SMART PATTERN MAKING: September 2009

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Full Package Apparel Pattern Making: Benefits of Hiring a Full Package Pattern Design Studio

One of the benefits of hiring a Full package pattern design studio is the ability of creating several jobs in one place. Turn around time for most jobs is faster if done all at one time and pricewise, it will cost less money to manufacture a garment in a design studio house by paying a flat rate for the whole process versus paying regular prize for each individual job you make at different locations not mentioning the inconvenience and hassle of driving to different locations and the long time it takes just to get one job done.
When creating a new design several jobs or steps must be taken before the garments gets finished and be presented to a potential customer.
Some examples of the jobs offered by a pattern design studio are:
• First–prod. Patterns
• Flat sketching
• Line sheet design
• Pattern grading
• Marker Making

These jobs or services can be fully customized to fit any costumer’s designing needs and are offered to apparel companies, Professional business people, Artists, People with new design inventions, young designers trying to launch for the first time a collection and people in general who want to create a small clothing line to sell their designs on an online website store.

Turn around time for most jobs done in a design house are faster than making each individual job separately. A design studio coordinates and organizes all the work flow to be done for the costumer and spends a great deal of time explaining each little detail of the design process to its design team who will be in charge and responsible for the completion of a given project.

Pricewise, making a garment in a design studio will cost a lot less money versus paying five to ten thousand dollars for the making of basic design. This amount of money is often spend by manufacturing companies who have the obligation of paying all the salaries of their design team which can add up to thousands of dollars every week not forgetting the fact that paying regular prize for each individual service will always be more expensive than paying a flat rate for all the work to be done. A well-grounded Design studio with a knowledgeable fashion design head coordinator will be capable of offering the above services, exceed its customer expectations and provide 100 % costumer satisfaction no matter of its size or location.

In addition, hiring a professional full package pattern design studio house has many advantages, one of them is the ability to create many jobs or obtain different services in one location. Turn around time for all jobs to be made are faster if done all at one time and costumers who wish to create a line of their own will over all save thousands of dollars by not having to pay the salaries of a design team whose salaries can add up to thousands every week.

About the Author

Occupation: Designer/ Prod. Pattern Making Consultant. Leading Technical designer, Alejandro Esparza owner of www.smartpatternmaking.com has provided for over 22 years, Apparel full package pattern making Services for many top companies of our time in Los Angeles CA USA

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High End Poor Fitting Garments: Three-Pattern Making Problems Found in High End Garments

When looking for a garment that fits great in a boutique or high end department store many times people don’t always find a garment that fits their body properly. The problem is due to three pattern-making problems: bad Pattern balancing, wrong pattern proportions and incorrect pattern adjustments when fitting a garment on a live model.

First Pattern Making Problem: Balancing. When designing a garment pattern balance plays a major role in the way a garment fits on a person’s body. A not well balance pattern can cause a garment to look poorly fitted or unpleasant to the client’s eye due to the way it hangs on a hanger. A pattern that is off grain line not align properly on the fabric’s grain line can cause a garment to swing toward one side more than the other side.

Second Pattern Making Problem: Wrong pattern proportions. Now days many designs signatures create designs that do not reflect true body measurements or proportions. This problem is best seen when people go shopping and do not find a garment that fits them properly either because the design is too big overall or the bust measurement of a dress is too small and the hip area too big. Making a pattern for a design with not standard specifications available will dramatically affect the fit of a design by making it not wearable due to the patterns proportions wrongly used. Another common problem when making a pattern for a particular costumer or market is the lack of a professional model hired by a company or designer. This can be very problematic issued in pattern making because not having an actual model as a base size and using different models will change the proportions of a pattern for a particular design.

Third Pattern Making Problem: Incorrect pattern alterations. Not knowing correct pattern drafting techniques and proper pattern alterations when fitting a garment on a live model will return poor fitted garments. Experienced pattern makers now days use technology to create patterns but often in times many pattern corrections are not made properly due to the lack of manual pattern manipulation experienced. It is imperative that pattern corrections made to a pattern must be tested for accuracy and fit before releasing a pattern for production.

In Summary, Many High-end department stores do not always have the best-fitted garments in their stores. Costumers have a hard time finding a well-fitted garment and patterns made for a particular design are not been fitted properly. Incorrect pattern balancing, not true proportions and lock of knowledge about how to fix a pattern on a real live model will all contribute to poor fitted garments. Following industry standards and making the proper research about body proportion of a particular population will dramatically improve the way a garment fits on a person’s body. A conscious or well-established company who hires professional experienced pattern makers and fit models will benefit from their investment the most by getting compliments and sales on all the designs they create no matter of its size or the number of years it has been in business.