Burda Style For people who sew

You've just finished resizing your pattern piece. That was easy, wasn't it? Repeat this process for every piece in the pattern and that's it- you're ready to make it in your size! Keep in mind, unless your pattern has different lengths for different sizes (which many patterns don't), this method will not help you alter the pattern size for a taller or shorter wearer. See the how-to "Burda Pattern Alteration for Petites" for information on how to lengthen and shorten a pattern. Good luck to my fellow non-standard-size seamstresses!

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  Jun 12, 2011, 10.19 PMby Feenblut

  What if I only have a pattern for one size?
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  Jun 6, 2011, 10.10 AMby Karen Crusoe

  This is the perfect method for adjusting multi-sized patterns!
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  Apr 13, 2011, 04.05 PMby janene

  Brilliant. Thank you for this. All of a sudden I have a lot more patterns to use now!
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  Jun 4, 2010, 11.27 PMby 9crafty11

  Thanks for this tip, I’m going to try to apply it to childrens wear..hope it works!
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  Jan 30, 2010, 03.48 PMby fiddlyfingerwork

  I’ve just read through your instructions and added them to my toolkit, you make pattern adjusting sound simple and do-able, I’m going to have a go on a skirt pattern – thankyou :)