Patternmaking For A Perfect Fit: Using The Rub-... Apr 2026

The next step was "truing" the pattern. Clara took her French curve and straight rulers to connect the dotted lines left by the tracing wheel, smoothing out the wobbles.

Clara cleared off her large wooden dining table and gathered her tools: The target garment (her beloved denim jacket) A large cork tracing board Dozens of fine straight pins Translucent medical pattern paper A tracing wheel with a serrated edge A mechanical pencil and French curve rulers Patternmaking for a Perfect Fit: Using the Rub-...

When Clara unpinned the jacket and lifted it away, she was greeted by a connect-the-dots version of her perfect-fitting jacket front. ✏️ Perfecting the Draft The next step was "truing" the pattern

Clara laid a large sheet of pattern paper over her corkboard, and then laid the front panel of the jacket over the paper. Smoothing the fabric carefully to ensure the grainline was perfectly straight, she began the "rubbing" process. ✏️ Perfecting the Draft Clara laid a large