Patterndrafting in the world of fashion is a highly skilled and highly developed field of endeavor. Every garment that is made must first be drafted and then constructed. It involves the process of design. It starts with an idea, and that idea grows into a visual drawing.
The next step in the process is to drape the design on a form or a person to get the right dimensions. This allows the garment to be broken down into sections that cover different parts of the body. The initial pattern is started with a block. Sometimes, it is also referred to as a slope.
There are special instruments that help the pattern maker create the proper shapes. They include the French curve, the hip curve, and the straight edge. Using these tools the pattern maker can draw in the proper shape for the neckline, armhole, and hips. The paper pattern is now ready to be made after careful sizing is added to the finished product.
In order to do the proper sizing, the pattern has to be graded. This involves precise measurements for each of the different sizes. They are placed on each individual piece to show one size from another. The pattern maker has to have some skill in mathematics. Previously, the process was done manually, and this was very time consuming.
Modern techniques and technology have dramatically changed the way patterns are made. Both, the industry and the home sewer can take advantage of the new procedures. It makes it easier to accomplish a task that required a lot of tedious hand wThork.
There is no more guessing and hoping that the measurements are the correct ones. The system is designed to take everything that is put into the program and produce an accurate result. It will even provide a three dimensional image of the finished garment.
This new technology is called computer aided design, or CAD for short. The CAD is capable of creating designs from beginning to end or modifying existing ones. It will sketch, calculate all of the measurements the users inputs into the computer accurately. The user only has to cut out the finished product and sew the garment.
In the past, customized and garments that fit were only available to those who were either of the aristocracy or extremely wealthy. Around the mid 1800s, a man by the name of Ebenezer Butterick patterns made out of tissue paper.
He was the first one to put different sizes on each pattern piece. This began an new industry that we know today as the pattern industry, and it came along just at the right moment. It was around this time that the home sewer could afford to have their own sewing machine. Because of these two important changes a new era was born.
Patterndrafting has changed the world of high fashion forever. This world that was once close to the average sewer is now at their fingertips. They can also produce incredible designs from their own minds, and with the help of a few tools they too, can create beautiful clothes.
The next step in the process is to drape the design on a form or a person to get the right dimensions. This allows the garment to be broken down into sections that cover different parts of the body. The initial pattern is started with a block. Sometimes, it is also referred to as a slope.
There are special instruments that help the pattern maker create the proper shapes. They include the French curve, the hip curve, and the straight edge. Using these tools the pattern maker can draw in the proper shape for the neckline, armhole, and hips. The paper pattern is now ready to be made after careful sizing is added to the finished product.
In order to do the proper sizing, the pattern has to be graded. This involves precise measurements for each of the different sizes. They are placed on each individual piece to show one size from another. The pattern maker has to have some skill in mathematics. Previously, the process was done manually, and this was very time consuming.
Modern techniques and technology have dramatically changed the way patterns are made. Both, the industry and the home sewer can take advantage of the new procedures. It makes it easier to accomplish a task that required a lot of tedious hand wThork.
There is no more guessing and hoping that the measurements are the correct ones. The system is designed to take everything that is put into the program and produce an accurate result. It will even provide a three dimensional image of the finished garment.
This new technology is called computer aided design, or CAD for short. The CAD is capable of creating designs from beginning to end or modifying existing ones. It will sketch, calculate all of the measurements the users inputs into the computer accurately. The user only has to cut out the finished product and sew the garment.
In the past, customized and garments that fit were only available to those who were either of the aristocracy or extremely wealthy. Around the mid 1800s, a man by the name of Ebenezer Butterick patterns made out of tissue paper.
He was the first one to put different sizes on each pattern piece. This began an new industry that we know today as the pattern industry, and it came along just at the right moment. It was around this time that the home sewer could afford to have their own sewing machine. Because of these two important changes a new era was born.
Patterndrafting has changed the world of high fashion forever. This world that was once close to the average sewer is now at their fingertips. They can also produce incredible designs from their own minds, and with the help of a few tools they too, can create beautiful clothes.
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