Please email me a photo contact@projectorsewing.com or post on Projectors for Sewing on Facebook. We will see if we can help you. Sometimes these patterns downloaded from Joann’s don’t work nicely.

The pdf has seven columns. The first piece in column 1, row 1 is part of pattern piece 5. The piece in column 2 row 1 is part of pattern piece 2, and so on. I did enter zeros, but I don’t know how to tell stitcher that disparate pieces belong together. This is a pdf pattern download from Jo-Anne’s and is a Butterick pattern.
Sorry I’m needing help here.

You need to find the right number of columns or rows for the pattern. It also sounds like there may be some points of the pattern that you need to add a “0” place holder. For example, if the first row has 7 pages, but the second row only has 6 pages, your numbers would go 1-13,0,14-end. This happens often when some pattern pieces are very long and others are short, so a full row is not needed. If you are on FB your can post a picture of your results in the Projectors for Sewing FB group and we can give you advice on your settings.

No, the pattern layout page is not made for cutting out from and it will be difficult to find an accurate zoom. If you are looking for an easy pattern for projecting, try a PDF pattern that already has a projector file! Here is a list of some free ones. https://projectorsewing.com/free-patterns-with-projector-files/

The download has 50 pages for this Butterick pattern. The first page is the pattern layout. The next 49 pages are sections that don’t seem to be arranged in any particular order. I’m wondering if I could just project the first page, which is already “stitched”.
I think I should probably find a REALLY simple pattern for my first projection, but I’ll need to figure out how to use PDFSTITCHER at some point.

Thank you for your advice. I went back to the beginning, but what I got is not stitched orderly. It’s a crazy quilt. I’m thinking I have to undo the illogical order and create a separate file for each section. This is a Butterick pattern with princess seams. Do I move the pieces around in stitcher, or do I list the order for each section on its own then stitch?

Yes, you would start with page 2. You will stitch all pages together into one whole. Although the entire pattern will not fit on your cutting mat at one time, you can move the pattern around so one pattern piece is on your mat for cutting at a time. Let me know if you have any questions!

Whether it is an A0 sized file or projector file, they are a large format file and projected the same way. If pattern pieces span across 2 pages and are split, then I’d stitch them together. If the pattern pieces are complete, you can just project the plotter sized file as is. You may want to add margins and/or make lines thicker using PDF Stitcher.

If the original file has layers, then the final file will have layers. PDF Stitcher cannot create layers.
What are you trying to accomplish with your file? Is it plotter sized and you want to add margins and thicken lines? If so, you need to make the selections in the PDF Stitcher program. If there are multiple pages to your plotter sized pattern, you will need to make sure they are arranged in the order that you want. Your file cannot be bigger than 200″ x200″ or Adobe will not open it.
It also will never “overwrite” the original file. It creates a copy of the original file with the changes made you selected. The “output” is where the file will be saved when you press the “generate” button.
Also, if you do not see the buttons, make sure you have the latest version of PDF Stitcher downloaded.