Coloring in your Desired Creation (2664 Views)

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  Step 1 of 9

  Find an outline of your chosen Pattern. (Usually it's the Profile picture of the particular Pattern on burdastyle.com) Save it to a created folder on your computer (I named mine: Sewing Projects) so you always know where everything is. Always name everything you put into this folder, you'll be dragging a lot of things into that folder so, watch out! (Practical name for the outline: 6022 Burda outline.jpg ; so you know the type of pattern it is and its status)

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  Step 2 of 9

  Now open your outline in an Adobe Photoshop program. Crop the picture down so you only have the necessary showing. (In this case: Dress Front and Belt.) Highlight desired Area with Marquee Tool, go to Image drop down menu and hit Crop Erase all of the other numbers and arrows to avoid distractions.

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  Step 3 of 9

  Now use the Magic Wand Tool, hold down the Shift button and highlight all of the white areas. (Don't forget the tiny Button!) Go to the Select pull down Menu and click Inverse. Now Copy and Paste. Yay, you made your first layer. I added a blue layer in-between Background and the New Layer so you can see what is going on. Save this Stage of your outline. (Save as: 6022 Burda wireframe; for example)

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  Step 4 of 9

  Now we chose our fabrics. Go "site seeing". Drag in as many materials into your newly created Folder called: "Fabrics". (This folder is in the first folder you made) Make a new folder for each site you go to. "Reprodepot" for example. These folders should all be in your Fabrics folder. Then you can come back months later to go shopping inside your own folder. If you bought your fabric already and it HAS a pattern find it online, scan it in or take a picture of it so you have your digital image. If it's a solid color you don't need to worry about this. But if there is opportunity to have two different materials,... go shopping. : )

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  Step 5 of 9

  Now open one to two desired fabrics you found in Photoshop, copy and paste them into your Wireframe image, and size these fabrics down to scale. There will either be a ruler next to the fabric, a dime or the fabric description will say how big the biggest circle is for example. Then just estimate. If you need your fabric to cover a big surface, DON't just resize, you want to copy and paste as many as you need and puzzle them together. To avoid sizing your duplicates down individually, copy and paste the first one you size down. Lay these fabrics underneath the wire layer you created earlier into the desired areas. (Tip: Transform Tool- For Macs= Apple "T" and For PCs= Alt Cntr "T"; hold shift when resizing to lock stretch. This will also give you the freedom of turning them any way you like.)

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  Step 6 of 9

  Erase everything that hangs over the edge of the outline. Click on your Wireframe Layer and start using the Paint Bucket Tool to fill in the left over blank spaces. Play around with different colors and save the ones you like (6022 Fabric Ideas 01.jpg for example)

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  Step 7 of 9

  If you want to fill in your areas with textured color, here is one thing you can do: Click on your Wireframe Layer, use the Magic Wand Tool to select all the desired areas. Then go to the Edit drop down Menu and click Fill... , this will get you some textures. If your chosen texture is any other color then black and white, you can change the color by going to the Image drop down Menu, scroll to Adjustments and click Hue/Saturation. This might be different on PC's but very similar.

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  Step 8 of 9

  This is Burda 6023. I altered it a bit in the picture because those changes are my intentions on the actual pattern. I added a band on the bottom to give it a bit of form. So go ahead and change your outline by clicking on your Wireframe Layer, erasing and redrawing with your Brush Tool. (Use the Star Brush to give it that same blurry look as your wireframe.)

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  Step 9 of 9

  Here is my final Tip: If you use fabrics that are in the same range of Shade (Lighter,Darker), the result is more pleasant. I do not like the 6023 Burda with a white middle and a really dark outside. It looks like this big huge tongue or snake hanging down your front side. You can use any favored combination of hues (~colors) but if the shade of them is way to different, it could look odd. To estimate the Shade of a patterned Fabric, squint at them to make it real blurry.

  Feel free to message me for any questions, or if you need help finding a patterned Fabric to go with another patterned Fabric, or a color to go with your favorite material.