1:01 The Dress Design 2:02 Creating the file, adding blocks 2:44 Create a new layer 3:28 Line Segment as a guideline (creating new neckline) 5:38 Rotating the dart 7:54 How to create the dart bulk 13:06 Shorten sleeve 14:38 Sectioning sleeve for slash and spread 17:10 Spreading the sleeve 18:09 Creating Peter Pan Collar 20:38 Smooth a point to create a better curve 20:59 Reflecting two ways 23:20 Trace sleeve using the pen tool 24:03 Walking a pattern using the rotate tool 27:22 Rectangle tool to create cuff and skirt 28:12 Create Free shape (pocket bag) with rectangle and ellipse tools 30:42 Add seam allowance using offset path 32:04 How to print on your home printer (US letter or A4 compatible)
I got my degree in fashion design in Toronto almost 2 years ago and you have explained things so much better than most profs I’ve had. So I just wanted to say thank you for all you have been doing. I really appreciate it!
Wow! Thank you so much I appreciate you saying that! I did fashion school in Toronto too, at Ryerson quite a few years ago! I loved it! All the best in your fashion design journey!
Thank you for showing this! I usually make paper patterns so seeing this is quite amazing. This looks like it saves so much time. Would love to see a video on how you grade your patterns in Illustrator!
I wanted to complement you on such an informative, well-constructed video. I have been sewing and working on Adobe Illustrator for many decades (and I mean many) and I have learned a lot from you. You are officially my favorite TH-cam sewing instructor. Thanks for creating this video.🎅
After fiddling with print template creation (and wasting paper) your template works like a charm! Thank you for your detailed explanations and sharing your craft. It is a joy to watch!
I don't know why I didn't think of drafting in illustrator before! This was a really good refresher on the tools to use for certain procedures. I was surprised to see how easy adding the seam allowance was LOL. Great video!!
Your video and presentation style are awesome! I'm 3 months away from graduating from a 2 year online fashion diploma, and they expect us to have more skills than they actually teach us! They also stopped teaching digital patternmaking, so I've had to learn on my own b/c I find sitting at a computer easier than hunching over a large piece of drafting paper to work with pens & rulers. The bonus is the drastically reduced paper waste! I only wish I'd discovered you sooner! 😄
I've been making patterns using AI too and you taught me some great tips to help further my progress!!! Thanks so much. I usually keep the individual sloper on a locked layer below the new style, as a point of reference in case I have to make adjustments so I can always refer back to the original. It makes sure my sizes and proportions are consistent.
I loved this!! Thank you so much for taking your time out. This really simplified so much. I have watched other videos and it was so overwhelming. Great job!!
I enjoyed watching how you create the pattern. I'll be honest I'm still learning about drafting so seeing it in this way is very cool and interesting to see it like this
Firstly, thank you for the wonderful tutorial. I learned a lot of great Illustrator tips and commands from this video. Secondly, I noticed a pattern drafting issue that I see quite often in indie patterns that where likely created in illustrator. The angle of the bust dart legs is changed when moving the dart apex away from the buts apex. This, it changes the angle of the dart leg as it intersects with the side seam and causes the side seam to dip inward at the dart and the tip of the dart intake to extend beyond the side seam when it is folded out and sewn. This is something that gets corrected when drafting in paper during the truing process (fold out the dart intake to check the shape of the side seams). I would recommend printing that front bodice piece to fold out the dart and check the flow of the side seam to determine how to tweak the dart legs and/or side seam to true the pattern.
Thank you! This can easily be done with Illustrator as well. I may not have done it in this video I'd have to re watch to remember but I know how to create perfectly flush dart bulk in illustrator :) This is something I can pay more attention to with grading though, so thanks for the tip!
i just finished my fashion program in toronto this week!! and they never taught us anything nearly this useful in our illustrator course (and luckily i had previous experience with the program) i can’t wait to start drafting 🥰
Oh! This is so informative. I am a fashion designer and I used lectra modaris software to create patterns. But since now I am resigned I dont have accesss to the software and it's super expensive for a freelancer like me. Also it needs few other software and expensive printers to create a final marker. So I wanted learn a cheaper method to create digital patterns. You explain the process very good. Thank you for such a great video
@@LydiaNaomi Hello can you please tell me how to save this document also? what is the best format to save this? i saw in your how to print video you select the size you only needed. how to save like that?
