Núria

[looking for advice - pattern drafting]
I’m working on a coat pattern with a lot of pattern pieces, and I don’t know how to best mark them for later construction (what pieces exist, what is sewn to what).
Right now I’m 1) writing at some seamlines “sewn to [pattern piece]”, and 2) drawing the pieces roughly on a notebook to keep track.
Any tips how to best go about this in a clear way?
Thank you💚

Note: I prefer pencil&paper methods, will unlikely use a computer.

#PatternDrafting #Sewing

Mar 25 at 10:50amWeb
Show threadAsta 📚🧶🪡5d ago
@nuria I've seen seams being numbered before - so corresponding numbers go together. Would that work?
Show threadNúria5d ago
@asta that makes a _lot_ of sense! And i could also write them on my little sketches :0 thank you!!
Show threadAsta 📚🧶🪡5d ago
@nuria I thought it was genius when I first saw it 😁
Show threadRebecca Banner5d ago
@nuria the bought patterns I've used in this situation just have numbers for each pattern piece, then instructions ie, sew piece 1 to piece 2. But you do need to look at the pieces carefully to get the correct edges lined up. You could draw an exploded diagram of the finished article to help.
The other suggestion of numbering seams probably makes more sense!
Show threadMer-fOKxTOwl5d ago
@rebeccabanner @nuria i mostly number my pieces and then add the numbers of the neighboring pieces on the edges.
and if there are pieces that are almost symmetric i sometimes add letters to corners or other easily matchable points.
Show threadNúria4d ago
@glowl ohhh that’s also a nice idea, thank you! I will continue today and try it out :)
Show threadNúria4d ago
@rebeccabanner thank you! I like that idea also, maybe I can have letters to mark the pieces and numbers for the matching seams. And the letters go in my sketch of pattern pieces :0
I love the exploded diagram idea, in theory, but in practice, knowing myself, i think my sketches explode over paper so much lol