[Edit: How do people know what 2D shapes go together to make certain 3D shapes when *making patterns.]
I know if someone wanted to sew a cube, they would cut 6 squares and sew them together. If they wanted to sew a pyramid, they would cut 1 square and 4 triangles.
But what about weird shapes like with stuffed animals? If someone had never seen a sewing pattern for a teddy bear in their entire life, how would they know what shapes to cut and sew to make the teddy bear?
(It seems simple in concept, but it’s hard to imagine how certain shapes would come together to create something like a humanoid doll.)
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It’s kinda like putting together a puzzle! Imagine you have a bunch of flat shapes, like squares, triangles, or circles, and you know that when you fold them or put them together in a certain way, they can turn into something that’s 3D, like a box or a ball. When people sew, they look at the flat pieces of fabric and know how they’ll bend and join to make that 3D shape because they’ve practiced or seen it before, just like how you might know which puzzle pieces fit together to make a picture.
So when sewing, they imagine how the flat fabric will turn into a stuffed toy or piece of clothing, kinda like imagining how puzzle pieces fit together to make a whole shape!
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