How-To: Pattern Grading and Alteration

Make your summer sewing experience even better with the Pattern Grading 101 series from Casey at Elegant Musings!
The first two posts are already live: part one shows you the tools you’ll need to get started and part two covers grading a pattern up (making a pattern larger where more room is needed). Later in the series, after she’s covered the basics, she’ll also share grading tips and techniques for more complicated patterns.
If you’re a skittish sewer who still avoids alteration like the plague, this series is definitely for you!
More:

• How-To: Simple Pattern Grading for Tops @Craftzine.com blog
• Circle Skirt Calculator @Craftzine.com blog
• How-To: Turn Straight Jeans into Skinnies @Craftzine.com blog