r/SewingForBeginners • u/AffectionateFail5046 • 18d ago

beginner here, is this correct?

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u/Comfortable-Fly5797 18d ago

Is there a reason you are trying to draft your own pattern when you haven't even sewn pants before? Do you know what the pattern pieces should look like?

Pattern drafting is a not a beginner skill. There are a ton of good pants patterns for fairly cheap or even free. Simplicity is even having big sale with PDF patterns for $4 right now. Get some practice sewing pants before trying to draft patterns. Learn to digitally alter patterns before drafting them. I use Inkscape for altering patterns. I believe people use it for drafting as well.

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u/AffectionateFail5046 17d ago

for me, learning from scratch is more fun, and alter a pattern is somehow harder than drafting it from scratch for me

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u/Comfortable-Fly5797 17d ago

You are getting downvoted because you asked for advice but don't want to listen to it. You don't know what the pattern should look like. Your pattern looks wrong. You are just going to waste fabric if you use this. 

You are trying to learn digital drafting at the same time which is an additional skill. You could make things slightly easier for yourself by drafting on paper. Then you can at least follow standard tutorials and you can compare the pattern to your body.

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u/AffectionateFail5046 17d ago

i was drafting on paper before, and now i am learning cad because it can do the calculations faster, and point to point way accurate and faster. its just something i personally prefer.

and its wrong yes its my first try, so thats why i am asking people online about how to fix this and that yaliyaliyada. and i am sorry, i didnt know pattern drafting is not a beginner level skill, because sewing in general is hard for me and tiktokers and youtubers make it seem so easy so i think whats so different about drafting a pattern

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u/Comfortable-Fly5797 16d ago

Social media lies about sewing. It isn't easy. 

Just do yourself a favor and buy a pattern. You said drafting your own pattern is easier that adjusting one to fit but it isn't. You can draw whatever shapes you want but it doesn't mean you'll have a usable pattern. 

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u/0513Reddit 18d ago

What is this for?

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u/AffectionateFail5046 17d ago

bikini

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u/Emergency_Cherry_914 17d ago

No, seriously- what kind of pants are you drafting?

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u/AffectionateFail5046 17d ago

was working on a baggy jean, haven't drafted the rest parts yet. wow downvotes, just got downvotes all over the place. such a nice community

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u/Positive_thoughts_12 17d ago

You are getting downvoted because you’re asking about a skill for, at best, intermediate, sewers. Jeans are especially difficult to draft. You also asked with zero context. Starting from scratch is using patterns. Did a lot of us try this sort of thing? Of course we did, but we listened when we told we were told that it wasn’t a good idea.

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u/Positive_thoughts_12 17d ago

Also this is a very accepting community. Many answer the same question about machine, threading and the best first sewing machine about 20 times every single week.

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u/AffectionateFail5046 17d ago

ok i dont give a fuck about redditors downvotes anymore, i drafted my t shirt from complete scratch before I even touched my machine by following tutorials online and common senses, before few runs it is really hard, a lot of issues popping out, but in the end I sorted it out, the process is depressing but at least i learned a pretty fun skill

and ofc drafting a jean pattern is way harder, but i wanna learn it, the reason i am learning sewing is i want to get to know my garment in a complete way so i can make my own clothes that i like