Caveat: if the extant example has a much much shorter waist-to-armpit vertical measurement than yours, you might need to expand the "actual size" image both horizontally (as she does in the video) and a small amount vertically, too. This might save you several ill fitting mockups!
I always prefer to do my vertical measurements on paper or in my first mockup, since I find that things don't always sit the same, but that's definitely an option!
Amazing! I have no idea how to do this computer sorcery. In the eighties, before Macs took my job, I did paste up all day for printing. We had manual versions of these calculators and I sat on the floor with a yardstick doing this manually on freezer paper. With a round plastic calculator, you turned wheels to get the percentages. And we had one book, GET OFF MY LAWN! 😆 There was only one book - the 1930s book of theater costumes that were wrong. This was 1987 when I think Nora Waugh was just publishing? But when I went to Mardi Gras in a beautiful court suit - totally worth it!
You used to be able to save a scan as an image file (still might, check the Save As menu, or Scan As Photo option)... You can also take a photo with a phone camera instead of a scanner. (One option to get the photo from your phone to a computer is to email it to yourself, and as it's already in an image file format, no pdf conversion is needed.) And yes, always support libraries ❤ Great video!
You might! Good point! You definitely can do it by taking a photo, although you really need a tripod to get it perfectly flat so it doesn't warp. A great option for folks who can't find a scanner. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this! I haven't done this digitally. I have used _The Medieval Tailor's Assistant_ and _The Tudor Tailor_ and just redrew the patterns onto 1" graph paper. Luckily, the model sizes aren't so different from mine that I had to do much. It didn't occur to me that it might be easier to do it digitally because my printer is old & trying to scale things using my printer would've been horrible. Doing crazy things in Paint to scale it then print it out is much saner. For those who don't want to deal with the percentage calculator, that's (number you want)/(number you have), then x 100 to get %. Be aware that I am the type of person who uses math daily & installed the free Calc84 app on my phone as soon as I could. 😂 Zamzar is a free online file type converter which also has a strict limit on the number of files you can convert per day. Edit: fixed spelling error
Lol yes, you could definitely do a math equation if your brain allows it! Thanks for sharing that! I'm completely right brained, however, and just looking at it gives me anxiety 🤣🤣
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming Having to do math all the time is an occupational hazard if you teach college astronomy & physics. 🤣 I did make a Tudor kirtle out of constellations fabric, so it makes itself known in other ways.
Much easier than the first time I scaled up a pattern. It didn't have a grid so I drew it one. Then I measured the waist on the pattern and calculated the ratio I needed to increase it by then drew a custom sized grid on wrapping paper and did the old grid copy thing from elementary school square by square. It took about four mockups where I realized how my measurements lie, and the finished product annoys my ribs :P
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming The most frustrating part was realizing how much my measurements lie. And how. My dress waistline is a completely different thing from my skirt or pants waistline, my bust is a lot more squishable than it feels like it should be, my hips allow something 5" smaller than their measurement to slide off without undoing the button... Bodies are just stupid. Clothing is stuid. Everything's stupid. And yet, we persevere!!!
As an aside, GIMP is free for all operating systems and can open pdf images and export to pdf. The pdf file will seldom be too big to open and print elsewhere. I personally like to use inkscape for pattern manipulation, but there is a large learning curve to working with vector graphics. I have also been know to design costumes using Blender 3D, but THAT is a completely different discussion. If you can use Paint, you can use GIMP with little trouble. Sure there are more menus and buttons, but all the basics are there and where you would expect them. I highly recommend GIMP. I mean you can even skip the scanner and use your phone (turning on grid lines helps for flat images). Pop that photo into GIMP and convert to B/W or greyscale.
Thank you, as always!! 🧡🧡 And yeah, I suspected that GIMP was a better option. I just haven't ever sat down and taken the time to figure it out...because I'm always in a hurry 🤣🤣
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming, I figured you had looked into it, but was using Paint for your audience that might be intimidated by it. I was really hoping to encourage them to give it a shot (and maybe some support and love). The ability to drag grid guidelines just by hold click from the rulers is so helpful.
