OH My God. You are awesome.even in the universities no one teach this. I am a pattern maker but did not know how to do grading in illustrator. I will definitely try this. Thank you so much for your time and effort. May God bless you
Rashmi Tiwari I know! I asked about it when I was in college and they were just like “no no one teaches that kind of stuff sorry!” So I pretty much had to teach myself... thanks for watching!
I am so happy I found your videos! I am a SUPER BEGINNER and I would love for you to do beginner videos. I have already learned so much from your videos and want to say thank you for your time and effort 😀
helveteca I began sewing about 2 months ago. Since I started, I have sewn my granddaughter 4 or 5 dresses, 3 tops, a couple of shorts, pillows, purses, and bags. I HATE taping patterns together, and I have a wide format printer, so I have been trying to learn about digitized patterns and how to work with them. I downloaded illustrator last night, and I just finished printing my 1st one. It ended up being about 1/8 off, so I gotta go back to the old drawing board. I’m very interested in all aspects of digital patterns, especially the grading and printing aspects. Any info you can share, would not be wasted by me! 😁
Mony2489 thank you for the reply! It is definitely hard to get the first patterns accurate, because if you don’t hold the camera at an exact perpendicular angle to the pattern, any slight tilt will distort. It takes practice. I will see what I can do
You're videos are awesome! I really enjoy them and I hope you post more. Really love the mix of sewing and pattern/illustrator tutorials. So practical!
Hello! Could you please make that video you said you would make on how to use illustrator on the computer? Because I need a better understanding on the controls and how to easily get comfortable with it so I can move on to the next step. I like your tutorials the best, so please consider!
Hello, my MacBook died years ago! iPads can’t download adobe illustrator so I haven’t had the opportunity to screen film since the MacBooks been gone. I’m really hoping I get a Mac or MacBook again soon but iPad Pro has been doing everything now for me. I will definitely think about what I can do though
Tinkerbella’s DIYs yeah I can. I’m still trying to perfect grading on the iPad but walking I can do. Do you have contact info? It’s hard to upload from an iPad (it takes hours) but I bet I can send you a screen share
Thank you!!! Side note- there was a little mistake in this video that no one has caught yet, but the gist of the info is there! Let me know how it works for you
You are so gorgeous, please please keep posting videos on illustrator, you are such a good teacher, you explain very well. You helped me so much. Thanks a lot
I'm so happy I found your videos . I' want to learn more. Im a beginner and would love to learn. Please let me know if you have put together any other videos for beginners. I look forward to watching and learning more from you. Thank you so much.
Antonio Alcocer TM Im glad to hear that! I haven’t done videos in a while now because I no longer have the equipment (among other excuses that I have haha) but I truly am working on it!
@@helvetecaLLC I love that you taught yourself how to do this! I'm on the same boat trying to figure out digital patterns! Luckily I found your videos! You have enlightened my life with all of your knowledge. I have created beautiful things due to your videos! Please keep making new videos! We would all love that! and if you got a moment check out my creations instagram.com/p/BsKDIwVHQsG/
Antonio Alcocer TM I just went over to your Instagram and left a comment, I’m very impressed! Glad to see that my videos are actually helping someone in real life 😂!
@@helvetecaLLC Yes! They’ve helped me get this far! But Thank you for going out of your way to learn this but more importantly to share what you know with others.. Much Love..
Hi, my blocks I do add seam allowance, just a personal preference (a bad habit I picked up years ago) but you’re supposed to do it without SA and and it later. It just depends on how I drafted the pattern.
This is great - I've been reinventing the wheel and never realized there was so much great info. available on your videos. Glad to have found them! Don't worry about the length of the videos - I would much rather learn more than sit here wondering how to solve it on my own. BTW, what version of Illustrator are you using? I have a version that runs on XP so it can't do everything your version can but I can figure it out.
+Seasider48 Hello! Thank you for that! I am using Illustrator CS5, kinda old. Are you using the CC version or something older? What in particular won't your version do and I can see if there is a workaround.
I am actually using Adobe Photoshop Elements for Windows XP so it's a little bit of an antique with a lot of limitations - not nearly the capabilities of the Illustrator. I think I can make the patterns walk if I paste one into the other as an "object" and try to freehand rotate it. Have to see if I can keep setting a new point for walking without it getting upset or if it will even let me set a point manually to start a rotation. I didn't know the technical term since I am self-taught. I am currently looking for an older (affordable) version of Illustrator so I can work a bit more efficiently. Also, I am working on a pattern "traced" off of one of those pattern sheets from 1901 where there are 50 or so pattern pieces printed on one sheet. The lines from each piece are drawn in different forms using dots, dashes, squiggly lines, etc.
+Seasider48 Oh boy. Yeah that is definitely a prehistoric version of Photoshop (and you NEED Illustrator!) and wouldn't even know where to start. Try Craigslist (don't know what town you're in) but I can almost guarantee you can find an older (yet newer) version of Illustrator for dirt cheap since everything is moving to CC now. As long as you can get at least CS3 or CS4 (but I'm not totally sure they are compatible with XP?) it might work.
