Adding seam allowance to a pattern - Digital pattern making tutorials

Part 7 in a series of tutorials that demonstrate digital pattern cutting in Adobe Illustrator.
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You’ve cut it, slashed it, designed a new neckline, rotated your darts and added all kinds of new design details! So what’s next? Adding seam allowance! This is usually a long time-consuming process which takes some careful attention with a Pattern Master, especially when you’ve got loads of curves and lots of panels. It’s a process that I personally used to dread. Well, not anymore. We’ve created a very handy tool into the Cutting table that does all the heavy lifting. Simply select your pattern pieces, pick from one of our range of pre-defined seam allowances and apply it to your block. We’ve even created a tutorial that shows you how to build your very own custom seam allowance that you can save to the Cutting table and use on all your future blocks.
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[@kristerre1753]

Thank you so much for everything, you've shared on this platform, so much gratitude to your dedication and the knowledge you've shared made me to grasp what once i thought was too difficult.. Thanks a ton

[@PatternLabLondon]

You are so welcome!

[@TayRez]

I'm just loving the classes. you have been helping me a lot!

[@PatternLabLondon]

Thank you. It's always nice to get great feed back.

[@ellebevs4388]

Wow, this is the best tutorial yet. So glad I found this channel Do you have tutorial on how to grade a pattern?

[@PatternLabLondon]

Thank you! We don't have a tutorial on how to grade patterns since we don't have this knowledge. However, we do demonstrate how a pattern grader might be able to do this in Adobe illustrator, if they had grading knowledge. You can find the tutorial here: patternlab.london/home/project/scaling-pattern-adobe-illustrator/

[@samimourad8609]

Thank you so much your work is really amazing can you make many things about grading patterns in illustrator ....i really hope ...thks

[@PatternLabLondon]

Hi Sami, we have already created a tutorial on this subject. You can find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5TOkJSJmLqEn6c. Hopefully this helps resolve your issue.

[@LehAoi]

Hi. Thanks for this video. Very useful. I would like to ask a video on how to graduate patterns

[@PatternLabLondon]

Hi Leticia, we've created a tutorial that shows the concept of grading in Adobe illustrator. You can find it here: patternlab.london/home/project/scaling-pattern-adobe-illustrator/

[@bilalkaratas2407]

Hi, my brush tool panel does not have seam allowance brushes ready like yours. Did you add them afterwards to illustrator?

[@PatternLabLondon]

Yes we created the brushes and added them to the brushes palette. You can visit the tutorial page on our website by clicking the link in this tutorials description. There you will find a pre-made document that features these brushes. It called the "Cutting table"

[@bilalkaratas2407]

@@PatternLabLondon Thanks. I also want to add rulers and overlap marks on the edges of pages to guide people understand easily which sides of the papers will be matched and overlaped side by side after printed out pdf patten. I would be thankfull tou you if you could tell me how to do it.

[@chiefcreativeofficer-fd3170]

How to download cutting table and A4 print template?

[@PatternLabLondon]

You can find the cutting table here: patternlab.london/home/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Cutting-table.zip

[@valuablecontent6027]

How to make seam allowance brushes

[@PatternLabLondon]

You don't actually need to make seam allowance brushes. Follow this tutorial to get a quicker and more effective way of adding seam allowance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYOXm4hpa6eajpY

[@valuablecontent6027]

👍

[@PatternLabLondon]

Thanks!

[@valuablecontent6027]

Is center line among 3, our actual pattern?

[@PatternLabLondon]

Using this method of adding seam allowance, the centre line is the pattern line, The outside line is the cut line. Remove the inside line completely. Here is a better way of adding seam allowance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYOXm4hpa6eajpY

[@valuablecontent6027]

Thanks a lot. Done all.

[@valuablecontent6027]

Anyone can guide?

[@PatternLabLondon]

This has been answered in your other comments. I'm very sorry for the delay responding. Hopefully the replies help you fix the issue.