful pattern that you would love\nto sew? I bet many of us have. And how many people find the available sizes are\njust not for you? I bet most of us. Patterns are made with standard\nmeasurements, and just like how they say \u2018Standard person does not exist\u2019, we\nmay find that one size fits well at the bust, but is too tight at the waist and\nhips, or maybe it fits at the hips and bust, but is too tight at the abdomen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This problem exist with Tiana\u2019s Closet patterns, too. And\nalthough I hate it so much, I cannot do anything about it. The best thing I can\ndo for you is to show you how we can adjust any ready-made pattern to your own\nsize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, choose the size closest to your bust measurements.\nWhy choose the bust? Because there are darts and princess seams, and other\ncomplicating things around this most important part of a dress, and you won\u2019t\nlike to adjust too much at this part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check your measurements with the size table and see how they\ndiffer from the \u2018standard\u2019 measurements. Note them down. In the example below,\nI am adjusting the pattern of a basic sheath dress for a woman named Maya with\nthe measurements like this: Bust 95cm, Waist 86cm, Hips 116cm. You can see that\nher bust measurement is closest to a size L of Tiana\u2019s Closet pattern. So we\nwill choose size L to print out. Of course, you will need to tape the pages\ntogether after printing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now let\u2019s pick up the pen and do some calculation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>\n  <strong>Standard\n  size L<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>Maya\u2019s\n  measurements<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>Difference\n  in measurement<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>Difference\n  divided by 4<\/strong>\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  96\n  <\/td><td>\n  95\n  <\/td><td>\n  -1\n  <\/td><td>\n  -0.25\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  80\n  <\/td><td>\n  86\n  <\/td><td>\n  +6\n  <\/td><td>\n  +1.5\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  104\n  <\/td><td>\n  116\n  <\/td><td>\n  +12\n  <\/td><td>\n  +3\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After you get the numbers, you can go on with rulers and\npencil. This requires you to draw directly on the pattern, so transfer it to a\nlarger piece of paper in case you need to increase the measurements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the size L pattern after printing and taped together\nand transferred to a new piece of paper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-1.png 999w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-1-200x128.png 200w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-1-500x319.png 500w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-1-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-1-768x490.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADJUSTING THE BACK\nPIECE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"997\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-2.png 997w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-2-200x56.png 200w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-2-500x139.png 500w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-2-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-2-768x213.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You will notice the notches at the waist and hips of the\npattern. Draw horizontal lines from these notches across the pattern. Draw the\nlines through the center of waist darts and bust dart. It will look like this\nafter drawing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"947\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-3.png 947w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-3-200x67.png 200w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-3-500x167.png 500w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-3-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-3-768x256.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 947px) 100vw, 947px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now let\u2019s look at the table you made at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; The bust part can be kept as-is, or reduce 0.25cm. I\nsuggest you to keep it as-is because 0.25cm more ease will not affect the\nsilhouette of the garment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; The waist part needs to be increased 1.5cm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; The hip part needs to be increased 3cm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Measure the reduction or increment of each position from the\nedge of the pattern and mark on the horizontal lines as shown below (I zoomed\nin so you can see the green marks on the lines).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"995\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-4.png 995w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-4-200x99.png 200w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-4-500x247.png 500w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-4-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-4-768x379.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 995px) 100vw, 995px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Draw new side seam line connecting the newly adjusted points\n(the green lines). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-5.png 868w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-5-200x164.png 200w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-5-500x409.png 500w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-5-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-5-768x628.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Smoothen the curve of the side seam and draw parallel line\nfrom the new hip point to the hemline. And you get the new pattern for your own\nmeasurements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-6.png 999w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-6-200x61.png 200w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-6-500x153.png 500w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-6-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-6-768x235.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADJUSTING THE FRONT\nPIECE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The front piece is a bit trickier than the back because of\nthe bust dart. You will have to close the dart before making any changes to the\nside seam in order not to make the dart legs uneven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After closing the bust dart and draw the horizontal lines (the\nline is a bit curved at the bust, but it can be done easily), the side seam\nwill look like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-7.png 999w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-7-200x59.png 200w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-7-500x149.png 500w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-7-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-7-768x228.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can do the rest just like how you adjust the back piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"997\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-8.png 997w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-8-200x68.png 200w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-8-500x171.png 500w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-8-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-8-768x263.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then open the bust dart. Redraw the bust dart legs and\ncenter. Now you get the newly adjusted front piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-9.png 999w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-9-200x65.png 200w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-9-500x164.png 500w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-9-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-adjust-pattern-to-your-own-size-\u2013-Picture-9-768x251.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Voila! You have done a great work adjusting the pattern to\nfit your own measurements. This method can be done with many types of patterns.\nJust compare your measurements with the size table provided by the producer and\ndo some simple calculations, and the pattern will fit you so much better than\nthe ready made ones!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope you enjoy sewing just like I do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tiana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever find a beautiful pattern that you would love to sew? I bet many of us have. And how many people find the available sizes are just not for you? I bet most of us. Patterns are made with standard measurements, and just like how they say \u2018Standard person does not exist\u2019, we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[446],"class_list":["post-6744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorial","tag-tutorial"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/How-to-Adjust-Patterns-to-Your-Measurements.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6744"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9422,"href":"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6744\/revisions\/9422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tianascloset.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}