Thank you so much! You deserve sooo many more views. The link was a bit funny on my phone (couldn't open the actual files, only folders, that only had a couple letters visible so didnt know what I was clicking at), but it might just be that I need a computer
Thank you Mathi ! I appreciate your kind words. The file is a zip file so it takes a few clicks before they open. There are 6 files PDF and AI. I’ll double check it but let me know if you run into trouble :)
Thank you so much! You deserve sooo many more views. The link was a bit funny on my phone (couldn't open the actual files, only folders, that only had a couple letters visible so didnt know what I was clicking at), i even checked opening from my laptop but its not opening
You give me more inspiration and motivation to use ilustrater than my mediadesign class ever gave me. ( I mean we were supposed to learn how adobestuff works but the only thing that I can kinda use now is Photoshop) 😂
This is so helpful! Figuring out how to add tiled pages to a PDF *with* trim marks etc has been a royal headache.... and per usual, I've been over thinking it. 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you-and the template is fantastically helpful!
@@LydiaNaomi 🤣 Ok.... so somehow I can't find the incredible template you made (I recently lost a hard drive 😭), is it still available somewhere? I can't remember where/how I initially downloaded it.....
Thank you sooo much for this! Ive wanted to learn digital pattern making for so long but it seemed complicated, so thank you for simplifying it! Would you do one on how to blocks on illustrator?
Hi Zahaa, so glad you enjoyed! I may do more illustrator tutorials in the future. I will keep the block idea in mind. Its really the same idea as this though as I used pretty much every technique I would use to create a block from scratch.
Hi Lydia please make a video on how we can make a basic bodice block would love to see it i would even pay money for a course i loved your video and will practice everything ! Merci ❤
This was extremely helpful! I am working on learning how to digitize my patterns, and this video taught me a lot. I would love to know more about how you create multiple sizes/grade your patterns. Do you start with blocks for all different sizes or do you use the pathfinder tool to grade? Thanks for sharing so much and being so open :D
I’m so glad it was helpful Natalie! For grading I usually select whole sections of the garment and move it out as if I was manually grading with a grading machine. I change the keyboard increment to however wide I wanted to adjust certain areas of the garment.
This is an awesome video! I'm curious to know how you would reverse engineer putting the whole pattern back together on a pattern purchased as a pdf that is set up on the print tiles????
I’m not sure if I’m fully understanding, but when I buy other peoples patterns, I open their PDF in illustrator and tile them together. Then I transfer them to my large format, print page and print them on my large format printer. Illustrator is so great.! 😃
Hi! I just love watching your videos. You always have a fun positive attitude and your voice is so calming. Also your instructions are very clear and easy to follow. Do you happen to have the free bodice and sleeve block available for download? I signed up at your website but can't seem to find it. Thank you! Looking forward to many more videos from you
Hi Julia, Thank you so much! I am glad that you enjoy my content! The folder that you are link to has a couple zip files called User Templates, I forget what exactly is in them but you should find something like that in there :)
Hello Lydia, thank you for your cool tutorial. Sorry to bother you, but I am stuck right at the beginning of your video. The direct selection tool won’t work. Could I have inputted your block incorrectly? Could it be version incompatability? When I use either of the selection tools I see nothing at all. Im sure Im the problem as your tutorial is great. Thanks so much
hi, love your video! You're so clever at the drafting, and very talented sewist. What model juki industrial sewing machine do you have please, and do you recommend it!?
hey lydia i just found your tutorial and its so helpful.im just starting on pattern making. i would love the templates but i cant find them.any assistance please
Hello! You can get them by signing up to my website. You will get an email with a link to them. Just make sure you download on a desktop/laptop or you may have trouble since these particular files are zipped. www.lydianaomi.com/signup
Thank you and I learned a lot from this video. I have a doubt about notch marks of the Sleeve, since it is puff sleeve. Aren't they going to be changed their positions in a puff sleeve while gathering. Hope you will clear my doubt. ❤
I am childrens clothing mfg for 30+ years. I have board patterns that I use to draw off the patterns. I would like to make digital patterns and sell the patterns after I retire. I need to know a program to use to be able to download them to customer once they are listed on line? Any suggestions?
