If you prefer to build or edit ready-made patterns on your own, you probably noticed that sometimes it is difficult to draw a line of armholes, sleeves of a sleeve, neck or curly details by hand without subsequent corrections on paper or fabric. Two factors help to avoid corrections - experience and a convenient pattern. And if experience is gained over time, then a convenient tailor's line will be a valuable acquisition just for the beginner.
What is a universal pattern?
For the correct construction of the pattern, various tools are used, including curved rulers that help to build neat curved lines - sleeve sleeves, armholes, necks, curly details and tucks. You can purchase a complete set - a line for each node. And you can limit yourself to one purchase.
The tailor's multifunctional pattern for cutting is a plastic ruler with one right angle and several curved sides and cutouts. We can say that this is a square with a curve of hypotenuse. Additionally, holes are provided for convenient marking of loops, buttons and notches for combining details of the cut. As well as round-shaped holes for easy curve extraction.
Transparent plastic allows you to see the lines on paper and quickly adjust the drawing. The density of the material is such that you can use a roller or clerical knife to cut parts, restricting the pattern to its movement according to the drawing.
How to use a universal tool?
Suppose you have already purchased a tailor pattern multifunctional for cutting. How to use all the functions provided for in it correctly is one of the main questions, since the acquisition is not cheap, and I do not want it to gather dust at a time when you are trying to draw the lines of certain nodes by hand, and then edit the finished layout cut.
Pay attention to the internal holes, they have more rounded sides and are convenient when constructing the seam of the seat of the trousers, the rounded sleeves of children's products, the armholes and the output of curly details.
When rounding the waist tuck, changing patterns for flared trousers, as well as smoothly outputting the bottom line, the “hypotenuse” of the ruler is useful. Smooth bending will help to avoid unnecessarily sharp protrusions of fabric on the product.
Thus, you can apply the tailor's multifunctional pattern for cutting fabrics and designing smooth lines on a paper drawing.
Interesting additions
It also happens that the drawing is built correctly, the pattern corresponds to the planned product, however, during the assembly, the initially chalky lines are erased. Especially often this happens with individual tailoring, when it is necessary to conduct a preliminary fitting.
It is not enough to outline the location of decorative details and buttons on the pattern, it is necessary to correctly transfer them to the fabric. And the tailor's multifunctional pattern can also help in this. For fabric cutting, if you haven’t used it, then for basting loops, correcting the location of decorative elements, this tool is literally indispensable. Such a line will help to reduce the marking time and make the notches perfectly smooth. This will help to avoid marriage on the finished product and reduce the likelihood of stretching parts made from "moving" fabrics.
No less useful will be the tailor's multifunctional pattern for cutting the details of the shelf in the case when the chest tuck is transferred to the armhole. In this case, an incorrect bend line can lead to excessive tension at the center of the chest. Manually smoothing the edges of the part in this section is almost impossible, and the bends provided in the tailor's line will be an invaluable find.
Summarizing
Note that the correct use of universal tools not only significantly reduces the time to create a finished product, but also helps to increase your skill level.