Cut On The Flat And Save Fabric!
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- I demonstrate how cutting on the flat rather than on the fold could allow you to make a garment with less fabric than the meterage printed on the envelope!
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Charm Patterns Rita Blouse:
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Tilly and the Buttons Bettine Dress:
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Tilly's blog on making the Bettine in Jersey:
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I'm so happy you're back!!! Definitely, yes to a live stream
Growing up mum always taught me that before you in the fabric measure out the width on the floor (eg 45" ) and then play around with paving your pattern on the "fabtix". You can often find a more economical way of playing out your pattern meaning you can afford to purchase less fabric than the stated amount, or you have enough left over to make a top, shorts or a child's dress from the leftover fabric. I found a wall for one selve edge and a metre rule (or carpenter's folding rule) for the other worked well and the time taken often saved me buying unnecessray fabric or allowed me to buy a more expensive fabric than I would otherwise have bought. Great video, great idea. Pattern layouts on the envelope or in the instructions are often very wasteful.
Thanks Karen and cutting by the wall is genius! Why have I never done that?!
I have a massive fabric stash and coming up a bit short after a spontaneous inspiration happens to me all of the time. Thanks so much for this great tip! I'm certain it will help me work through some of those smaller pieces.
Yes to Iive stream! I loved this video...great reminder to use all the material and not waste as much. Also, the grain can run both ways on a cotton... I have cut flannel sleep shorts perpendicular to the "grain" to lines so to only use .75 yards of leftovers. Works the same. Bias cut is also a great example of cutting a singular piece of fabric. Love the green material and can't wait to see the finished product. 😀
Thanks Amanda!
Livestreams are fun! :) Often I miss them and end up watching afterwards. Still enjoyable. This is a very helpful video. I've done creative fabric folding before, and even though I've known about cutting out on the flat, never tried it. Going to keep this in mind, because often I buy fabric because I love it, not knowing what I will make...then run short when I finally decide! So thank you for this!! Love your channel!
Yes, live stream please. Lovely to have you back.
Yes please to the live stream!
A live stream sounds great- could you answer my fitting problems? A general chat is such a great idea as we can also learn from other people’s queries!,
Scout tee orange Anya basic vest top I reckon possibly both from your panels! Yes to livestream
you've reminded me that if you are working with pattern matching, it is a good idea to work on the flat as well.
Thank you! I’ve got a fabric that I have plenty of but It has a stripe (of sewing machines) but it wasn’t cut evenly so this will help me cut them out right!!
Livestream yes! Saving fabric - a nice demo there of avoiding fabric waste. I have often ended up sewing bits of the scraps together to make enough fabric for a final piece, or slicing off an awkward shape and sewing it back in a designerish way from scraps. With ingenuity it can add to the style. Re your flowery piece - I think I'd match it with some complementary fabric and make a dress.
Yes to a live stream! (U.K.) Love the flowery fabric. Maybe a cami or posh tank top? Thanks for the visual on fabric layout, I hadn’t realised it made such a difference.
Hi Helen!! Excellent vlog.. Yes, yes, yes to live streaming, please.. Excellent demo of fabric usage for pattern cutout..
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Yes yes yes!! To the live stream would absolutely love it
Cowl neck top would look lush in that fabric. I also love the Rita blouse 😁
Hi , Yes to live stream That slinky fabric is crying out 'cowl neck!' if there is enough. I know Rachel from Stitched Up has converted some simple t-shirt necklines to cowl necklines. Maybe it could be a panel in some gym wear. Nice to see you back and what a beautiful blue that wall is!
Thanks Charlotte! Yes we inherited the blue wall when we moved in - it's a great colour but a completely impractical matt finish that shows every mark!
Thank you! Excellent demo, so much more wiggle room in the flat! Live stream? Of course! Cami? Sure! Or, do you have any coordinating fabrics?
Not much coordinating with similar amounts of stretch I don’t think...but cami feels doable!
Yes to a live stream! Thanks for a great video. I wanted to say that I would pay to listen to a podcast if ever you do one, your brilliant wit and bright mind would be just a joy to listen to. All the very best.
Oh that’s so nice of you! Thank you :)
I had heard this before but I never really believed it. I'm now a believer, thanks for this.
