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A little space for the seam.

Explore the geometry of a flat rectangle or a simple folded card. Then take the blank dimensions to your sheet layout.

The little pattern lab

Make room for the making.

Watch the cut edge move around a seam line, or unfold a card into its two panels.

Your small study

Enter the rectangle between the four stitched lines. Add an allowance only if your pattern excludes it.

Cut edge and seam-line diagramA 220 by 170 millimeter cut rectangle surrounds a 200 by 150 millimeter area between seam lines, with 10 millimeters on every edge.
Cut edgeSeam line
Cut rectangle220 × 170 mm

200 × 150 mm between seam lines, with 10 mm added on every edge.

Proportions are to scale within the diagram. The screen is not a physical-size template. Geometry only: no hems, closures, thickness, fit or machine margins are included.

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