How To Make Sewing Patterns From Existing Clothes. Create patterns from existing clothes. Add seam allowance to the pattern by tracing all around your pattern from step 2 about 1/2 from your original lines.
Mark a line where your neckline starts on the front of the shirt. If i am making a dress or skirt and i want it to fit just right, i make one first in muslin. Create patterns from existing clothes.
You will also find instructions to make a gathered night.
The creator behind this idea has used a tank top as her example. In the upcycling challenge contestants had to use men’s jackets and blazers to create a completely new outfit for a woman to wear. With this tutorial you can draft pattern to sew a simple a line nighty as well as yoked nighty; I’ve never been able to complete a garment following a commercial pattern and do not think the process is a great basis for learning to sew custom.