Re: [h-cost] grid board tutorial
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
Re: [h-cost] grid board tutorial
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
Re: [h-cost] grid board tutorial
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
Re: [h-cost] grid board tutorial
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
