Abstract: A dress pattern adapted from a master pattern that is of variable size and has a bodice section and a skirt section which are separate but adjacent one another. The pattern is based on the concept of graded measurements at the periphery of the pattern. With the exception of the center front section, the pattern is characterized by having a center front section, a front neckline, a shoulder seam, a front armhole, an underarm seam and a bust dart. The skirt section itself is characterized by the addition of graded measurements on each section.

Abstract: The assembly of articles of wearing apparel, particularly from fabric bearing a design, is facilitated by establishing reference markings along at least two adjacent sides of a length of material. Patterns, which include intersecting perpendicular guide lines, are positioned on the length of material employing a positioning plan which establishes a relationship between the guide lines and reference markings commensurate with the desired appearance of the garment being produced.

Abstract: A universal size woman's garment pattern and the method of customizing and shaping the pattern to the individual figure dimensions of a woman is disclosed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a garment pattern and more particularly to the markings thereon. It is a common practice to use pins or tailor tacks to place markings on the material underlying a garment pattern corresponding with specified markings on the pattern such as the matching points of the pattern and to indicate darts, pleats, button hole locations and the like. Pins damage the pattern and are time consuming to make. The improvement herein consists of using small self-adhesive marking members of different configurations to indicate markings on the pattern and to be positioned onto the material through appropriate apertures or openings formed in the pattern. These marking members are readily applied and removed and vary in configuration so that corresponding marking members are readily matched up in assembling the material to form a garment.

Abstract: Patchwork is produced by preparing patch shapes each consisting of a sheet of relatively rigid material such as thin cardboard, adhering said patches to the fabric to be used for the patchwork with a strippable adhesive, cutting out the patches with a seaming edge as needed around the individual patches, sewing the patches together while maintaining the rigid material in contact to protect the fabric against wrinkling and soiling during the operation, and then stripping the rigid material with the adhesive adhering thereto. The method is facilitated by laying out the design on the thin cardboard carrying the strippable adhesive and a protective strippable backing; the design can then be cut into individual patches or the cardboard can be cut without cutting the backing layer, so that the individual cardboard patch patterns can be stripped from the design sheet and adhered directly to the fabric.

Abstract: Trim marks of equilateral triangular shape are used to define a trim line for sheets containing machine-readable indicia. Each trim mark consists of an equilateral triangle with one corner situated along the trim line, an adjacent side extending perpendicular to that trim line, and an opposite side parallel to but spaced from the trim line. The length of the adjacent side corresponds to the acceptable severance tolerance for the trim line, so that if the sheet is cut away from the desired trim line, the visable width of the truncated triangular trim mark will equal the amount of offset. Advantageously, differently spaced pairs of such trim marks are employed on opposite sides of the desired trim line so that the separation distance between the truncated triangles provides a visual indication of the direction and possible skew of severance offset.

Abstract: A dressmaker's pattern kit and method for making a garment of wearing apparel decorated with selected portions of lace and the like decorative material appliqued to the garment before assembly of the garment. The pattern kit includes a pattern sheet imprinted with an image of strip lace or the like decorative material with severance lines clearly marked thereon to guide the seamstress in cutting the lace into individual components. Likewise the pattern components for the garment are imprinted with identified and clearly outlined components of the lace to guide the seamstress in pinning the lace to the garment material preparatory to appliqueing the same in place. Additionally, the kit may include a strip of the uncut lace as well as a set of applique accessories a selected one of which is attachable to a sewing machine in lieu of the usual pressure foot.