Help with patterns.

[mofette]

I have a pattern book which has a pull-out section. It's Japanese. I made my friend a shirt from the pattern and even though it was a size XL on the sheet, it came out at an 8-10.

It's huge, I think around an A0

Does anyone know how I can get it blown up? Obviously now I've made the shirt I can measure the waist and see by what percentage that needs to go up by to be a 14, but I have no idea how to get something this big copied and printed out.

Any suggestions? :)

Comments

[tintintin.livejournal.com]

Oversized repro from a proper print shop will probably cost loads, as what they would probably need to do is scan the original then print it (possibly in pieces).

Mind you, it's been a good few years since I had any dealings with printers for that sort of thing, so it may all have changed.

[auntiemartha.livejournal.com]

hmmm ... what about using some sort of wrapping paper ... there's lots out therre with grids printed on the back for easy cutting ... and laying out the pattern pieces on the back ... use a ruler to measure out however many inches you need to enlarge it, move over a few inches, do the same ... continue all the way around and then connect the dots?

Or, I have a friend who's a magnificent seamstress, I could try asking her ...

[urbancannibal.livejournal.com]

You could have a ten-foot-long version of this made... :)

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

perhaps you could scan it in chunks, put it back together and project it onto some lining paper.

or divide the whole thing into a4 grids and print on a3 paper on a normal photocopier that has an enlarge % setting. glue back together.

the plan printer option may not be too expensive if you do it in 2 a1 halves and get them blown up by a %. It's years since my engineering days though so I've not kept up with plan printing prices.