Why notches are used on pattern template

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Gita Siboro. Neyser Alayo German. Aharon Ben Ysrayl. Bayu Soetris. Natalia Khaletska. You are free to search Amazon for these or other similar items without using the affiliate links on this page. A pattern notcher cuts a nice, rectangular notch into your patterns, allowing you to match two pattern pieces along the seam line. Notches, for example, help you to set the right sleeve into the right armhole, with the top of the cap properly placed at the shoulder seam.

You can clip tiny "V" notches with your paper scissors, too, but if you make a lot of patterns, this is handy to have. An awl comes in handy for marking points, like the ends of a dart. You'll also use a point, rather than a notch, for marking where a collar, for example, turns a corner.

You can also poke a hole in your pattern with the tip of a sharp pencil, but be careful not to tear your paper too much. The awl makes a cleaner hole in the paper pattern. A tracing wheel doesn't actually mark your pa ttern; it transfers your markings especially straight lines, like the lines of your darts to the wrong side of your fabric.

This one, with relatively long, needle-like prongs, is much more effective than the little plastic wheels you find so often in the fabric store. Tracing paper is used in conjunction with the tracing wheel.

This package has a variety of colors, which will show up nicely on fabrics of dark or light color. When cutting the small indents into the pattern it is important to: Cut only small notches in cardboard, to prevent tearing. Notch the side of a corner that will be sewn first. Notch only one side of a corner, to prevent tearing.

The example below shows how the notches are transferred onto fabric once it has been cutout: The example below shows how the notches should line-up when sewing a straight seam: The use of notches becomes even more important on curved seams. It is important to concentrate on the stitching line of the seam, and square out from the stitching line to make your mark on the seam allowance edge: The example below shows how the notches need to match up in order to sew the curved seam correctly: Look book images from Vogue.

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