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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> >> 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 >> [email protected] >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
