Patternmaking For A Perfect Fit: Using The Rub-... Info

It was perfect. The shoulders sat exactly where her natural shoulders ended. The back didn't pull when she crossed her arms. It was the exact, flawless silhouette of her favorite thrifted jacket, now immortalized in a paper pattern she could recreate in any fabric she desired. Clara realized she hadn't just copied a jacket; she had unlocked the secret to a perfect fit.

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 pulled her favorite, most perfectly fitting denim jacket from her closet. It was an old, beat-up piece from a thrift store that hugged her shoulders perfectly and nipped in exactly where it should. She couldn't find a pattern like it anywhere. It was perfect

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. It was the exact, flawless silhouette of her

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 decided it was time to learn the holy grail of custom dressmaking: pattern drafting through the "rub-off" method, also known as creating a trace-off or a cloned pattern. 🧥 The Discovery of the Method