Hi. Thank you so much for this video. it is so informative. Please guide me in finding your size 10 bodice block that you used for this video. I subscribed to your website and was sent the link to your free patterns but am struggling to find the bodice block. Thank you so much!
thank you so much! I have downloaded your template , but when I print as "do not scale" it ends up very very small (like 1/100), otherwise I must select "adapt to page". How come it does that ? thank you
I'm not sure why it does that for some people but I recently changed my template so that this doesn't happen. However a way around it is to print in 1,000% as for some reason your printer is shrinking it to 10%.
Its not a pattern for sale but just a way to show you how to draft patterns in illustrator. You can get all these templates for free along with my other free patterns if you sign up for my newsletter www.lydianaomi.com/signup :)
Hi Jess, I have heard of a pattern software that is free called Valentina. I haven't used it much and I am not sure its as user friendly as illustrator but you can definitely try it. There are probably lots of tutorials online.
I learned from youtube and trial and error and from a job that i worked at where they made all their patterns on illustrator and cut everything out with a laser cutter :) If you just work at it and look up how to do things as you go, you'll get really fast at it!
@@LydiaNaomi thank you, i am a pattern maker , but i usually do by hand, now i really want to save all paper pattern to be a digital PDF pattern, can you recomment some Chanel i can learn, thank you so much Lydia
I don’t think there is a free version of illustrator. But if you’re talking about older downloads then yes they will mostly have the same functions. I’m not sure about what updates have been made since then specifically but I wouldn’t imagine it’s incredibly drastic.
Hi Jess, I have heard of a pattern software that is free called Valentina. I haven't used it much and I am not sure its as user friendly as illustrator but you can definitely try it. There are probably lots of tutorials online.
1:01 The Dress Design
2:02 Creating the file, adding blocks
2:44 Create a new layer
3:28 Line Segment as a guideline (creating new neckline)
5:38 Rotating the dart
7:54 How to create the dart bulk
13:06 Shorten sleeve
14:38 Sectioning sleeve for slash and spread
17:10 Spreading the sleeve
18:09 Creating Peter Pan Collar
20:38 Smooth a point to create a better curve
20:59 Reflecting two ways
23:20 Trace sleeve using the pen tool
24:03 Walking a pattern using the rotate tool
27:22 Rectangle tool to create cuff and skirt
28:12 Create Free shape (pocket bag) with rectangle and ellipse tools
30:42 Add seam allowance using offset path
32:04 How to print on your home printer (US letter or A4 compatible)
I got my degree in fashion design in Toronto almost 2 years ago and you have explained things so much better than most profs I’ve had. So I just wanted to say thank you for all you have been doing. I really appreciate it!
Wow! Thank you so much I appreciate you saying that! I did fashion school in Toronto too, at Ryerson quite a few years ago! I loved it! All the best in your fashion design journey!
Hi. Am from morocco i want too study fashion design in canada. Can you help me i want to know about this school and how can i contact them
literally same!!! and way nicer, all my pattern-making/sewing teachers were so nasty :(
Even though I went to school in europe I share the experience...haha @@themisslena1
I am also a ryerson alumni. I wonder bow are you doing professionally ... I work in totally different area. @@LydiaNaomi
Thank you for showing this! I usually make paper patterns so seeing this is quite amazing. This looks like it saves so much time. Would love to see a video on how you grade your patterns in Illustrator!
I wanted to complement you on such an informative, well-constructed video. I have been sewing and working on Adobe Illustrator for many decades (and I mean many) and I have learned a lot from you. You are officially my favorite TH-cam sewing instructor. Thanks for creating this video.🎅
After fiddling with print template creation (and wasting paper) your template works like a charm! Thank you for your detailed explanations and sharing your craft. It is a joy to watch!
You're very welcome!
I don't know why I didn't think of drafting in illustrator before! This was a really good refresher on the tools to use for certain procedures. I was surprised to see how easy adding the seam allowance was LOL. Great video!!
It was a delight to watch and learn from you. Thank you for this tutorial! 💖
I cannot express how much this video has cleared up for me! Thank you thank you!
