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• 3 inch seam allowance??
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  I'm still not getting the 3" seam allowance. I printed the tile pieced and made my pattern but this seam allowance sounds too big? It this right?

  Posted by Jollyewe on March 23, 2008 at 11:04:15 Pacific Time

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  I had the same question. I don't know why they printed that in the magazine but the gray box on the pattern says to sew 5/8" seam allowances so I used that measurement. I made the skirt this week end and it came out fine.
  
  I combined the beginner and advanced patterns because I liked elements from both.
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  Posted by denika on March 24, 2008 at 08:59:22 Pacific Time

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  Thanks so much for the feedback....I'm off to finish what I started...wish me luck!

  Posted by Jollyewe on March 24, 2008 at 23:24:21 Pacific Time

• Seam allowances
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  In the instructions it says *Sew all seam allowances 3" unless otherwise noted in the sewing instructions or on the pattern.* Does this mean sew 3" in from the pattern edge or do you need to add 3" on all sides of the pattern?
  
  This seems like a gigantic seam allowance to me.

  Posted by denika on March 21, 2008 at 06:12:02 Pacific Time

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  Hi - I made the beginner skirt last night with, I think, great success. I used 5/8" seam allowances for everything except the front pocket.

  Posted by house of jam on March 31, 2008 at 08:08:46 Pacific Time

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  Hi - I made the begnner skirt last night with, I think, great success. I used 5/8" seam allowances for everything except the front pocket.

  Posted by house of jam on March 31, 2008 at 08:08:27 Pacific Time

• look at printer options
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  This might work. I looked at the print options (for my HP printer) when I chose to print the pattern. There was a section called "page handling", and within that is an option called "page scaling", with a drop-down menu.*
  
  The default on this was "reduce to printer margins", but on the drop-down menu there is a choice for "tile large pages", which looks like it will print the pattern over multiple pages. 49, to be exact! I guess they can be taped together after that. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm fairly sure this would allow for it to be printed at the size it should be.
  
  *These terms might be different for different models/printer brands, but I think the basic idea should be the same.

  Posted by curioush on February 09, 2008 at 09:45:28 Pacific Time

• wrapskirtpattern
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  What am I missing? How do I enlarge the pattern from this one page pdf?

  Posted by terri_mac on February 07, 2008 at 07:04:52 Pacific Time

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  Oops -- meant to post this as a reply to your question.
  
  This might work. I looked at the print options (for my HP printer) when I chose to print the pattern. There was a section called "page handling", and within that is an option called "page scaling", with a drop-down menu.*
  
  The default on this was "reduce to printer margins", but on the drop-down menu there is a choice for "tile large pages", which looks like it will print the pattern over multiple pages. 49, to be exact! I guess they can be taped together after that. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm fairly sure this would allow for it to be printed at the size it should be.
  
  *These terms might be different for different models/printer brands, but I think the basic idea should be the same.

  Posted by curioush on February 09, 2008 at 09:46:34 Pacific Time

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  I'm glad some other people have wondered about this too. I was so excited to make this but couldn't figure out how to print the pattern. I think taking it to a Kinkos to print out in full size will be $$$. Adobe says the page is 55 X 68.
  Glad to know I wasn't just missing something obvious!

  Posted by TinaA on February 07, 2008 at 13:13:41 Pacific Time

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  I'm having the same problem and i'm dying to make this skirt!

  Posted by designedbyDiana on February 07, 2008 at 12:27:29 Pacific Time