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Pattern Making

Cut out a garment and sew it up. It fits perfectly, yet it was never altered, adjusted, or tried on until the last stitch was sewn. Sound like an impossible dream? Not at all! You've just witnessed a garment made using the Oriental Method of pattern making.

Pattern making is a course taken very seriously by Oriental people. For those who want to sew for their families, there is no other way, because patterns that we can buy at any fabric store are not available there. Actually, it is to their benefit that patterns are not available, because we all know that it is the rare person who does not have to alter commercial patterns before they can even start to cut the garment and sew. Even then, there's a great possibility that the "altered" pattern will not fit "right".

The advantage of pattern making is that you are using YOUR measurements for the patterns and not an "average" set of measurements used by the pattern companies. Whatever figure problems you may have -- high hip, sway back, rounded shoulders, etc., are taken into account when the measurements are taken, when you make your own patterns. It makes no difference whether you're tall or short, very thin or heavy set, or if you are large busted in comparison to the rest of your body, or have larger than average hips and legs -- pattern making will solve your problems.

There are two ways to get the perfect fit that you've only dreamed about before. You can follow the simple step-by-step instructions in Sarah Doyle's series of pattern making books, and learn to make patterns for yourself and others. Pattern making is not hard - after following the easy instructions on how to take your measurements, you'll be using the easy step by step instructions to create a basic pattern, then go on to make any style you choose.

The second method of getting perfectly fitting patterns is to send us your measurements and we'll make the basic pattern for you. Personalized Patterns of America has been making personalized patterns for customers for 15 years. You can use our basic patterns to make your garments, or make changes to the basic patterns for any variation or style you want by following the steps and ideas in the pattern making books.

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