Pattern Drafting

Pattern Drafting

How to use Pre-Design for Pattern Drafting.

Download Slideshow showing how Pre-Design can be used for pattern drafting. Please note that Pre-Design is NOT a pattern drafting program, but - as you can see in the movie - it can make life a lot easier for traditional pattern drafting on paper!

So if you are comfortable with pattern drafting software such as PatternMaker, then Pre-Design is not for you. But if you find the various pattern making software packages on the market so intimidating that you stopped trying and went back to the good ol' pattern drafting on paper, then Pre-Design can be a big help for you :)

Check out the information on Pre-Design using the links on the left and use the Free Trial to take Pre-Design for a test drive!

Tip: The 1/4 scale ruler used in the above slide show can be downloaded from Don McCunn's website: http://www.how-to-make-sewing-patterns.com/ Even if you learned how to draft your own patterns in full size: try drafting at 1/4 scale: your back will love you for that (drafting on a A4/Letter size sheet of paper is easier than bending over a table to draw the full size pattern). With Pre-Design it's easy to turn the patterns into the full size

How to use Pre-Design for Schematic Patterns (Crafting and Sewing)

Download Slideshow showing How to Trace Schematic grid patterns (you know.. those 1 square = 1 inch type of patterns you can find in sewing and crafting magazines).

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