So glad your back. ❤
You’re very welcome
I'm very glad you're back and would enjoy a live stream! Great demonstration for saving fabric by cutting on the flat. I also find it helpful with slippery/tricky fabric to ensure cutting pattern pieces more accurately.
Very true!
Live stream yes!
Live stream absolutely yes, Love this vlog
Thanks Julia!
Live stream sounds fun to me
Great tips! Thanks so much for sharing and yes to the live stream
Thanks for sharing. I know I have certainly “wasted” quite a bit of fabric cutting on the fold. From now on, I’ll be more diligent about thinking out of the box.
Your back!!! Live-streams. YES
Great video. I also think that yardage/meterage is overestimated on patterns. Or maybe I'm just very good at getting the most out of my fabric. I hear people say "One yard of knit fabric? What can I even do with that?" and I'm over here making a 3/4 sleeved t-shirt and a pair of underwear. And I'm quite a chubby lady, so. And yeah, provided it doesn't conflict with whatever else I might be doing, I'd pop in to watch a livestream.
Ha ha! Yes I think it varies between companies too - to give Charm Patterns their due they do say yardage assumes a nap so they allow extra which is quite helpful as often you’re left to figure it out on your own!
For the stretch fabric I'm thinking a cami or a pencil skirt. I think you could get a knee length pencil skirt out of it. Especially if you didn't do a big waistband
Good thought! You may well be right!
Yes for live streaming.
Would love a live stream👍🏽
Pattern Tetris master 🥇
Thank you so much for taken the time, with a demonstration on how to do it. 🐶
You’re very welcome! Thanks for taking the time to watch!
A strappy cami or even a tank top (I think over there they are called vests) would look great out of that fabric so you could wear it with shorts, skirts, pants or in the cooler weather pants and a jacket! YES to the live stream!!
Thank you!
Live stream works for me! 😁👍💕
I think your fabric would look good as a cowl neck top,the drape would be lovely.Maybe you were thinking of making a skirt .If you had a similar plain fabric you could make godets in the skirt. Back in the early 70,s most fabric was 36" wide.48"was considered wide and 60" massive. I mainly cut on the flat,otherwise you had large weird shape fabrics left over.I love your sense of humour so yes to a live stream.
Beautiful gold fabric - first thought is a camisole with a purple top/bottome
I’ve done the fold in from both edges before and saved myself a ton of fabric. I loved that first fabric, and immediately imagined a sleeveless top with a cowl neck. You may not have enough fabric, sadly, which was the point of the question 🤪 Whatever you make the colours suit you so well.
Seems like cowl neck is the popular choice! Not sure if I’ll have enough fabric either but I can find out! :)
Thank you for this! I’ve always known you could get more from fabric by cutting this way, but the amount was remarkable!
I know! I was surprised myself!
Sewing bee linguerie week style slip/nightie/cami with lace edge
It’s amazing how much extra you can eek out👌 a live stream would be great.
Welcome back and looking forward to a live stream x
In my experience I can almost always fit all pattern pieces on an average of 50cm less fabric than the the pattern asks for. Pattern makers are very generous with the amount of fabric they recommend.
I think a cowl neck top for that gorgeous piece of fabric. It would use the shine to advantage.
Yes cowl seems to be the thinking for lots of people so I’ll see whether I’ve got enough!
Live stream would be a chuckle love a natter 🤗😃use the fabric for a princessline sleeveless top PERFECT 😊green fabric looks like satin back crepe beautiful💕
Live stream, Yes
Would love a chatty livestream. Loving your style.
Thanks Gill!
excellent demo..ill be doing more cuts this way esp since it seems i hv a lot of pieces just under req. amt...i do not like tossing scraps 😂...oh, and yes to live stream!!!!
Thank you!
I would come and join you on a live stream. I am in the UK but still working full time so it all depends on when really
Thanks Laura! Yes timing is the tricky thing, but any live stream would be available on my channel to watch afterwards if it does happen to be at a time you can't make.
Brilliant❤
My sewing stash is full off small pieces of leftover fabric, around 1/2 to 1 meter by 94cm. Kids costumes came to the rescue.
You could use the panels for the front and back of a sweater perhaps and use a contrasting navy for sleeves, cuffs etc! Might get more wear out of that?!
