15- Pattern Grading: Sizing up a Commercial Pattern 

Ive been sewing for about 70 years! This is the first time ive seen anyone explain this process so clearly. Thank you so much. Even at age 86, youre never too old to learn!

2 yrs at Fashion Design School. Tons of money paid out and you showed me for free in 30 min. I'm all the way done!!! THANK YOU!!! You change my life.

Wow! A teacher who can make whatever they teach,clear, direct and easy is worth their weight in gold! Thank you. I’ve ALWAYS wanted to learn grading. Terrific job!

I seriously was on the verge of tears because the pattern I bought turned out to be too small for me by two sizes. You've empowered me to make the pattern work for my body instead of trying to make my body work for the pattern. I looked everywhere after realizing the pattern was too small and couldn't find it in my size. It's like Simplicity thinks plus size women don't deserve cute costumes. I can't wait to get to the store tomorrow to pick up the few supplies I need to make this work for me.

This changed my life! I have patterns that I can't fit but now that I am a big girl, I can look cute again. THANK YOU AND I MEAN IT!

This has been one of the most helpful videos I have ever watched. I love sewing my own clothes but as a pluss size women it can be hard to find patterns that are even close to my size. I hope to be able to use this soon!

This video has helped me successfully grade-up an “American Designer” pattern - a great-looking sleeveless dress - and keep the fashion look and integrity of the design. The instructions are clear, and easy to execute. Just what a returning sewer needs. Thanks very much, Sew-To-Fit!

You've got to be kidding me, all these years i thought that pattern grading would be my nemesis forever and then this Angel came along and explained it so well. Thank you from the bottom of my heart👍💖👍💖👍

I hope you are still teaching. You are absolutely marvelous. Thank you

I got excited when you showed the kid's pattern because I'm actually trying to size up a kid's pattern to adult sizes 😭

I loved your video on grading a pattern. You made it very easy to understand for a new sewing person. Thank you so very much. What a difference your instruction makes.😊😊😊

Thank you so much for posting this video! This has helped me understand how to alter my patterns way before wasting my time, money, and fabric! I am so glad I found this!

At 6 minutes I've already learned sooooo much. I have to watch the rest later but THANK YOU! Excellent so far!!!

Omg I would listen to you teach anything. Thank you so much for a clear, easy to follow, and entertaining/ not boring video! 💯💯💯

Thank you, thank you, thank you. You can bet I will be watching all your videos. Thank you.

God bless your heart. I'm a plus women who can't ever find Patterns that fit me. I have over 500 women's and children's patterns. Thanks to your help I'll be able to altar patterns to fit. Can't wait to begin. Have a fantastic day.

You have helped me SO MUCH!!! I have tried for years to enlarge patterns for my plus sized daughter. You gave me THE ANSWERS I've needed .THANK YOU IMMENSELY!!!

This was amazing. Probably one of the easiest explanation I've seen.

I think i love you. SO clear and straight forward. No messing about. Thank you!

I've watched SEVERAL videos on this and this one is by far the best!!!! Thank you!!!!! ❤️👌

I would just like to thank you so much for such a fantastic tutorial, I found you on RU-vid and your so patiently take the time to demonstrate and talk us through this tricky patten grafting. Thank so much again 🇬🇧

Thank you. I'm thrilled to have had this lesson from a professional.

You are the BEST sewing teacher!!!

Your explanation is clear from the perspective of a novice at sewing. I think I could adjust a pattern from this instruction and be confident of the end result. Thank you.

You've made this process SO clear. Bless you. Thanks!

This was such a great video, you're an excellent teacher. I hope to do this soon!

Thank you so much for this video- I bought the wrong size pattern and had to grade up three sizes. I couldn't have done it without you, thanks again. :)

I love you! With Covid and no classes you are heaven sent!

You are such a perfect teacher. Love it.

Omg! You made that look so easy. This is a very very helpful video, great information . 👍🏽

I'm using my husband's email. I just subscribed! This tutorial was excellent!! You are a fantastic teacher. I learned so much from you. Thank you so much. Now I can grade up my old patterns. I'm recently retired and getting back into sewing.

I watched a lot of videos on this and came back to your video because it was the best and easiest to understand. Thank you!

I enjoyed this video! I had a grading class when I went to school and your information corresponds with that class. thank you.