Most scanners will give an option to scan to image rather than PDF, which I would definitely recommend. If you do have PDFs though, you can use PDFSam Visual to convert PDF to image, if it's for personal use then they have a free option. Also if Paint won't save and you do want the file for future reference, you can Print to PDF. This will allow you to save the same file you are printing; in case you want to reprint or take the file somewhere else to print. Just make sure scale set to 100%
Thanks so much for this video. It was very helpful. p.s….. I’m in a similar boat when it comes to math…I can do it fine, but I get scared before I start and have to do it to the nth degree to make sure I know it is ok. I’ve become lazy, since I left college decades ago, so the only math I do is checking my bills, doing sudoku and pattern scaling (only if I have to). So, this video is really , super helpful. I will go to your KoFi page, but I don’t get paid until next week, so please be patient. 😊
I'm glad it was helpful! And thank you, I appreciate you! And yeah, I can do math fine, I just don't enjoy it. At all. 🤣 The ironic thing is that sewing, dyeing, and baking are all math-based hobbies 🤔
I had NO IDEA you could scale *up* in Paint - I had only ever used it to size images down! This is such a revelation!! Thank you for making this video, it will absolutely make me more likely to use gridded patterns!
Most of these gridded pattern books were never intended for sewing. They’re academic books to show a body of research. Why they’re so pain in the rush.
Which is crazy, when you think about it, given that for some eras (*cough*) they are literally the only resource. I'm glad that the V&A ones are so much better--and that they're revamping the POF ones.
Help support this channel by buying me a coffee 🧡☕ ko-fi.com/fantasticalfollies
Caveat: if the extant example has a much much shorter waist-to-armpit vertical measurement than yours, you might need to expand the "actual size" image both horizontally (as she does in the video) and a small amount vertically, too. This might save you several ill fitting mockups!
I always prefer to do my vertical measurements on paper or in my first mockup, since I find that things don't always sit the same, but that's definitely an option!
Amazing! I have no idea how to do this computer sorcery. In the eighties, before Macs took my job, I did paste up all day for printing. We had manual versions of these calculators and I sat on the floor with a yardstick doing
this manually on freezer paper. With a round plastic calculator, you turned wheels to get the percentages. And we had one book, GET OFF MY LAWN! 😆 There was only one book - the 1930s book of theater costumes that were wrong. This was 1987 when I think Nora Waugh was just publishing?
But when I went to Mardi Gras in a beautiful court suit - totally worth it!
Wow!!! That's determination! 😮 👏
You used to be able to save a scan as an image file (still might, check the Save As menu, or Scan As Photo option)... You can also take a photo with a phone camera instead of a scanner. (One option to get the photo from your phone to a computer is to email it to yourself, and as it's already in an image file format, no pdf conversion is needed.)
And yes, always support libraries ❤ Great video!
You might! Good point! You definitely can do it by taking a photo, although you really need a tripod to get it perfectly flat so it doesn't warp. A great option for folks who can't find a scanner.
Thanks for watching!
Thank heavens for a Paint demo, I've been grouchy that everyone's using Adobe when that's $$$.
Yeah, Adobe is exorbitant 😖 I totally get that!
Thank you for this!
I haven't done this digitally. I have used _The Medieval Tailor's Assistant_ and _The Tudor Tailor_ and just redrew the patterns onto 1" graph paper. Luckily, the model sizes aren't so different from mine that I had to do much. It didn't occur to me that it might be easier to do it digitally because my printer is old & trying to scale things using my printer would've been horrible. Doing crazy things in Paint to scale it then print it out is much saner.
For those who don't want to deal with the percentage calculator, that's (number you want)/(number you have), then x 100 to get %. Be aware that I am the type of person who uses math daily & installed the free Calc84 app on my phone as soon as I could. 😂
Zamzar is a free online file type converter which also has a strict limit on the number of files you can convert per day.
Edit: fixed spelling error
Lol yes, you could definitely do a math equation if your brain allows it! Thanks for sharing that! I'm completely right brained, however, and just looking at it gives me anxiety 🤣🤣
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming Having to do math all the time is an occupational hazard if you teach college astronomy & physics. 🤣 I did make a Tudor kirtle out of constellations fabric, so it makes itself known in other ways.
Very interesting video. Thank you. Shoutout to libraries. 💖📓📖📕
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!
Wow, thank you. I think my irrational intimidation just took a critical hit!
WHOOHOO! That's what we love to see! 🤩
Much easier than the first time I scaled up a pattern. It didn't have a grid so I drew it one. Then I measured the waist on the pattern and calculated the ratio I needed to increase it by then drew a custom sized grid on wrapping paper and did the old grid copy thing from elementary school square by square. It took about four mockups where I realized how my measurements lie, and the finished product annoys my ribs :P
That must have been really frustrating!! 😓
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming The most frustrating part was realizing how much my measurements lie. And how. My dress waistline is a completely different thing from my skirt or pants waistline, my bust is a lot more squishable than it feels like it should be, my hips allow something 5" smaller than their measurement to slide off without undoing the button... Bodies are just stupid. Clothing is stuid. Everything's stupid. And yet, we persevere!!!
