BootstrapFashion Custom-Fit PDF Patterns Printing Instructions

Thank you for your order of our custom-fit PDF patterns.

After purchasing your digital pattern, within 30 minutes you will receive an email from bootstrapfashion.com.

It will contain a pattern of your choice, custom-sized to your measurements. Also a technical illustration and construction instructions.

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PRINTING YOUR CUSTOM-FIT PDF PATTERNS: To print your pattern, you will need ADOBE PDF READER. If you do not have this software please download the latest version from http://get.adobe.com/reader/ If you ordered our professional, fully editable DXF version, it can then be imported into most pattern making CAD systems. Before ordering, please make sure that your system can import DXF files.

If you have chosen a Print At Home PDF, your pattern will arrive arranged on mutliple tilled pages (usually 40-60) that should be joined together by tape.

Print At Home PDF

Plotter PDF

p.1/1

p.2/1

p.3/1

p.4/1

p.5/1

p.1/2

p.2/2

p.3/2

p.4/2

p.5/2

p.1/3

p.2/3

p.3/3

p.4/3

p.5/3

p.1/4

p.2/4

p.3/4

p.4/4

p.5/4

p.1/5

p.2/5

p.3/5

p.4/5

p.5/5

10cmx10cm

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PRINTING YOUR CUSTOM-FIT PDF PATTERNS AT HOME: WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS EACH AND EVERY TIME THAT YOU PRINT A PATTERN. THIS WILL ENSURE THAT THE SCALE IS PERFECT. To print your pattern, you will need ADOBE PDF READER. If you do not have this software please download the latest version from http://get.adobe.com/reader/ Please print the Calibration Test Page before printing your patterns. You can find the Calibration Test Page as the last page of your pattern. The Test Page will ensure that you are printing your patterns at the correct scale. Please measure the 10x10cm box. It must measure exactly 10x10cm for the pattern to fit correctly.

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1. Open the Calibration Test Page in Adobe Reader.

2. Click the This will open the Printer Settings Dialogue box:

3. Set PAGE SCALING to None (Print Actual Size) or turn it off. Forgetting to do this will drastically change the scale of your pattern.

4. Turn on AUTO-ROTATE AND CENTER.

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5. Select lPages To Print (enter last page), then Click OK (Print) to start printing.

6 Once your Calibration Test Page has printed, measure the 10cm scale box with a ruler. If the lengths match, you can confidently print your pattern. If the rulers do not match, check your print settings and retry.

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FIXING TOGETHER YOUR PDF PATTERN PRINTOUT Once your patterns have printed, you will need to put them in order as shown below.

To help you: 1. First group each second number. E.g. in group 1, there are: 1/1, 2/1, 3/1, 4/1, etc. In group 2: 1/2, 2/2, 3/2, 4/2, etc.

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2 p. 1/2

p. 1/1

4

3 p. 1/3

p. 1/4

2. Once they have been grouped, piece them together in numerical order from left to right.

p. 1/1

p. 2/1

p. 3/1

p. 4/1

p. 5/1

3. Your printouts will always have a dashed border to perfectly match your pieces. Cut off the right edge at the of each page. Be careful not to cut beyond the dashed mark, otherwise your patterns will not match accurately.

p. 1/1

p. 1/2

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4. Place page 1/1 on top of the page 2/1, overlapping the right side edge. Match corners and secure with a pin or tape. Then use scotch tape to permanently attach the sheets together.

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p. 2/1

p. 3/1

5. Once row 1 has been completed, continue down numerically until you have finished all of your rows 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.

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1 p. 2/1

1 p. 3/1

1 p. 4/1

1 p. 5/1

6. You now have to attach each row together. Cut the top edge row 2 using dashed line as guides.

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7. Once the top edge is removed, place row 2 on top of row 1. Match dashed lines and corners and attach together using scotch tape as before. Continue this process until you have completed your pattern.

1 p. 1/1

2 p. 1/2

1 p. 2/1

2 p. 2/2

1 p. 3/1

1 p. 4/1

2 p. 3/2

2 p. 4/2

8. Once the pattern has been assembled, it is ready to be cut out.

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1 p. 5/1

2 p. 5/2