I know this video was made 3 years ago but I'm so happy I found it today! Thank you sooo much for sharing your grading talent. I looked at several grading videos and they were grading down and not up. I need to grade up a sleeve and this video is just what I needed. Thanks again for sharing and I will be following you.

Oh my God. Where have you been all my life? Ihave been grading it wrong. Thanks for a well explained tutorial. It's comlete, yet it is simple enough to understand by all. Thanks for your time. Of course I subscribed. I need all your knowledge. I never had the chance to study. 😊🌹🌹🌹

Thank you! Finally someone explains it so it actually makes sense!!!

Thank you so much for this excellent video! I am a mom dabbling in sewing here and there mostly to make costumes for my kids where patterns and fitting are less of an issue -- but your great videos are inspiring me to keep learning and do more! You made grading seem less daunting. Will go check out your blog and follow you. Thanks again

Thank you so much for this video. I have patterns I thought I could never use because I have gained weight since I bought them. I love this, you explain it so well.

Excellent demo. It was practical and each instruction was useful. NO time wasted in talking confusing maths language about this very practical topic!

Thank you so much for this video!! I looked at several and could not understand the process. This was so CLEAR and easy to understand, the best one I've seen. Thank you!!

Thank you, Andrea, for simplifying what I feared would be a nasty process. I'm grading an old Butterick Caftan pattern for a costume, from XL to 3XL. (Huge to extra-huge 😊). I appreciate your no-nonsense, straightforward teaching style.

Thank you souch for this video. I'm a Burda lover, and I'm a 44 on their sizing chart, which is just one size over their "regular size" patterns. So this video was very helpful, I just finished a moto jacket muslin, and it fits me so well. Have a great day, and thanks for sharing .

Thank you for doing this. I'm getting back into sewing and feeling more hopeful now. God bless you!!!

Thank you so much for this tutorial and to share your knowledge and competences with so much generosity!! Your lesson is very helpful and very well explained!!

Oh my gosh! You are a genius!

Thanks for a great video. I am a plus size lady, working on losing weight, but wanting to look good while I do it, which means I need a good fit at any size! I have subscribed.

Absolutely the best & easiest explanation of grading I’ve watched. Thank you!

Just acquired nearly a hundred vintage patterns. This vid has given me hope that I may actually be able to use them 🙂

So pleased would love to make a mother and daughter outfit however one pattern was not available in the size that I required, now I can make it possible, thank you :)

This is awesome. Would you please consider doing a series for beginning pattern work?. Your explanation here was clear and easy to follow.

Great tutorial! I love how detailed you are. Thank you, so much for posting this!

Thank you for your clear to understand instructions! This was very helpful!

Bless you for these clear instructions. I have a very large little girl (she wears the same shoe size as me and she's seven) who still has her little child (very round) belly but she is also very tall with broad shoulders and nothing from the store seems to fit her right. I cannot put her into stuff designed for much older kids as it is not appropriate for her age and she still wants little girl clothes despite her size. I used to sew a lot but haven't done much in at least fifteen years. I couldn't remember how to adjust sizing.

Great explanation!And to decrease,the same but in opposite direction ?Thank you!

VERY good demonstration and explanation of the " how and why" flat patterns are initially designed and how to alter the pattern to fit exactly as you'd want.

your explanations are SO clear and simple , this video is everything I needed and more !

WOW I've been sewing for years and I just learned alot of pattern enlargement tecniques.Thank You so much. What if the pattern is not Multiple Sizes?I'll be looking for more of your tutorials. Excellent presentation.

lol I did not realize a year ago I left a comment lol lol well one thing is for sure you know I really meant it lol Be Blessed once again. I was looking at these type of videos because I purchased a simplicity pattern and their size verses the correlated inches are not normal. ex. a woman that wears a size 28w is not typically a 44 inch waist. unless all your weight is I suppose below the waist line i.e. hip area and down. So, after spending 20.00 for a pattern I decided to refresh my memory so when I open the pattern if it doesn't fit I am going to change it instead of buying another size. Sorry this was so lengthy, but maybe it will help someone else to know. Again ty for your skill and time. Sonya

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is exactly what I've been looking for! Can't wait to make my dress now.

Thank you so much for your tutorial it was very informative. I actually feel comfortable now changing the pattern.

