Women’s shorts pdf pattern by NOËLNOVA. Meant for woven fabrics.
Use this blueprint to diy the design you have in mind. Simply add your own style choices to it! You can do a lot with this pattern. Pretty much anything from a pair of dungarees to a skort. Experience in pattern making, fabric cutting, tailoring and sewing is required.

This block is a basic sewing pattern with a simple minimalistic design. Ready for sewing and further pattern making. What you see in the image is what you get when you stitch the pattern pieces together. The pattern is meant as a foundation or base template of a specific design that can be re-used in all imaginative ways and transformed into an infinite number of styles. You can keep the design as is or as the starting point to making bespoke patterns of your own garment designs. Having a custom block that fits your body / client / model is a real asset for any designer, seamstress, tailor or home sewing enthusiast. It will save you a lot of time and energy because you’re not starting from scratch with every new project.


WHAT YOU GET SPECIFICALLY
✔️ A digital pattern
✔️ 4 sizes (EUR 32, 34, 36, 38 | US 2, 4, 6, 8)
✔️ Printing instructions
✔️ Instructions to alter & blend sizes
✔️ Fabric suggestions
✔️ Cutting layout
✔️ Estimate of the needed fabric amount
✔️ Home printing PDF: A4 & Letter
✔️ Copy shop printing PDF: A0 & Arch E
✔️ Help & troubleshooting
➖ No seam allowance
➖ No sewing instructions


SIZING
Choose a size based on your measurements, not the size you're used to buying! Check the size chart in one of the listing images to compare your measurements. If you need another size range click the following:
Sizes EUR 40─46 | US 10─16 👉 www.etsy.com/listing/763169722
Sizes EUR 48─54 | US 18─24 👉 www.etsy.com/listing/777057611


ALTERATIONS
Keep note of the purpose and fabric this pattern was designed for. Customize the block to your measurements, and perhaps adjust the pattern for a more petite or tall frame. Use the helplines on the pattern to make needed alterations and add your preferred seam allowance. The pattern comes with instructions to blend sizes and adjust measurements.

Experience or an understanding of making patterns, additional pieces (like lining & facing) & alterations is required. If you are familiar with graphic design software like Adobe Illustrator or CorelDRAW you can open the A0 PDF in that software and alter, blend sizes or redesign the pattern digitally.

Make a toile!
The most important step is to fit the pattern by making a toile (a mock up / test garment/ muslin) ‘before’ you start making any design changes. NOËLNOVA blocks patterns are designed with all kinds of shapes and sizes in mind, but you have to test the fit like any other ready-made garment you buy from a store. Often alterations still need to be made. That’s why it’s essential to test the pattern by making a mock up with similar fabric to the one you intend to use for your actual design. Mark on the toile where adjustments need to be made and apply those changes to your block.

Create your own design
When you have your block customized to your requirements, overlay and trace a new copy (on paper or digitally) to begin transforming the block into your design. Pattern adaptations are done by cutting (‘slashing’ parts for decorative seams, creating fullness, reducing fullness), or by manipulating / repositioning darts. You can also leave the pattern as it is and make a minimalistic style garment. Check the NOËLNOVA youtube channel for cutting and slashing tutorials at 👉 www.etsy.com/listing/fBE36.


PRINTING
What is your home printing paper format?
Print the A4 PDF on A4 paper
Print the Letter PDF on Letter paper

When printing at a copy shop:
Have the A0 PDF printed on A0 paper
Have the Arch E PDF printed on Arch E paper

Further printing instructions are included.