How To Enlarge Shorts Pattern

Trace the outline of your folded shorts on craft paper.

How to enlarge shorts pattern. Two inches is about the max you want to increase a pattern before redrawing re-slashing and spreading again. Next swing open the pattern to the measurement determined earlier. For example if you want a 17-in.

You will receive an email from Etsy immediately following your confirmed. Refold the pattern piece on the center line measure the total hem width you want subtract 1 in then divide the number by 4 and mark along the hem from the fold toward the seams. Spread out the two pieces to add roughly the amount of extra length you need at the waist.

So youll spread your bodice 12 to go up one size 12 x 4 2 and then increase again 2 total from the new pattern. I am happy to present this compilation of Free Boys Shorts Patterns. Spread and cut along the center back rise to the amount you need for coverage.

YOU WILL RECEIVE A PDF file of the original vintage pattern. To create a hinge point snip into the seam allowance making it easier to pivot and spread your pattern. Hello there Thank you for visiting On the Cutting Floor today.

Finally retrace the pattern onto new pattern paper. Measure the pattern in the book or reduced on paper and multiply that measurement by as much as needed. Determine the needed size of the pattern.

Not the finished item or the original paper pattern. FREE PATTERN ALERT20 Free Boys Shorts Patterns. Lengthenshorten lines need to be perpendicular to the grainline.