Draw Clothing Patterns
By drawing your own clothing patterns you can recreate your favorite items of clothing or design new pieces to fit your wardrobe. You need very few supplies to draw out some patterns and you can stow away the ones that aren't right for this season and take them out again when the items become trendy again. There several ways you can make your own patterns for clothing, a few of them are outlined here.
Instructions
Using Measurements
1. Measure around your shoulders, chest, waist and to where you want the shirt to end. Measure from your neck line to the end of your shoulders on both sides and comfortably below your armpit to whatever length you want your shirt to be.
For pants or shorts, following a drafting guide on pant making will help guide you to wards the best way in taking your measurements.
2. Write each measurement down and add about one centimeter for seam allowance.
3. Draw out your pattern on newspaper or large sheets of paper. You should have a line for your actual measurements and the one centimeter seam allowance outlining them. Tape them together if you need more than one piece. Use another article of clothing as a guide or create your own unique design.
4. Cut out your patterns just outside of the seam allowance line.
Using an Article of Clothing
5. Find an old item of clothing you'd like to duplicate and wouldn't mind ripping apart.
6. Rip your seams using your seam ripper and mark each section. For instance, once you have removed your left sleeve, mark "LS" or something similar on it.
7. Lay your fabric pieces onto your paper and trace about once centimeter along the outside, making sure to mark the paper the same way you marked your fabric. Continue this until you have each section cut.
8. Cut out your pattern.