Yeah I will draft a patter first and then test it with the working pattern, which is done on pattern paper, once it's finalized and all kinks worked out, I transfer it to oak tag then I make it in the final fabric.
Sarah Todtman Hi, I add the seam allowances while I draft but I don't make much mention of it in my videos. This pattern you see here in this video I drafted from a photo of a pattern I had already made with seam allowances in it so they are included. Although sometimes when I draft I do leave seam allowances off if it's a difficult pattern, to make sure everything is right
+Hafeez Ghalayini Hello. I kinda understand what you're asking but not sure. Do you mean you want to know how to set up the patterns on the artboard for printing on a home printer right?
+Hafeez Ghalayini Hi yes I know exactly what you mean, I use Lectra and they had that option 2, but Illustrator CS5 which I'm using doesn't have a tool for that unfortunately! Maybe Illustrator CC has options for a shape auto arrange. But just to be sure, I will look into it and see what I can figure out. If I find a solution, I will make a video for you. Thanks!
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I needed to walk the armhole and this totally did the trick - THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!!!
Wow good to hear!
OH My God. You are awesome.even in the universities no one teach this. I am a pattern maker but did not know how to do grading in illustrator. I will definitely try this. Thank you so much for your time and effort. May God bless you
Rashmi Tiwari I know! I asked about it when I was in college and they were just like “no no one teaches that kind of stuff sorry!” So I pretty much had to teach myself... thanks for watching!
I am so happy I found your videos! I am a SUPER BEGINNER and I would love for you to do beginner videos. I have already learned so much from your videos and want to say thank you for your time and effort 😀
Mony2489 thank you for the nice words. How beginner are you? How much do you know? Give me some more info and I’ll see what I can do for you.
helveteca I began sewing about 2 months ago. Since I started, I have sewn my granddaughter 4 or 5 dresses, 3 tops, a couple of shorts, pillows, purses, and bags. I HATE taping patterns together, and I have a wide format printer, so I have been trying to learn about digitized patterns and how to work with them. I downloaded illustrator last night, and I just finished printing my 1st one. It ended up being about 1/8 off, so I gotta go back to the old drawing board. I’m very interested in all aspects of digital patterns, especially the grading and printing aspects. Any info you can share, would not be wasted by me! 😁
Mony2489 thank you for the reply! It is definitely hard to get the first patterns accurate, because if you don’t hold the camera at an exact perpendicular angle to the pattern, any slight tilt will distort. It takes practice. I will see what I can do
You're videos are awesome! I really enjoy them and I hope you post more. Really love the mix of sewing and pattern/illustrator tutorials. So practical!
+Div Fell Thank you very much! I do have plenty more videos coming but I'm so bad at editing, I have a bunch of footage waiting to be edited.
Hello! Could you please make that video you said you would make on how to use illustrator on the computer? Because I need a better understanding on the controls and how to easily get comfortable with it so I can move on to the next step. I like your tutorials the best, so please consider!
Hello, my MacBook died years ago! iPads can’t download adobe illustrator so I haven’t had the opportunity to screen film since the MacBooks been gone. I’m really hoping I get a Mac or MacBook again soon but iPad Pro has been doing everything now for me. I will definitely think about what I can do though
Oh ok. In that case, do you know how to walk and grade sewing patterns on the iPad Pro? Because that would be easier for me anyway
Tinkerbella’s DIYs yeah I can. I’m still trying to perfect grading on the iPad but walking I can do. Do you have contact info? It’s hard to upload from an iPad (it takes hours) but I bet I can send you a screen share
helveteca I have an Instagram
You are God sent! Thank you!
Thank you!!! Side note- there was a little mistake in this video that no one has caught yet, but the gist of the info is there! Let me know how it works for you
@@helvetecaLLC I’m trying it out this week!! Do you know the grading rules for collars and collar stands?
Thank you for showing the rotate tool! My suggestion is to add sewing lines when you are rotating. Will be more accurate.
Great tip!
Thank you so much for all these videos. I am learning so much more from you than what I learn in school!
Hi and thank you for that! I know what you mean though, school was great but I taught myself more after I graduated. School only shows you so much.
You are so gorgeous, please please keep posting videos on illustrator, you are such a good teacher, you explain very well. You helped me so much. Thanks a lot
+Samia Dali Youcef Well thank you very much for that! And yes I will be posting a lot more videos on Illustrator so stay tuned
I'm so happy I found your videos . I' want to learn more. Im a beginner and would love to learn. Please let me know if you have put together any other videos for beginners. I look forward to watching and learning more from you. Thank you so much.
Thank you. I appreciate the help as I'm so new to digital pattern drafting.
Patrick Howell awwwe thank you I appreciate the appreciation
Love your videos! learned a lot from them!
Antonio Alcocer TM Im glad to hear that! I haven’t done videos in a while now because I no longer have the equipment (among other excuses that I have haha) but I truly am working on it!
