Tag: pattern cutting
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Adobe Illustrator for Pattern Cutting Shortcuts
I do 99% of my pattern cutting on Adobe Illustrator. It’s almost the only reason I’m paying for it. It makes my work quicker, more accurate and easier to fix when I do something wrong. Here are some ways I make it even more efficient. The ones in bold are the ones I use most/like…
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A Simple Denim Waistcoat and a Full Tummy Adjustment
For no particular reason, I wanted to make Graham a waistcoat. So I did. At first I tried the pattern from Metric Pattern Cutting for Menswear, but it’s quite the wrong shape for him. That has darting at the front. Graham needs it at the back, as most men seem to. So I copied his…
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Graham’s Waxed Jacket
Me being me, about a year ago I started designing a jacket for G (my bestie). Me being me, it never happened. This is partly because the drafts in Metric Pattern Cutting for Menswear are so erroneously titled as “easy fitting jacket block” or whatever but don’t really give much idea as to how they…
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How to Measure Yourself (or anyone else) for a Skirt Block
This is a throwback to a post I did a while ago on how to draft a skirt pattern. A reader messaged me and asked for a post on how to properly measure oneself, so I said I would do one. And here it is 🙂 The first thing to do is to tie some…
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Bagging Jacket Linings at the Front Facing
I’m feeling quite pleased with myself today. Not only have I made (albeit with the help of Kathleen’s post and the one at PatternScissorsCloth) samples of bagged jacket linings and facings, but I got an A+ on my last English essay at college. But onto the bagging. I’ve got three different samples: one like Kathleen’s,…
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