# Stitch Authority resource comparison

Generated: 2026-07-29T11:42:13.659Z
Comparison: <https://stitchauthority.com/directory/compare?ids=grading-guide%2Cbrazil-plus-size-patternmaking-guide>

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## 1. Pattern Grading & Size-Run Validation Record

Permanent record: <https://stitchauthority.com/directory/grading-guide>
Source page: <https://stitchauthority.com/guides/pattern-grading-explained>

- Primary job: Find patterns & fit
- Area: Patterns & fit
- For: Apparel brands
- Location or jurisdiction: Global
- Access: Open access
- Format: Stitch Authority
- Source type: Stitch Authority
- Linked page reviewed: 2026-07-27
- Next review due: 2027-07-27

### Best for

Auditing inherited grade rules or controlling a new multi-size pattern release from approved targets through sample evidence

### What the source establishes

The guide cites current ISO body-table, size-designation, and garment-measurement boundaries plus two peer-reviewed studies that tested the relationship between conventional grade rules, anthropometric evidence, and garment fit; it requires product-specific target deltas and validation instead of publishing universal increments.

### Know before using

The record does not create a production grade, supply universal increments or breakpoints, validate a CAD file or fit population, reproduce licensed standards, or replace qualified anthropometric, pattern, technical-design, fit, quality, accessibility, safety, statistical, and user-research review.

## 2. Brazil Plus-Size Patternmaking Guide

Permanent record: <https://stitchauthority.com/directory/brazil-plus-size-patternmaking-guide>
Source page: <https://educapes.capes.gov.br/handle/capes/741103?mode=full>

- Primary job: Find patterns & fit
- Area: Patterns & fit
- For: Both
- Location or jurisdiction: Brazil · Latin America & Caribbean
- Access: Free download
- Format: Reference
- Source type: Government guidance
- Linked page reviewed: 2026-07-16
- Next review due: 2026-10-14

### Best for

Studying one regionally grounded approach to plus-size garment-patternmaking education and the relationship between body data and inclusive classroom practice

### What the source establishes

CAPES's eduCAPES repository identifies this November 2023 digital book as an Instituto Federal de Goiás educational product by Yane Ondina Almeida and Wanderley Azevedo Brito. The Portuguese abstract describes a theoretical and practical guide for inclusive plus-size garment-patternmaking education using regional anthropometric measurements from a ProfEPT master's study. The item exposes a 62.96 MB PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Brazil license.

### Know before using

This is one educational product built from a specific master's study, population, body-type framing, and regional measurement context. It is not a current Brazilian or international sizing standard, universal plus-size block, ready-to-sew pattern, regulated curriculum, fit guarantee, or evidence that the reported measurements represent another population or product. Review the study method, sample, language, license, intended learners, and product-specific fit evidence before reuse.

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