This is great thank you! I'm using an old pattern that has had the larger sizes trimmed off and I need to grade it up to one of the larger sizes again. One question, I have a piece where the difference between size 7 and 8 is 3/8' and between 8 and 10 is 6/8'. I'm increasing 2 sizes. how much do I need to increase for each size increment?

how do you know how much more fabric or elastic to buy

Amazingly useful! Clear and easy to understand. Thank you!

Thank you so much! You are a wonderful instructor!! I love that you take your time in explaining, great help!

wow. do u teach classes? i want to learn to sew so bad

Dear, you forgot to mention that grading patterns your way is MUCH MUCH easier if you have the luxury of using the metric system. No fiddling around with "maybe 3/16th of an inch" but just millimeters. Simple and easy.

Thank you so much for showing and explaining so clearly. I will now have the confidence to do this myself.

That was amazing!! Thank you so much! I didn't even know what this was called, but I do now! I learned a lot!!! Thanks for putting it out there. I will be getting a french curve ruler right away!

Great tutorial! I refer back to this lesson constantly. Thank you.

That makes so much sense! Thank you for demystifying the process.

I want to say thank you for your videos. I have been having this French ruler hanging up in my sewing room and didn't know how to use it. Until I looked at your video. You also has been a blessing to me. Once again thanks.

This is awesome. I can't wait to try this with some slightly-too-small vintage patterns I have. Thank you!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU! You made it sound sooo simple. Never graded a pattern before. Learning something new..

Oh my gosh! I absolutely love you! You’re the best instructor ever! Thank you so much!

Thank you for this video. Its exactly what I needed and was very easy to understand. I was hesitant about using a pattern I recently bought but now Im confident I can get the size I need from it.

Fantastic easy to learn grading, Brilliantly done....

A easy to understand tutorial, kind of like a lightbulb moment thank you.

THANK YOU!!!! This was PERFECT for a beginner like me to completely understand and follow. I really appreciate it and all the work you put into this.

Thank you So much! I wished I knew this years ago!! Now Time for me to dig out those old patterns and see what kind of Magic I can do. Great Video!

Thank you! I had no idea how to do this and your explanations and demonstrations are fantastic!

Awesome tutorial. So easy to follow. Thank you so much.

I just watched my first of your videos. There will be more. I want thank you for taking me back to what I learned in the beginning, which was a very simple way of increasing a pattern. Thank you.

Thank you Andrea for a simple but information pack tutorial . The content was very easy to understand .

Best explanation on enlarging a pattern that I have ever seen or read about. Thank you

Brilliant! Thank you so much for doing this video. At long last I know how to modify a pattern; something I've wanted to do forever!

I am so glad I found this video. I have a favorite pattern I have "outgrown" but I did not know how to alter it up until now. Your demonstration was easy to follow and so thorough. Thanks!

Thank you for a clear instructive explanation about grading a pattern.

Andrea, thank you for doing these videos. I now think I will be able to grade my patterns properly xxx

This was an AWESOME grading video. You made sense! Thank you!

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I'm just starting to make my own clothes and you have made this so much easier to understand what to do to adjust my patterns!

Thank you for your tutorial! This is exactly what I was looking for! I needed to know how to maje a childs bodice pattern bigger! Here it is! Thank you again!

Wow. What a great video. Can’t thank you enough for such a well explained explanation and demo. 79 years old, but never too old to learn. Thank you for posting.

Thank you so much. I finally found an upgrading video I can completely follow. I can't wait to use what I just learned.

this is the BEST tutorial on grading I've ever seen

Jst what I needed. Bought some smaller vintage patterns. Now I know how to grade up. Thanks.

WoW you are a fantastic teacher. Funny thing is I have had that long clear ruler kicking around my sewing room for years and had no idea what to use it for 😂 It was just this flimsy thing lying around.. I will be using it from now on. I'm one of those folk who buy all the bits over time and forget what I bought them for😂 This is also going to be helpful in adjusting different parts of the garment. Thank you very much.

Omg, your a blessing!! Thanks beautiful lady!!!

Fantastic grading demonstration. Thank you so much.

I have always wanted to learn how to do this! What a great instructor!!!

This is brilliant! Super helpful. Thank you so much for sharing this!