{Buy My Cloth Pad Pattern HERE.}
How to make a cloth pad pattern.
A note on pattern paper:
You can use almost any kind of paper to make your pattern out of. I have used newspaper, regular printing paper, and brown paper (old Aldi bags). I am sure cardstock would work well.
Method #1 Using A Disposable Pad
• Trace the shape of your disposable pad onto pattern paper.
• Use a ruler to add 1/2 an inch around the border of the shape you have traced. This is the seam allowance.
• Cut along the outside line of the pattern shape.
• Cut the wings off of your disposable pad that you are using as a template.
• Trace the wingless pad onto a new piece of pattern paper.
• Cut out the wingless pad shape that you have just traced.
• You can now label the wingless pattern piece 'A' and the winged pattern piece 'B'.
Method #2 Using A Quarter Folded Paper
• Fold a piece of paper in half and then into quarters.
• Decided how long you want your pad: divide that number in half. Take that number and mark where it lands on the long, folded, edge of the quarter folded paper.
• Decide how wide you want your pad in the center: divide that number in half. Take that number and mark where it lands on the short, folded, edge of the quarter folded paper.
• Draw a curved line connecting the two points. (As seen in the picture)
• Cut on the line, through all the layers. Leave the cut out piece folded.
• Fold a second piece of paper into quarters.
• Lay the already cut pattern piece onto the new quarter folded paper, carefully lining up the folded corners.
• Trace the shape onto the new paper.
• Add a tab to the traced shape. As shown. This will be the wing.
• Using a ruler draw a line 1/2 inch from the original shape, including the wing. This is the seam allowance.
• Cut out the winged drawing, through all layers.
• You can label the wingless piece 'A' and the winged piece 'B'.
I carry my pattern in several sizes on my Etsy store, if you are interested you can click HERE.
• Decided how long you want your pad: divide that number in half. Take that number and mark where it lands on the long, folded, edge of the quarter folded paper.
• Decide how wide you want your pad in the center: divide that number in half. Take that number and mark where it lands on the short, folded, edge of the quarter folded paper.
• Draw a curved line connecting the two points. (As seen in the picture)
• Cut on the line, through all the layers. Leave the cut out piece folded.
• Fold a second piece of paper into quarters.
• Lay the already cut pattern piece onto the new quarter folded paper, carefully lining up the folded corners.
• Trace the shape onto the new paper.
• Add a tab to the traced shape. As shown. This will be the wing.
• Using a ruler draw a line 1/2 inch from the original shape, including the wing. This is the seam allowance.
• Cut out the winged drawing, through all layers.
• You can label the wingless piece 'A' and the winged piece 'B'.
I carry my pattern in several sizes on my Etsy store, if you are interested you can click HERE.
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