a dress takes 2 3/4 metres of material how many metres are needed to make 50 such dresses
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Calculate Fabric yardage for clothes
If you are mathematically challenged like me, you will need to have an idea about what it takes to sew clothes. This post is aimed at guesstimating the fabric yardage for some of the clothes you sew.
If you are buying your sewing patterns to make your clothes you will not have to read this post, unless you forgot to read the pattern instructions before going shopping for fabric. If you are drafting your dressmaking patterns yourself you will need to calculate how much fabric you need to complete the garment.
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How much Fabric do I need ?
How many yards / meters of fabric to make Men’s Jacket ?
How many yards/meters of fabric to make pants
How much fabric is needed for making formal shirts ?
Full sleeved shirts
Half sleeved shirts
How many yards/meters of fabric to make Flared gowns
How many yards / meters of fabric to make tops
How many yards / meters of fabric to make simple straight dresses
How much fabric is needed to make a circle skirt
Scarfs
Easy reading of the measurements
Calculate Fabric yardage for Bed covering & pillows
One very important thing before going about to buy fabric is to get the measurements of the body right. Check out this tutorial to measure the body right (this is a must for dressmaking) and learn how to read the tape measure.
how to read a tape measure
Some general facts about fabric – Fabric is usually measured by yards or meters. One yard is around 3 feet, which is about 90 cms.
One meter equals 1.09 yards or 39.4 inches. The width of the fabric (checkout the different types of fabric available ) is usually 35-36 inch, 44-45 inch, 54 inch and 58-60 inch, 72 inch. Fabric with width around 110 inches are also available but not so commonly found in stores ( atleast where I shop). Pant/trouser materials are available mostly in 58-60 inch width. Dressmaking fabrics are usually 36 inch or 44 inch
10 millimeter = 1 centimeter
100 centimeter = 1 meter
1 inch = 2.54 centi meter
39.3 inch = 1 meter
1 yard = .91 meters.
You can learn more about this and the formulas you can use to convert the metric system of measurement to the imperial system and to convert the imperial system to metric in this post “Dimensions of a yard of fabric“.
Checkout this post on some tips for buying fabric; 20 questions to ask about fabric quality
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