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Pattern Resizing
This is some information I wrote for the Fashion Doll Swap Group
| We had a talk about patterns and resizing at the club and it
was very interesting. Our topic of discussion was taking patterns for
the larger fashions dolls and reducing them for 1/6th scale dolls. The
reduction percentage is approximately 75%. That's bringing a 16" doll pattern
down to 12". Of course some tweaking may be required.
So, you ask how they came up with this percentage? Divide the height you want by the height you have. 12 / 16 = .75. You can use the exact heights 11.5/15.5 respectively, but I'd much rather it be too large then too small.
At a convention, I recall a conversation with Doug James who created Daisy and Willow and more recently the CED dolls. He is so nice. I asked him what can be done to get our store bought patterns to fit better. He said to use our scanner/copier to reduce or enlarge them a bit.
That is a great idea. I use the same formula above. Measure the part of the doll that it doesn't fit and use the formula to reduce/enlarge the pattern. Let's say I have a pattern for Ken and I want to use it for the Power Team guys. For the sake of this example, say PT guys chest is 4-1/2 and Ken's is 4. I want a 4-1/2 inch chest fit and the pattern is a 4 inch chest fit. 4.5 / 4 = 1.125 Increase the pattern 112.5% or rounded 113%.
Another example. I have a pattern for Barbie. Say her shoulders are 3" wide and the pattern is 3-1/4" wide not including the seam allowance. Seems the shoulder width is always the part that doesn't fit. Formula: what I want it to be (3") divided by what the pattern is (3-1/4"). 3 / 3.25 = .92. Decrease the pattern 92% You may only need to decrease the width, so only change the width using your software. Most software allow you to change only one by not using the aspect ratio option or something similar.
For those who don't know the conversion:
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