Brilliant!! We're really lucky that we have so many professionals on this list to guide us through some of this stuff. I knew there had to be a percentage to use, but I'm just not math-savvy enough to have figured it out.
Thanks, AlbertCat! On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 5:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > In a message dated 12/17/2008 6:31:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Don't know about "official" methods, but when I want to size something up > or > down, I photocopy it in a percent larger mode. > > > ************ > > Of course all proportions don't increase or decrease evenly....but this is > a > good start. Then measurements that are off can be adjusted more easily. > > The rule here is always the same to find how much to blow up or reduce: > Divide the new size into the old size and move the decimal to the right 2 > places. > It's easy....don't be put off by the math. > > Let's say the waist is 20" and the new size waist should be 28". You get > out > your calculator and put in the NEW size 1st: 28". Then hit divide....and > put > in the old size: 20". What comes up is 1.4. Move the decimal over 2 spaces > and you're blowing it up 140%. > > It works the other way too. > > The size of the bust in the pattern is 40". You need it to be 35". Put in > the NEW size 1st: 35". Now divide by the old size: 40". And you get 0.875. > Move > the decimal over 2 spaces and you need to reduce the image 87.5%. > > Just remember NEW size... divide... OLD size....move decimal 2 spaces to > the > right. (Of course if you're going bigger it will always be over 100% and if > you're going smaller it will always be less than 100%. If you're making > something bigger and you get a number less that 100% when you move the > decimal...you're wrong. Did you accidentally put the old size in 1st? NEW > SIZE 1ST!!!!) > **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, > Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-d > p&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025) > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
