I decided to draft the fabric cover in tissue paper instead of muslin. It drapes well enough and is easy to tear and mark as needed. For speed you know, considering the child may very well have gone through a growth spurt shortly after completion. Anyway...
21. Make arm and neck templates.
I traced around the form (or you can use your existing templates from the cardboard if you saved them) and add a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Or whatever allowance you prefer. Just make sure you're consistent with your seam allowance throughout the project.
Add dots or dashes around the pattern using a 1/4 inch ruler or compass set to 1/4 inch.
Then connect the dots.
Cut out template and check fit. Misspell pattern pieces in your haste
23. Mark your form with shoulders and a center line (front and back) to help with pattern draft.
Now, if you're really following along and this isn't just for my own future reference, this is typically where all of the (lack of?) skills and reasoning and frustration with traditional patterns brought you. To build in 3 dimension, not 2 dimension. This...this is precisely where my accomplished sewing mother closes her eyes and looks away. Smiles and nods, or maybe shakes her head a bit.
Disclaimer aside, proceed with the fabric cover with whatever methods you prefer, or continue along, by making marks on your form for the shoulders and (front and back) center.
22. Fold tissue paper in half or make a center line, pin it to the front of the form.
23. Pin around the neck. Fold aound the neck to generate a guide/pattern line.
24. Fold over the paper to match the shoulder marks that you made previously.
25. Lose control of camera to husband...
26. Mark sleeve, bottom and side seam. I'm working just one side of the pattern now.
27. Remove and fold in half on your marked center, shoulders should nearly or perfectly match. Cut out one half and trace to the other half to make it one complete pattern piece. You could work on the half or fold but we'll be checking fit, so a full front works better in this instance.
28. Cut it out and check fit. If you can go ahead without making this a two-piece pattern front or an under arm set in, proceed.
29. Moving to the back, set tissue paper on the center like on the front. The back will be a two-piece pattern so folding won't be necessary....
30. Trim away excess on the bottom immediately
31. Fold shoulder to meet front piece or the mark made on the form.
32. Pull over the front pattern piece and mark side seam. Mark sleeve and neck seams as well. Pin and secure.
33. Pinch in to make vertical dart, using pins to hold and mark the sew line.
34. There is also a horizontal dart needed at the waist, pinch, pin and mark as well.
35. remove and mark all pinned darts with a marking pen if you haven't done so already. Remove pins and smooth out patterns.
36. Make note to self.
37. Make another note to add and inch and a half to the bottom of both patterns.
Part 4 (the fabric cover) is all photographed. Just need a breather. Back tomorrow.
...and Part I can be found here.
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