Craft · 6 pages · 12 min
How a pattern is a flat guess at a body
A paper pattern approximates a curved body with flat pieces, seams, and darts.
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From the opening
A garment pattern is a set of flat shapes that try to wrap a curved body in cloth that starts as a flat sheet. It is a guess because a torso does not unfold into simple panels, and the paper can only approximate those curves with outlines, darts, and seams. The opening covers flat panels stand in for curves, darts and seams restore depth, and the block matches one figure.
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Inside
- Flat panels stand in for curves
- Darts and seams restore depth
- The block matches one figure
- Knits forgive a coarser draft
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Flat pattern drafting for garments
- Darts mapping a body onto cloth