Your video and presentation style are awesome! I'm 3 months away from graduating from a 2 year online fashion diploma, and they expect us to have more skills than they actually teach us! They also stopped teaching digital patternmaking, so I've had to learn on my own b/c I find sitting at a computer easier than hunching over a large piece of drafting paper to work with pens & rulers. The bonus is the drastically reduced paper waste! I only wish I'd discovered you sooner! 😄
I totally agree, I have done my fair share of physical pattern drafting and Illustrator is superior by far! So glad I can help!
Just wonderful, and so generous of you to share. Thanks.
I've been making patterns using AI too and you taught me some great tips to help further my progress!!! Thanks so much. I usually keep the individual sloper on a locked layer below the new style, as a point of reference in case I have to make adjustments so I can always refer back to the original. It makes sure my sizes and proportions are consistent.
Great to hear!
this is so helpful! I'm doing a course that shows us Ai for croquis but not for patten drafting!! thanks so much Lydia
I love the video it's so detailed. Could you teach us how to grade the patterns for different sizes, or just adjust the pattern to ur size?🥰
I loved this!! Thank you so much for taking your time out. This really simplified so much. I have watched other videos and it was so overwhelming. Great job!!
I love watching you go through the process. This has been so very helpful
So happy to hear this!!
I enjoyed watching how you create the pattern. I'll be honest I'm still learning about drafting so seeing it in this way is very cool and interesting to see it like this
Thank you Dolores! I am so pleased you enjoyed it :)
I am just starting up my clothing business and I can’t wait to make my own patterns
Thanks so much! A great video!
This is just what I need! Thank you!
very well explained, thank you!
do you have a tutorial for grading as well?
Firstly, thank you for the wonderful tutorial. I learned a lot of great Illustrator tips and commands from this video. Secondly, I noticed a pattern drafting issue that I see quite often in indie patterns that where likely created in illustrator. The angle of the bust dart legs is changed when moving the dart apex away from the buts apex. This, it changes the angle of the dart leg as it intersects with the side seam and causes the side seam to dip inward at the dart and the tip of the dart intake to extend beyond the side seam when it is folded out and sewn. This is something that gets corrected when drafting in paper during the truing process (fold out the dart intake to check the shape of the side seams). I would recommend printing that front bodice piece to fold out the dart and check the flow of the side seam to determine how to tweak the dart legs and/or side seam to true the pattern.
Thank you! This can easily be done with Illustrator as well. I may not have done it in this video I'd have to re watch to remember but I know how to create perfectly flush dart bulk in illustrator :)
This is something I can pay more attention to with grading though, so thanks for the tip!
Whoa. I would definitely need to take a class to learn this software
i just finished my fashion program in toronto this week!! and they never taught us anything nearly this useful in our illustrator course (and luckily i had previous experience with the program) i can’t wait to start drafting 🥰
Great! Clear, step by step instructions. Thanks.
Thank you so much for laying this out in such a clear and concise way! Can't wait to try and make my own pattern now!
Yaaay! You can do it! It becomes easier with practice of course!
Oh! This is so informative. I am a fashion designer and I used lectra modaris software to create patterns. But since now I am resigned I dont have accesss to the software and it's super expensive for a freelancer like me. Also it needs few other software and expensive printers to create a final marker. So I wanted learn a cheaper method to create digital patterns. You explain the process very good. Thank you for such a great video
I am so happy to hear that!
@@LydiaNaomi Hello can you please tell me how to save this document also? what is the best format to save this? i saw in your how to print video you select the size you only needed. how to save like that?
@@shmwmlam3953 Hi, you can save it as a PDF or ai file :)
@@LydiaNaomi ah ok thank you so much! I am really stupid when come to things like that. you are the best
Love this! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching! I am glad you like it!
Thankyou VERY MUCH. Great explanation
You are welcome!
Amazing! Was just watching the billow frock video and wondering how you did it! Thank you for being such a generous maker and artist
And such a good teacher...who sings heh heh.
You are so welcome!
haha thank you!