@@helvetecaLLC I love that you taught yourself how to do this! I'm on the same boat trying to figure out digital patterns! Luckily I found your videos! You have enlightened my life with all of your knowledge. I have created beautiful things due to your videos! Please keep making new videos! We would all love that! and if you got a moment check out my creations instagram.com/p/BsKDIwVHQsG/
Antonio Alcocer TM I just went over to your Instagram and left a comment, I’m very impressed! Glad to see that my videos are actually helping someone in real life 😂!
@@helvetecaLLC Yes! They’ve helped me get this far! But Thank you for going out of your way to learn this but more importantly to share what you know with others.. Much Love..
love you videos!! Can you please do a video on creating a pattern for printing at home?
Your videos are so amazing. Thank you. I'm waiting for next exciting adobe illustrator videos.
am lawrence ,thankyou for your video tutorials they have helped much thnx.
lawrence githua Njoroge hi Lawrence thanks for watching!
Yes please to beginner class on Adobe illustrator.
Do you plot your patterns with seam allowance? I thought your bodice block was without?
Hi, my blocks I do add seam allowance, just a personal preference (a bad habit I picked up years ago) but you’re supposed to do it without SA and and it later. It just depends on how I drafted the pattern.
i love you so much!!!!
Haha love you too!
thanks a lot!! please keep posting love your videos and very easy to undertain (bad english)
Hi I am a new beginner so I am wondering if you did a tutorial for the all new beginner?
Regards from Norway 🇸🇯
If you’d like, maybe I can do a couple of super beginner videos. Do you have the iPad Pro by chance? Illustrator CS5?
@@helvetecaLLC I have Adobe Illustrator 😁🍀
This is great - I've been reinventing the wheel and never realized there was so much great info. available on your videos. Glad to have found them! Don't worry about the length of the videos - I would much rather learn more than sit here wondering how to solve it on my own. BTW, what version of Illustrator are you using? I have a version that runs on XP so it can't do everything your version can but I can figure it out.
+Seasider48 Hello! Thank you for that! I am using Illustrator CS5, kinda old. Are you using the CC version or something older? What in particular won't your version do and I can see if there is a workaround.
I am actually using Adobe Photoshop Elements for Windows XP so it's a little bit of an antique with a lot of limitations - not nearly the capabilities of the Illustrator. I think I can make the patterns walk if I paste one into the other as an "object" and try to freehand rotate it. Have to see if I can keep setting a new point for walking without it getting upset or if it will even let me set a point manually to start a rotation. I didn't know the technical term since I am self-taught. I am currently looking for an older (affordable) version of Illustrator so I can work a bit more efficiently.
Also, I am working on a pattern "traced" off of one of those pattern sheets from 1901 where there are 50 or so pattern pieces printed on one sheet. The lines from each piece are drawn in different forms using dots, dashes, squiggly lines, etc.
+Seasider48 Oh boy. Yeah that is definitely a prehistoric version of Photoshop (and you NEED Illustrator!) and wouldn't even know where to start. Try Craigslist (don't know what town you're in) but I can almost guarantee you can find an older (yet newer) version of Illustrator for dirt cheap since everything is moving to CC now. As long as you can get at least CS3 or CS4 (but I'm not totally sure they are compatible with XP?) it might work.
A quick question, do you sew your garments after the sewing patterns are drafted?
Yeah I will draft a patter first and then test it with the working pattern, which is done on pattern paper, once it's finalized and all kinks worked out, I transfer it to oak tag then I make it in the final fabric.
Do you draft your patterns with seam allowances or do you draft without and add them later?
Sarah Todtman Hi, I add the seam allowances while I draft but I don't make much mention of it in my videos. This pattern you see here in this video I drafted from a photo of a pattern I had already made with seam allowances in it so they are included. Although sometimes when I draft I do leave seam allowances off if it's a difficult pattern, to make sure everything is right
I thought patterns were supposed to be walked before seam allowance were added. Is this just your preference?
Fabric Ninja hello, yes, sometimes I walk before and sometimes after. It never really mattered to me
nice, but do you have a vedio on how to add a seam allowance?
dear how r u how we can make auto arrange for patterns
for example i choose patterns i wanna arrange inside the art board to print
thanks
+Hafeez Ghalayini Hello. I kinda understand what you're asking but not sure. Do you mean you want to know how to set up the patterns on the artboard for printing on a home printer right?
Dear thanks for ur replay yes thats I mean how we can make auto arrange the patterns if u check optitex program u can see they have this option
+Hafeez Ghalayini Hi yes I know exactly what you mean, I use Lectra and they had that option 2, but Illustrator CS5 which I'm using doesn't have a tool for that unfortunately! Maybe Illustrator CC has options for a shape auto arrange. But just to be sure, I will look into it and see what I can figure out. If I find a solution, I will make a video for you. Thanks!
101 please, I'm really starting 🙈
Sandra Morel hello! Sorry for the late reply. What types of videos would YOU like to see in the future?
I am a beginner please do one