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Pattern Drafting & Slopers

Affinity Designer for Pattern Making: The Node Tool

Affinity Designer for Pattern Making: The Node Tool

Episode 3 of the Affinity Designer pattern making series: use the Node Tool to smooth and sharpen corners, reshape curves with the handles, and true up seams so your pattern pieces fit together.
Attaching fabric to a linear avatar tape line in CLO3D

How to Attach Fabric to a Linear Measurement in CLO3D

You can attach a pattern piece to a straight tape line in CLO3D, not just one that wraps all the way around the avatar. Here's how I do it, and why I use these lines all the time when I drape.
3-tier flutter sleeve drafted in CLO3D

How to Draft a 3-Tier Flutter Sleeve in CLO3D

Watch me draft a 3-tier flutter sleeve in CLO3D, then follow the written steps: a base sleeve, a cloned flutter top layer, and two ruffle tiers with as much fullness as you like.
Wedge pleats in CLO3D

How to Make Wedge Pleats in CLO3D (Pleats That Fan Out From One Point)

Want a pleat that's wide at one end and disappears at the other? Here are two ways to make wedge pleats in CLO3D: on a sleeve that runs to the hem, and on a bodice that ends at the bust.
Inside the Draft Your Digital Slopers course

Inside Draft Your Digital Slopers: What You Get and Whether It’s Your Next Step

Ready to build your own digital sloper library? Here's exactly what's inside Draft Your Digital Slopers, how it works in CLO3D, Illustrator or Affinity, and how to tell if it's the right next step for you.
What becomes possible with your own digital sloper

What Becomes Possible Once You Have Your Own Digital Sloper

I almost never start a garment from scratch. I open my digital sloper, already fitted to my body, and start designing. Here's what changes once you have your own sloper library.
Mistakes that keep you from drafting your digital slopers

3 Mistakes That Keep You From Drafting Your Digital Slopers (Before You Even Open the Software)

Been meaning to draft your slopers digitally for months, or years? The biggest mistakes happen before you ever open the software. Here are the three I see most, and how to get past them.
Digital sloper roadmap

Your Digital Sloper Roadmap: Which Slopers, Which Program and Where to Start

Ready to go digital but not sure where to start? Here's the full roadmap: which slopers to draft, how to choose between CLO3D and Illustrator, and what the process looks like from measurements to finished sloper.
Why going digital feels so hard for hand drafters

Why Going Digital Feels So Hard (and Why Your Paper Pattern Skills Still Matter)

Switching from hand drafting to digital and feel like you're starting from zero? You're not. Here's why it feels so hard, and how your paper pattern making skills carry over to the screen.

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