Thank you so much! You deserve sooo many more views. The link was a bit funny on my phone (couldn't open the actual files, only folders, that only had a couple letters visible so didnt know what I was clicking at), but it might just be that I need a computer
Thank you Mathi ! I appreciate your kind words. The file is a zip file so it takes a few clicks before they open. There are 6 files PDF and AI. I’ll double check it but let me know if you run into trouble :)
This is just perfect! thank you soooo much, I just cant find where to download the print template :c
If you sign up at lydianaomi.com you’ll receive an email with a link to all my free patterns. It’s in that folder :)
Thank you so much! You deserve sooo many more views. The link was a bit funny on my phone (couldn't open the actual files, only folders, that only had a couple letters visible so didnt know what I was clicking at), i even checked opening from my laptop but its not opening
Awww thank you so much! that is so kind! I will update that link!
@@LydiaNaomi awww ur welcome ❤️ .... Do comment when you update it
Thank you. Very informative. How do you upload your blocks onto Adobe?
so helpful!
You give me more inspiration and motivation to use ilustrater than my mediadesign class ever gave me.
( I mean we were supposed to learn how adobestuff works but the only thing that I can kinda use now is Photoshop) 😂
Yaaay! That’s awesome!!
This is so helpful! Figuring out how to add tiled pages to a PDF *with* trim marks etc has been a royal headache.... and per usual, I've been over thinking it. 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you-and the template is fantastically helpful!
I am so glad to help!
@@LydiaNaomi 🤣 Ok.... so somehow I can't find the incredible template you made (I recently lost a hard drive 😭), is it still available somewhere? I can't remember where/how I initially downloaded it.....
Oooh. I'll save this for later.
Thank you sooo much for this! Ive wanted to learn digital pattern making for so long but it seemed complicated, so thank you for simplifying it! Would you do one on how to blocks on illustrator?
Hi Zahaa, so glad you enjoyed! I may do more illustrator tutorials in the future. I will keep the block idea in mind. Its really the same idea as this though as I used pretty much every technique I would use to create a block from scratch.
@@LydiaNaomi Can you do a video on this? I was also wondering about whether the darts would be trued or not:) Love your videos!!!
Hi Lydia please make a video on how we can make a basic bodice block would love to see it i would even pay money for a course i loved your video and will practice everything ! Merci ❤
Fantastic - Many Thanks!
Hi there! I’m not seeing the template from the end that was said would be provided, where might I find that?? 🥰
Would you please teach how to creat that print layout?
Great tutorial! I wanted to ask how you made the larger seam allowance on just one side for the hem for example?
Just add the larger seam allowance after the smaller and only use the area you need by cutting the lines apart and then combine them.
This was extremely helpful! I am working on learning how to digitize my patterns, and this video taught me a lot. I would love to know more about how you create multiple sizes/grade your patterns. Do you start with blocks for all different sizes or do you use the pathfinder tool to grade? Thanks for sharing so much and being so open :D
I’m so glad it was helpful Natalie! For grading I usually select whole sections of the garment and move it out as if I was manually grading with a grading machine. I change the keyboard increment to however wide I wanted to adjust certain areas of the garment.
This is an awesome video! I'm curious to know how you would reverse engineer putting the whole pattern back together on a pattern purchased as a pdf that is set up on the print tiles????
I’m not sure if I’m fully understanding, but when I buy other peoples patterns, I open their PDF in illustrator and tile them together. Then I transfer them to my large format, print page and print them on my large format printer. Illustrator is so great.! 😃
Hi! I just love watching your videos. You always have a fun positive attitude and your voice is so calming. Also your instructions are very clear and easy to follow. Do you happen to have the free bodice and sleeve block available for download? I signed up at your website but can't seem to find it. Thank you! Looking forward to many more videos from you
Hi Julia, Thank you so much! I am glad that you enjoy my content!
The folder that you are link to has a couple zip files called User Templates, I forget what exactly is in them but you should find something like that in there :)
This is so amazing! I NEED to figure out hot to do this with all my princess gown patterns! Question... do you have a process for grading?
You can do it! i do have a process for grading, I don't know that I will ever do a video on it tho, its easy enough but complicated to explain.
Also I tried downloading the templates but they won't open?
Teach me I love your work
How do you get them from your AI to your Etsy store? What program is needed?
Hello Lydia, thank you for your cool tutorial. Sorry to bother you, but I am stuck right at the beginning of your video. The direct selection tool won’t work. Could I have inputted your block incorrectly? Could it be version incompatability? When I use either of the selection tools I see nothing at all. Im sure Im the problem as your tutorial is great. Thanks so much
Please where is the template..
