Good luck! I ended up going to the Tudor Tailor website and ordering the full-size patterns. My brain gets confused by all the math in grading. Cheers, Aylwen
On 20 November 2013 10:40, Lynn Downward <lynndownw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Natalie, > > If I understand what you're asking, I have expanded the pattern to full > size per the book - that makes it into the size 9 or the size of the > original garment in the case of a Janet Arnold book. Form there I graded it > to my size and made several muslins until it fit correctly. I don't know > that my math skills would be able to change it all at once, from a drawing > on a graph to my size in one step. If you think you're experienced enough > to skip that first step, I'd say go for it and save yourself a couple of > hours. I know I can't - just not enough experience and not a proportioned > body enough to do it. > > Good luck and let us know how it goes, > LynnD > > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Natalie <natali...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm not sure I'm conveying my question clearly, so let me try again. > > > > I'm using The Tudor Tailor to design the next round of costuming for my > > husband. All of my previous experience is with modifying/altering > > commercial paper patterns, and I can do this fairly easily, including > > resizing. The Tudor Tailor patterns are printed on a grid within the > book. > > It is my understanding that I need to hand-draw the pattern, life size, > > using a gridded mat. If I need to enlarge or shrink the pattern, may I > do > > so by using the grid directly (increase all lines by 1/2 square, for > > example) and save myself having to draw out the original size first, or > do > > I first have to follow the grid exactly and then increase/decrease using > > the regular rules for pattern grading? A tutorial on using the gridded > mat > > to transfer the pattern from book to life-size would be appreciated. > > > > Natalie > > > > On 11/18/2013 5:03 PM, claudine wrote: > > > >> I googled "enlarging with a grid" and came up with a number of sites > and > >> YouTube vids, aimed at taking a small image (works the same for a > >> photograph or cartoon as it does for a pattern) and enlarging it like > you > >> would with a copy machine. Is that what you're looking for? If you mean > to > >> change dress size (like, from size 10 to size 12 or vice versa) then you > >> need to look up "pattern grading" or "grading patterns" but that > doesn't > >> necessarily require a grid. > >> > >> > >> > >> Claudine > >> > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Natalie <natali...@gmail.com> > >> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> > >> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 1:47 PM > >> Subject: [h-cost] grid board tutorial > >> > >> Could someone point me to an online tutorial on how to use a pattern > >> grid board to: > >> 1. Copy a pattern from a book that is on a grid (like in The Tudor > Tailor) > >> 2. Use that grid to make the pattern a larger/smaller size. > >> > >> I'm used to working with tissue patterns, so this is new territory for > >> me. Thanks in advance! > >> > >> Natalie > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> h-costume mailing list > >> h-costume@mail.indra.com > >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > >> _______________________________________________ > >> h-costume mailing list > >> h-costume@mail.indra.com > >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- *Aylwen Gardiner-Garden* *Jane Austen Festival Australia <http://www.janeaustenfestival.com.au> * *Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy <http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/>* *John Gardiner-Garden's Historic Dance book series <http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/earthlydelights>* _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
