Hi Natalie, I don't have the Tudor Tailor, so I don't know if the drafts are taken from extant garments (at their original size) like Patterns of Fashion, or if they are drafted to a more modern size, a la Jean Hunnisett.
If you are hand-drawing the pattern onto gridded paper, it's easiest to use the grid you are given. I suppose you could draw a grid where the squares are 1-1/4" instead of 1", if that's what works. (I can find paper printed with 1" squares.) These days, though, you could scan the page and enlarge it on your computer, and print out multiple pages that you can tape together. In that case you could have a pattern closer to size, and then fine-tune the fit from there. It sounds like you know pattern grading, so you could pick a measurement (chest, for example) and size the pattern to that, then adjust other parts as needed. The beauty of using the computer is that you can look at everything faster without spending hours drawing on a grid. I would use Photoshop because I have it, but any image program will work where you can open your scan and manipulate the size. You could also use a magnifying copier to increase the size. It will take several rounds of copying, though, and you won't have a version saved on your computer. Hope that helps! -Carol > 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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
