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Hi, my name is Rebecca and I'm going to talk about how to make your own sewing patterns.
The easiest way to start making your own sewing patterns is to go off of clothes that you
own and that fit you. So for example, a simple A-line skirt like this one, the waist is already
set at your waist, so you measure across the waist and notice that it has a slight curve,
so you could trace around the skirt and you would pretty much end up with a skirt exactly
like this one. Make sure when you make your pattern piece you've traced around it, now
you need to go in and add I like a half an inch seam allowance because it's less complicated
but, you want to go around and add a seam allowance to your pattern. Trousers are the
same way, it's difficult to find a pair of trousers that fit well. So when making a pair
of trousers basically you're going to have four panels, two front and two back that you're
going to be fitting. So you can pretty much lay it out and get the shape of it, by just
laying it out and tracing around it. You can buy pattern paper that is made specifically
for tracing patterns on or you could improvise. Personally I use newspaper because I tend
to have a lot of it lying around.