What to record before cutting your fabric
A cutting plan is easier to revisit when its decisions have names, dates and units. A note such as “washed, looks fine” leaves several questions open: which fabric, which wash, and what changed? Before cutting, make a small record that another sewing session can understand. The aim is useful context, not an impressive collection of numbers. Start with a blank sheet. The Sewlore Sewing Preparation Library includes blank measurement records and project-planning templates in printable and editable formats. Its browser worksheet has 35 labelled fields; you need only the fields relevant to your project. Empty spaces are intentional. They are not missing results or evidence that a test has already happened. The sheets are recording aids, not calibrated rulers; physical printer testing of the preparation pack is still pending. Give the project and the fabric separate identities Choose a project ID that will still make sense next month, such as “shirt-A”. Record the pattern name,...