My pattern design process - how I create PDF patterns, all the steps!
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 16. 07. 2024
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I hope you found this video helpful or interesting. This is the video I was looking for when I started my business. If you would like me to go deeper into any of the topics discussed in this video please leave a comment below :)
Mentioned in the video:
My Idun dress pattern: ploenpatterns.com/collections...
PAD System software (sadly not sponsored): www.padsystem.com/en/
Pattern Workshop online course (affiliate link): patternworkshop.com/ref/josef...
Jaykaiy Patterns: www.etsy.com/shop/jaykaiy/
If you are interested in becoming a pattern tester, send me an email josefine@ploenpatterns.com đ„°
Happy sewing!
/Josefine
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Thank you for sharing. I'm planning to start selling sewing pattern and I never really thought about testing all the sizes which is the most important thing!
@@afrinakaliyath6147 yes itâs such a big part of it! Good luck with your patterns! :)
I did find it very interesting! thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and business experience, I'd like to start my digital pattern business but just didn't have an idea of the social/digital process behind the product. Much appreciated!
Glad you enjoyed it! đ„ł
Hello Josefine, just found your channel. So interesting to hear your design process. Thank you! Angela
Glad you enjoyed it! đŒ /Josefine
I loved your video. A lot of informations to âenjoyâ.
Thanks a lot for sharing and giving a clear idea of the howl process.
Thanks for watching! Iâm glad you found it helpful đ„°
omg, I was looking to make just a s, m, l size of my pattern, but I cant even find my own right fit yet. Sounds like tremendous amount of work just to put one pattern out there. This was very helpful and no one talks about it. Thank you!
Iâm glad it was helpful! Yes I think many pattern designers donât talk about this⊠so I thought I would. Good luck! đ /Josefine
Wow!! So much information. Thank you for sharing. i love your video
Thank you for watching! :)
Josefine, I loved when you said âmy time is better used than gradingâ. That's exactly how I feel about grading! đ€Ł Interesting that you didn't get on with Illustrator. It's the software I used to learn digital patternmaking while back at fashion school, and when I've tried to use other tools, I find that I just became very slow.
I also commend you on creating two size ranges. Creating so many sizes for each pattern is one aspect of selling sewing patterns that puts me off; I know that it is essential to be size inclusive, but I really do struggle with (what I perceive to be) an expectation that if I release a pattern in just a handful of sizes, I will become a pariah for not catering to many sizes, whether larger or smaller. đŹ
Anyhow, fab video! Love that we both this week posted 'what it takes to...' type of videos! đ
Yes I do get on with illustrator for everything else but for drafting and grading there are options to at are so much better and more efficient in my opinion. I find when using a new program the process is very slow but after a while when you have learned, it speeds the workflow up a lot. Yes I think having a large size range is almost a must. And I think itâs great that so many designers choose to do it this way to be more inclusive.
Yeah I also thought it was a neat coincidence that we had the same theme for our videos this week!
wow super
Hi Josefine, thank you for this great video. Which software do you use for sewing instructions?
I use Adobe Illustrator đđŒ
Thank you
Thanks for the video. How do you find your testers?
Thanks for watching! I have found testers in different ways over the years. I post tester calls in my Instagram, Facebook groups and to my newsletter subscribers!
Hello. I'm LetĂcia, from Brazil, a fashion designer and pattern maker and I started recentilly to make and sell digital patterns. Thank you for sharing your process, it was really helpfull. I'm strugling to launch my firts collection, it takes so much time to make video tutorials and I noticed that you dont do it, only photo right? Can you tell how much time it takes to make a simple pattern considering the entire process? And how do you calculate the price of it? I'm strugling with that too, since I only make a one test and one piece for photos. How to spread the cost of making the patterns?
Happy sewing for you too. And thank you again.
Hi, congratulations on starting your business! For my patterns I make instructions with illustrations and I also do video tutorials for all my patterns. For some of them I also do a blog post with photos. I havenât calculated how much time each pattern takes. It really depends. I just pick a price that seems reasonable, considering other patterns on the market and how complicated the design is. For my printed paper patterns I calculate the cost and make sure thereâs enough margin for wholesale and then profit.
Hope that helps!
what program are you using to make the cuts?
Hi, what do you mean âthe cutsâ? đ /Josefine
what kind of program do you use to make patterns in pdf?
I use padsystem for pattern making and then export to Adobe Illustrator to create the layout for at home printing and adding all the necessary info etc! đ
Dear, I have paper patterns of mine, which I want to digitalize. Do you recommend to PAD System to do so or better do the Pattern Workshop online. Will PAD System be integrated in the workshop? Thank you very much, I feel very helpless at the moment, with not being able to digitalize my patterns. Kindly, Tatiana
@@tatianaacademy7007 Hi, pattern workshop only focuses on adobe illustrator which you can use for digitising! I prefer pad system but as a beginner with a small budget adobe illustrator is great. đ even if you use pad system you will still need adobe illustrator if you plan to make sewing patterns (for layout, layers etc). In pattern workshop thereâs even a chapter about how to digitise your paper patterns!
/Josefine
@@PloenPatterns Thank you very much! How much would it cost to learn Pad system? So best is to start with the workshop adobe ill. and then maybe progress with Pad System I understand? Thank you dear! Best, Tatiana
@@tatianaacademy7007 yes thatâs what I did and I would recommend that way. You donât need everything right from the beginning. Pad system costs $45/month I think and itâs quite easy to learn. Especially if you are familiar with adobe programs. I learned without a course or anything. Just their tutorials and a lot of time. Iâve been thinking about creating a training course all about Pad system. Maybe I will have it available by the time you want to learn đ
Good luck! đ
How I create pdf patterns: i create pdf pattern. Lots of blah nothing useful.
What do you want to know specifically? :) I can make an updated version, some things have changed since I made this video. Happy to help! /J
Pattern Making and Grading in Illustrator is the wrong way to go!1 - way to long, not accurate, you do not have Seam Allowance Tools, Do not do!! Invest in an industry Pattern Making Software! otherwise you are wasting too much time!!
Yes I agree, thatâs why I use pad system :)