Wearing ease

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Fri, 05/06/2011 - 14:18
janramsay
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  I just finished drafting the back portion of the pants block pattern.  However, I notice that you have not included any wearing ease in the measurements.  Where and how do I add this measurement without distorting this drafted pattern?  

Thank you

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Fri, 05/06/2011 - 15:34
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Nehzat
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Re: Wearing Ease for Pants Block Pattern

Dear Janramsay,

Fist option is to draft the pattern and add the seam allowances as it is instructed in the lesson and sew the pants using muslin to test the fit. You may like this fit the way it is without changing it. 

However if you like your pants a bit larger, make it larger on the muslin along the side seams and try on. Once you find the fit that you like you can add the wearing ease to your own pattern, then add the seam allowances.

Below you can find another way of adding wearing ease:

I suggest that once you finish the pattern, before adding the seam allowances you can add about 2 cm in total at the waistlines where it meets the side seams. This means 5 mm on the actual patterns from the side seams.

And about 4 cm in total at the crotch level lines where they meet the side seams. This means 1 cm away from the existing seam lines since you are working with just half of the front and back patterns.

Connect the new point and then draw a line parallel with the old side seam to the hemline, or merge the line with the old side seam at the hemline. 

Happy sewing,

Nehzat

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