APPAREL MANUFACTURING - I 3(1+2)

Lesson 4 : Garment Designing: Techniques

Advantage of flat pattern designing

1. Flat pattern methods provide the versatility to create designs according to fashion change. This method requires a basic pattern fitted to the dummy or the individual figure. Initially this is time consuming and tedious process but it will not require repetition.
2. Basic slopers are basic blocks which can be adapted for a particular design.
3. Pattern alteration is very easy. Patterns can be altered by creating and shifting darts to new places, by adding or deleting darts, by adding pleats, gathers, yokes etc. This alteration is very simple in case of flat pattern technique.
4. The main and one important advantage of this technique is that the newly developed designer pattern retains the size of original basic pattern.
5. Grading in different sizes can be done very easily by flat pattern techniques. It saves the time and energy to be otherwise wasted in making pattern for different sizes.
6. It is very useful for mass production of garments as it based on standard measurements.
7. One basic pattern or sloper can be used again and again to develop several designs, and every time we don’t need to take measurements.
8. All paper patterns have seam allowances and detailed markings. It makes it easy to work.
9. Provide better understanding and use of commercial patterns.
10. The woman with a problem figure can save hours of alteration, basting and fitting an individual garments by making her own patterns from a basic pattern, fitted to her figure.
11. A creative person whose interests and talents lie in the costume arts can design her own wardrobe by creative use of flat pattern design. One can restyle old and out of date pattern.