I can't see the link for the download for the bodice block etc. I am willing to pay for it. Thank you.
There’s a link in the description to my free pattern sign-up and you get a link to the folder with all my free patterns that one :)
hi, love your video! You're so clever at the drafting, and very talented sewist. What model juki industrial sewing machine do you have please, and do you recommend it!?
Thank you! I have the DDL-8700, its great, mine was second hand and has a few issues but I like it otherwise!
hi Lydia, howw= to made a4 pages to put pattern in to print, thank you, i saw you make 49 pages
Thank you so much
You're most welcome!
hey lydia i just found your tutorial and its so helpful.im just starting on pattern making. i would love the templates but i cant find them.any assistance please
Hello! You can get them by signing up to my website. You will get an email with a link to them. Just make sure you download on a desktop/laptop or you may have trouble since these particular files are zipped. www.lydianaomi.com/signup
Thank you and I learned a lot from this video. I have a doubt about notch marks of the Sleeve, since it is puff sleeve. Aren't they going to be changed their positions in a puff sleeve while gathering. Hope you will clear my doubt. ❤
I hear what you are saying. No they will not change because you only gather between the notches along the cap. But the underarm stays the same :)
@@LydiaNaomi Thank you Lydia. Got the point. 🙂
I am childrens clothing mfg for 30+ years. I have board patterns that I use to draw off the patterns. I would like to make digital patterns and sell the patterns after I retire. I need to know a program to use to be able to download them to customer once they are listed on line? Any suggestions?
Hi. Thank you so much for this video. it is so informative. Please guide me in finding your size 10 bodice block that you used for this video. I subscribed to your website and was sent the link to your free patterns but am struggling to find the bodice block. Thank you so much!
Its in the User Templates file. You have to download it first then open the zip file :) Enjoy!
thank you so much! I have downloaded your template , but when I print as "do not scale" it ends up very very small (like 1/100), otherwise I must select "adapt to page". How come it does that ? thank you
I'm not sure why it does that for some people but I recently changed my template so that this doesn't happen. However a way around it is to print in 1,000% as for some reason your printer is shrinking it to 10%.
could you teach us how to draw block pattern on AI thank you ?
Where can i get the sewing patterns and pdf A4 templates
If you sign up to my newsletter (link in the description) you will get a link to all my free patterns in an email shortly after :)
@@LydiaNaomi I tried this twice and got no email 😔
I need to create a shoe pattern… can someone help plssss
Where could I buy this pattern from? don t see it on your etsy.
Its not a pattern for sale but just a way to show you how to draft patterns in illustrator. You can get all these templates for free along with my other free patterns if you sign up for my newsletter www.lydianaomi.com/signup :)
Love, thx
Do you know any other software that will give us the same feature as AI ??? I would get AI but it’s wayyy to expensive for me ;-;
Hi Jess,
I have heard of a pattern software that is free called Valentina. I haven't used it much and I am not sure its as user friendly as illustrator but you can definitely try it. There are probably lots of tutorials online.
wwhere do you learn how to design pattern on Adobe Illustrators, thank you
I learned from youtube and trial and error and from a job that i worked at where they made all their patterns on illustrator and cut everything out with a laser cutter :) If you just work at it and look up how to do things as you go, you'll get really fast at it!
@@LydiaNaomi thank you, i am a pattern maker , but i usually do by hand, now i really want to save all paper pattern to be a digital PDF pattern, can you recomment some Chanel i can learn, thank you so much Lydia
I want to ask if the free version of the app has the same functions. I can't afford the paid version 😭😭
I don’t think there is a free version of illustrator. But if you’re talking about older downloads then yes they will mostly have the same functions. I’m not sure about what updates have been made since then specifically but I wouldn’t imagine it’s incredibly drastic.
I couldn't find the free pattern.
When you sign up to the mailing list you get a link to a folder, this one is included, its called user templates :)
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Do you know any other software that will give us the same feature as AI ??? I would get AI but it’s wayyy to expensive for me ;-;
Hi Jess,
I have heard of a pattern software that is free called Valentina. I haven't used it much and I am not sure its as user friendly as illustrator but you can definitely try it. There are probably lots of tutorials online.
@@LydiaNaomi Thank you soo much for the advice !! I’m going to check it out