GLB pattern help please

[echoesofeden.livejournal.com]

I recently bought some patterns from the Gothic Lolita Bibles, but I am having trouble making heads or tails of them. Can those who have used these patterns please help me out?

This is what the patterns look like. As you can see it is quite different from an American pattern. All the lines overlap, and even though they are color coded, it is still dificult to figure out. There are picture of the garments that can be made in the margins of the pattern, but since all the lines overlap, does this mean I can only make one of these garments?

I am sorry if this has been discussed before. I found little helpful info in the memories section (unless I missed something). So can someone please help me to understand how to use these patterns? If I can, I'd like to make more than one of the garments shown. There are lovely blouse and dress patterns here and I want to make them all, not just one. Thank you!

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[chibisweetloli.livejournal.com]

The pattern pieces are often used for a variety of different items in the mook. If you look at the section with the garment you want to make, it will list the numbers of the patterns pieces you need, so you then find them and trace out your size. They only list the items on the pattern sheet that you don't need to modify to use them. A lot of the garments use the pattern pieces, but will then have a diagram of how you need to modify them to make the actual pattern for the pieces.

I hope that made some sense, if you need clarification, just ask, because I wrote it kind of weird ^_^;.

[echoesofeden.livejournal.com]

Um well I don't see a diagram of how to modify the patterns anywhere. I just see small pictures of the garment is supposed to look like when finished. But then again I only have the sheet shown in the picture I posted and not the entire bible. Perhaps I need other pages in the bible to better understand how to make these?

And what do you mean by "trace out your size"? Do I not cut the pieces out directly from that sheet? Do I trace them onto other paper first? Sorry for asking so many questions!

[chibisweetloli.livejournal.com]

Oh yikes, the mook is really needed I find for making almost anything from it. Without the mook, unless you have pattern making experience, you won't really know exactly how to modify the patterns (they have diagrams and step by step instructions on construction in the mook). The pattern pieces themselves without modifications only make the garments that are in those little pictures in the margin.

Whatever you do, don't cut the sheet! They're overlapped because you're supposed to trace out the pattern pieces on a seperate piece of paper. That's the way that a lot of the Asian and European patterns are. You also need to add seam allowance. The pattern is multisized so you can adjust it to yourself somewhat.
Oh it's actually from a Gosu Rori mook, not a Gothic & Lolita Bible.

[echoesofeden.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Unfortunately I do not have the mook (not bible sorry) that these came with. Hmm...maybe I will have to buy it or use my limited pattern making skills. At least now I know that I need to trace them rather than cut. That makes better sense.

[chibisweetloli.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!
If you have some base sewing skills, it's not very hard to figure out how the basic pattern pieces fit together, but you can only make a few items. The mook is definetly useful, and also includes things like tutorials on accessories which are neat.
It can be a bit confusing to trace them out on a table. If you can find a large window to tape them to or have a light desk (I have a cheap tiny old one about the size of a laptop powered with batteries from this Barbie Fashion Designer thing when I was a kid XD, kind of dorky but it works), it helps with the tracing process because you can see the lines very clearly.

[persoconchii.livejournal.com]

DONT cut anything!!! That sheet in the mook holds all the pattern designs for you to trace out

if you follow each line, you'll see there's 4 lines in each special color
They'll have size letters over them (s/m/l/ll)

all the directions on what to do are in the mook itself. Its the black/white pages. It has steps numbered and even shows how to best lay out pattern on your fabric

[echoesofeden.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Now that I know I have to trace out the patterns that makes more sense. But I don't have the mook the patterns came from. Hmmm, I onder if I could find them online?

[persoconchii.livejournal.com]

sasugabooks.com for one ^_^
They are wonderful to deal with!

[perfect-black.livejournal.com]

If you know what book the patterns are coming from you should look online for scans of it so that you can use them as a guide to understand the pattern..
If you do not know what book the sheets are from just post a list of what patterns are on them and i'm sure someone here will recognize everything.. i say this because the only bible i have is the extra one where every pattern has a small pic of the original item you can ceate next to him. If your patterns doesn't have mini pics of the actual items just try to post a better pic and we'll try to understand what items they're meant for ^^

PS: i know my english is very bad, i really hope everything i wrote makes sense! XD