How to print and assemble your PDF patterns?

Order your PDF pattern

Print

Or print the pattern only in your size (layer system)

Assemble

Cut out

Sew

Order

Select from our selection of PDF patterns in the store.

Click on "Add to cart" from the product page. Validate your order and pay. Automatically, the "Thank you for your order" page will be displayed, you will have to wait a few moments to see the "download now" button appear. You will also receive an email with download links for your digital purchases. We invite you to keep this email indefinitely in order to be able to download your files again.

Links can be used 5 times. We strongly recommend that you save your files to your computer to keep them indefinitely!

Our PDF patterns are available in 3 formats:

• A0: This is a large format, not compatible with home printers. You must go to a copier/reprographer to have it printed.

• A3: Large sheets, format suitable for office photocopiers.

• US letter: the standard format for printers in North America.

• A4: the classic sheet size in France. This is the size you should print with your home printer.

• Some are available in video projection format

Print

To print your pattern, click on the printer icon ( ) or via the File > Print menu. In the window that opens, check the following options:

• In the “Pages to print” section: all

• In the “Page Sizing and Management” section: Actual size

These settings allow you to print only the first page. Now check the test square to make sure it measures the indicated size.

Do your prints seem offset? To ensure that printing is done as well as possible, make sure to block the entry of your sheets into the printer so that when vacuuming, the print is ideal.

Print the pattern only in your size

The PDF catalog has evolved: all our patterns now have layers by size.

To print the pattern layer corresponding to your size, you must first download and install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software on your computer.

Open the PDF file you want to print with Adobe Acrobat Reader:

Click on the “Layer” tab symbolized by the following pictogram:

You will then see all the layers proposed in your file. By default, all sizes are already displayed on your pattern

To display only the desired size, uncheck all other sizes by clicking on the pictogram ( )

As an example here, on the PDF pattern for the Hussard pants, you want to obtain size 40. So you unchecked all these sizes: 34, 36, 38, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, in order to keep only the lines for size 40. You get this result:

Make sure to leave the following layers visible:

- The layer named “Pages” which allows you to have the page numbers on each sheet
- The layer named "Texts and PDF" which corresponds to both the texts of the parts, the straight grain indications and the similar parts for all sizes - The layer named "General instructions", which is the text visible on page 1 and which includes in particular the test square

Assemble

It is normal for there to be white "margins" on your print. You must keep them. You must tape your sheets edge to edge. The pattern is assembled from left to right. Some PDF patterns include an assembly plan to guide you. You can extend your tracings by hand if you wish.

Cut out

Check your size using the size chart and cut along the dotted lines of your size. If you want to keep all your sizes, we recommend tracing the pattern.

Sew

And there you have it! All you have to do is transfer your pattern onto your fabric and sew! To get the best results, make a quick toile that will confirm the size and allow you to perfectly adjust the pattern to your body shape.