Comment for alg! This is not something that I do but I still enjoy watching!
I really enjoy your editing style/B-roll.
Thank you for your comment! 🤗 Much appreciated! And I'm glad you enjoy it--I think I'm one of the few costubers who actually has fun/enjoys editing 🤣
I'm helping. I have hit like. I have commented. Now off to ko-fi. I'm helping. More videos for us, pleases and thank yous.
As an aside, GIMP is free for all operating systems and can open pdf images and export to pdf. The pdf file will seldom be too big to open and print elsewhere. I personally like to use inkscape for pattern manipulation, but there is a large learning curve to working with vector graphics. I have also been know to design costumes using Blender 3D, but THAT is a completely different discussion.
If you can use Paint, you can use GIMP with little trouble. Sure there are more menus and buttons, but all the basics are there and where you would expect them. I highly recommend GIMP. I mean you can even skip the scanner and use your phone (turning on grid lines helps for flat images). Pop that photo into GIMP and convert to B/W or greyscale.
Thank you, as always!! 🧡🧡 And yeah, I suspected that GIMP was a better option. I just haven't ever sat down and taken the time to figure it out...because I'm always in a hurry 🤣🤣
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming, I figured you had looked into it, but was using Paint for your audience that might be intimidated by it. I was really hoping to encourage them to give it a shot (and maybe some support and love). The ability to drag grid guidelines just by hold click from the rulers is so helpful.
Most scanners will give an option to scan to image rather than PDF, which I would definitely recommend. If you do have PDFs though, you can use PDFSam Visual to convert PDF to image, if it's for personal use then they have a free option.
Also if Paint won't save and you do want the file for future reference, you can Print to PDF. This will allow you to save the same file you are printing; in case you want to reprint or take the file somewhere else to print. Just make sure scale set to 100%
Very helpful info, as always!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Thanks so much for this video. It was very helpful. p.s….. I’m in a similar boat when it comes to math…I can do it fine, but I get scared before I start and have to do it to the nth degree to make sure I know it is ok. I’ve become lazy, since I left college decades ago, so the only math I do is checking my bills, doing sudoku and pattern scaling (only if I have to). So, this video is really , super helpful. I will go to your KoFi page, but I don’t get paid until next week, so please be patient. 😊
I'm glad it was helpful! And thank you, I appreciate you!
And yeah, I can do math fine, I just don't enjoy it. At all. 🤣 The ironic thing is that sewing, dyeing, and baking are all math-based hobbies 🤔
I had NO IDEA you could scale *up* in Paint - I had only ever used it to size images down! This is such a revelation!! Thank you for making this video, it will absolutely make me more likely to use gridded patterns!
Aw, yay!! So glad it was helpful for you!
YES! Excellent work!
Thank you so much! ☺️
Thank you for doing this! I'm not skilled enough yet to be able to use the advanced books but it will be super helpful when I get there. 🧡💙
You're very welcome!! It definitely takes some time, but you'll get there!
This is sooooo helpful! Thank you so much 🙏❤️❤️
You're very welcome! I'm glad it's helpful!
Hello Love your work! Thank you for sharing :D.
Hello! Thanks for watching! ☺️
Excellent instruction!
Thank you!!
Super clever! ❤❤❤
Thank you! ☺️
I was needing this today.
Glad that I was able to provide! ☺️ Thanks for watching!
Fantastically useful channel!😁
Heehee! Love that! 😆 Thanks for watching!
If you have a Mac, things like resizing, converting pdf to jpg etc., are all available in the Preview app (which is built in to the OS).
Whoohoo! Thanks for sharing that!
You are so clever...and soooo pretty!
That's very kind of you! Thank you! And thanks for watching ☺️
That is really good to know. Though my computer skills are rusty and out dated. No worries I have kids lol!
Lol! 🤣
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Thank you! 🤗
Most of these gridded pattern books were never intended for sewing. They’re academic books to show a body of research. Why they’re so pain in the rush.
Which is crazy, when you think about it, given that for some eras (*cough*) they are literally the only resource. I'm glad that the V&A ones are so much better--and that they're revamping the POF ones.