Free Resizable Dog Dress Pattern
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Instructions:
Step 1: Resizing the Pattern
This part may be a little difficult if your dog in not extra small, but there are some ways around it. The dress pattern was originally designed to fit a puppy with a 9 inch chest. For a dog much larger than this, the skirt pattern piece won't fit on a standard 8 1/2 X 11 inch page. For a dog with a chest larger than 12" , neither piece will fit on a page. You could, however, take the printed pattern to a print shop and ask them to resize it for you, on larger paper.
First, do not print the patterns directly from the web or they will turn out too small. Instead, download the images to your computer and open them up in a graphics or photo editor. You should also be able to resize the patterns to the proper size using that program.
If you print the pattern at full size, 100%, it will fit a dog with a 9 inch chest, Increase the size of each pattern piece by 110% for a 10" chest, increase by 122% for an 11" chest, increase by 133% for a 12" chest...
After cutting piece 2 on the fold, and opening it up, it will look like this. To make sure it will fit, measure the distance from the red X to the red X below and be sure it's 2 1/2 inches larger than your dog's chest.
If you've gotten the pattern sized properly, Click Here To Continue....
If you are having trouble printing the skirt pattern piece because it won't fit on the page, this piece is pretty easy to draw and there is plenty of room for error.
Just be sure that the width from the blue X to the blue X on piece 1(the skirt), is the same width as the blue X to the blue X on piece 2(the bodice). To draw the skirt pattern, trace the line on piece 2 between the Xs.
Next, draw the line between the 2 pink Xs to make the skirt pattern, piece 1. This line should be almost double the distance between the 2 pink Xs on piece 2. Now, just draw in the curved line and you'll have a pattern for the skirt.
When you are ready, Click Here To Continue....
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