Craft and making · CM-02

Sewing Project Planner

A free printable sewing project planner — fabric and notions, body against pattern measurements, the adjustments made, and fitting notes for next time.

First page of the Sewing Project Planner — Record the alterations you made to a pattern, so the next garment from it starts from a fitted version instead of the envelope.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.

Print it and write on it

Fill it in type and save

The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.

What this sheet is for

Record the alterations you made to a pattern, so the next garment from it starts from a fitted version instead of the envelope.

Who it is for

Home sewists, dressmakers and anybody who has made the same fitting adjustment three times without writing it down.

How to use it

  1. Take your measurements today rather than using the ones from last year.
  2. Write the difference between body and pattern before deciding the adjustment.
  3. List the construction order before you start; it is where time is lost.
  4. Record the fitting notes while the garment is on, not afterwards.

What is on the sheet

The layout is fixed at a size that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the A4 and Letter files are visually identical and print at full size on either. Rows are set at a height that an adult can actually write a date and a few words into with a pen — most printable tables are built in a word processor and never tested with one.

Questions

Does the sheet tell me how much ease to add?

No. Ease is designed into the pattern and differs by company, garment and fabric, and a generic figure would fight the pattern you are using. The sheet records what you chose and what the result was.

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