Sewing Patterns: Pattern Draft

janey-moon

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About this app

Draft sewing patterns from your own measurements and print them at true size on your home printer. Pattern Draft turns a set of body measurements into basic blocks with seam allowances, grain lines and notches, ready to trace, test and adapt.

▶ 12 PATTERNS TO DRAFT
• Skirts: straight skirt with darts, A-line skirt, circle skirt (full, half or quarter) and elastic-waist skirt.
• Tops: bodice block with waist darts, a set-in sleeve whose cap is matched to the bodice armhole, and a simple T-shirt for knit fabric with a neckband.
• Trousers: trouser block with crease line, darts and knee line, and elastic-waist shorts.
• Simple projects: tote bag with boxed corners, bib apron with ties, envelope pillow cover with no zipper.
• Six of them can also be drafted for children: both elastic-waist items, the circle skirt, the tote, the apron and the pillow cover.

▶ MEASURE ONCE
• Add a profile for each person, with up to 17 measurements.
• Tap ? next to a measurement to see where to measure on a figure.
• Centimetres or inches. Type 84.5, 84,5 or 33 1/2.
• Each pattern asks only for the measurements it uses.
• Your numbers are kept exactly as you typed them. An unusual value gets a note; if a pattern can't be drafted, it tells you which measurement to check and lets you fix it right there.

▶ ON THE PATTERN PAGE
• Ease presets: Fitted, Regular or Relaxed, and every ease can be adjusted.
• Seam allowance (0–3 cm) and hem allowance (0–8 cm) are added as a separate cutting line. Edges on the fold get none.
• See cutting line, seam line, grain arrows, notches and darts, zoom in, and lay the page grid over the pattern.
• A list of the finished measurements of the draft, a flat sketch of the garment and sewing steps.
• "How it's drafted" shows the formulas the app uses for that pattern.

▶ PRINT AT TRUE SIZE
• Make a PDF on A4, Letter or A0 paper, then save, share or print it.
• Pages are labelled A1, A2 … and overlap by 1 cm, and you see how many pages it takes before you print.
• Page A1 carries a 10 cm square and a 4 in square, so you can check the scale before you cut.

▶ HOW MUCH FABRIC
• An estimate for 110, 140 or 150 cm wide fabric, or any width you enter, in metres or yards.
• Pieces wider than your fabric are pointed out.

▶ YOUR PROJECTS
• Save a pattern with its settings and a copy of the measurements, so it opens the same way later.
• Add the fabric, notes and up to 6 photos to each project.
• Export a backup file and import it again. The app also keeps the last 3 daily copies of your data.

▶ GOOD TO KNOW
• These are basic blocks: starting points for your own garments. The fit depends on careful measuring, so sew a test version first.
• Bodice, sleeve, T-shirt, trousers and the straight and A-line skirts are drafted for adults.
• Your printer must print at 100 % (turn off Fit to page). Measure the squares on page A1 before cutting.
• The fabric amount is an estimate from the size of each piece; a real cutting layout can need less.
• One seam allowance applies to the whole pattern.
• Backup files carry your profiles and projects, not the photos.
• Your measurement profiles and patterns are saved on your device. No account, no sign-in. The camera is used only when you tap Take photo.
• Ads appear on the lists, never on the pattern and print screen.

What’s new

Twelve basic blocks, from circle skirt to bodice block and tote bag, drafted from the body measurements you save in Measure. Set ease and seam allowance, print at 1:1 on tiled A4, Letter or A0 pages, and get a fabric estimate. Save each draft to Projects with notes and photos.