Wonderful video. Great idea!💜🇦🇺
If you like wearing kind of brocade-y fabrics, I'd make a box pleated knee length skirt in a matching neutral colour and do a vintage style top with the flower stretch fabric, something with an interesting neckline and 3/4 sleeves.
Something that would also look nice paired with jeans and a black blazer.
Oooh swoon worthy!
@@StitchMyStyle Burda has just released both a best of blouses and tops edition and a vintage special edition is coming soon, I think.
So if you like the way they cut, that'd be something to check out.
I look forward to seeing what you come up with!
I seldom actually watch live casts live, but I do catch up. I don’t always have the time to watch long videos.
I am fairly new to garment sewing. I have a question about cutting pattern pieces on the fold. In your second example (using the double fold method) I expected you to adjust the fold on one side to be a deeper fold, the other side would be less. I have done this uneven double fold to be able to fit pattern pieces. Is there a reason one shouldn't do that?
Good question! No you can absolutely do an uneven fold, I tried it and it still didn't fit but didn't mention it so you're right to ask!
What about a Bettine top out of the 2 pieces? 🤔
Great tip about creatively cutting out. I've just made a woven top from 1m remnant; the pattern said I needed 1.3m 😍 I love being economic/frugal in my cutting out. The amount of pattern Jenga before pinning..... 🙈😂🤣😂
Gorgeous silk; you love your greens I remember 💕
I DO love my greens! ;)
Might be a silly question but do you have to take out seam allowance(down the middle only ) when tracing Into a full pattern piece? Will the garment fit the same otherwise? Btw, love that your back. And the cooing in the background is sweet. Take good care.
If the pattern piece was designed to be cut on the fold there shouldn’t be seam allowance down that side (that sits against the fold) so you should be OK!
Hello. I’m new to your channel. I’ve been searching for a tutorial on how to lay your patterns on the flat. However, I was told when you’re cutting on the flat that the fabric should be right side up. Also, Americans tend to flip the paper pattern pieces over instead of tracing them out. Sometimes they have the pattern piece right side up on fabric and sometime they have it wrong side up on the fabric. I’m confused as to when you need to flip pattern pieces. Can you help me with that? Possibly a video on how to cut on the flat, American style. Thanks.
Hello and welcome! I'll try to answer your questions, as with most things there are varying opinions on both! I would cut with the fabric right side up myself, that way if you have a print you can see where it will be positioned on your pieces (assuming you are using a paper with some transparency) and you can avoid any flaws etc. I am going to use the matt side of this fabric as the 'right side' (you could use either, I'm just not a massive satin fan) so was cutting 'right side up' in this instance.
You could absolutely flip the pattern pieces, the only issue I find with doing that is that you can't always be sure things don't slip or move when you 'do the flip' plus it's harder to see what your pattern placement should be to make the most out of the fabric. When you trace them out you can be sure to have the exact mirror image replicated, and you can lay all your pieces out and move them around to your hearts content without having to keep flipping pieces back and forward to see if you have enough room!
On flipping pieces over - you need to do that if you need two copies of a piece that are a mirror of each other - for example for sleeves in a woven garment where you need and left and a right sleeve (usually the piece is not symmetrical as the back armhole is often longer than the front armhole). If you don't flip the piece and do one face down and one face up, you'll end up with two right or two left sleeves and you won't be able to fit one to the bodice. You should be able to see in the pattern layout that comes with the pattern if they have said to cut a piece on folded fabric, then you'll need to flip the pattern piece when you cut flat to replicate the fact that when you cut on folded fabric you are cutting one piece right side up and one piece right side down.
I hope that makes sense - tricky to explain!
Tilly Bibi skirt?
I have a one meter fabric challenge at the moment. And is only wide 108 cm!
If i have any luck making something I'll share so you can see if it will work for you!
Maybe a T-Shirt with Floofy sleeves?
Ahhh foofy :) such a great word
How about making a halter neck top from the stretch fabric you showed first in 2 pieces. With a ruched/cowl neckline.?
Ooh nice idea! Will see if I have enough...
Ooooooooh!!!!!! 😁
make it the front of a t-shirt.
That fabric screams mini skirt to mean, back it with a heavier weight fabric.