You can use a french curve or one of those bendable rulers also. Monica -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robin Netherton Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 9:54 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Pattern ease
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Lauren Walker wrote: > Does anyone know of a clever tool for measuring the 5/8 all round the > outside? I usually draw it on the cloth with a pencil, but the > measurements get a bit, um, impressionistic on some of the curves. Most of my tape measures are 5/8 inches wide. I lay one edge of the tape measure against the pattern line and run the pencil along the other edge. The tape measure can go around a curve for a little of the way, and I keep shifting it along the edge as I draw. --Robin _______________________________________________ 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
