Base pattern — production draft
Drafted to your spec with fabric-appropriate ease, ready for the sample room.
Digital pattern making — done for you
Patterns your factory can actually cut.
CAD pattern job work for knit and woven styles — graded size sets, seam allowances per seam, notches and markers, in a file your unit can cut from or plot 1:1.
Fixed quote in 24h
Any factory format
Graded & nest-ready
polo_front · L · dxf
Example
Front · 1× self · SA 12 mm
6 rows don’t grade at all — shoulder forward ¾″, shoulder slope 2″, placket length.
Chest, 1″ below armhole22¼″+2″ every size
Front length from HPS28½″steps change
- Front1×
- Back1×
- Sleeve2×
- Collar + stand2×
- Placket2×
- 5 pieces8 cut parts
Cut line, sew line, notches, grainline — the drawing a cutter trusts.
GerberLectraGemini RichpeaceWindaDXF · AAMA
04 — How it works
Sketch to cuttable file, in four steps.
You sew the sample; we correct the pattern from your fit notes. Two rounds are part of the price, not an extra.
Brief
Send your tech pack, sketch or a sample garment — plus your factory’s CAD system if you know it.
Fixed quote in 24h
One number covering drafting, grading and every file format listed above.
Draft + your sample round
You sew the sample with your factory; we take your fit notes and correct the pattern — two rounds included.
Graded handoff
Full size set, cutter’s must, native + DXF files — and ownership transferred to you.
What changes when, truthfully
- Straight awayA pattern drafted to your spec, with the allowances and notches your construction needs — the sample room stops guessing.
- After your sampleFit notes become pattern corrections, twice, inside the price. Most styles settle in those two rounds.
- What a pattern can't fixA fabric that behaves differently from the one specified, or a fit you have not decided yet. We will say so before drafting rather than after.
01 — Inside a pattern
Everything a cutter checks before they trust a pattern.
A pattern is not a drawing of a garment. It is a set of instructions a cutting room follows without asking you anything.
Graded size set
Your full size range with consistent grade rules — nested file plus individual sizes.
Seam allowances, per seam
Not a blanket 1cm — allowances set to your construction, seam by seam.
Notches & drill marks
Placed for the sewing line, so panels match at the machine, not just on screen.
Cutter's must
Piece list, cut quantities, fabric/fusing/lining split — the sheet the cutting room asks for.
Measurement check
Pattern measured against your tech pack spec at base size, documented.
In every delivery
- Native + DXF filesYour factory’s system, plus universal DXF
- Your blocks, your propertyPatterns, blocks and grade rules transfer to you
- Two revision roundsFit corrections after your sample review
- Fixed quote in 24 hoursOne number, before any drafting starts
- Nest-ready layoutsPieces laid for the marker, not just drawn
- Print-at-scale PDFTiled A4 or A0, to check the draft before the run
02 — Read the piece
Three lines decide whether the sample comes back right.
None of them shows up in a picture of the garment — and all three are set before a single panel is cut.
Allowance
Scaling a pattern up is not grading it. A grade moves every point by its own rule: the chest grows two inches a size, the shoulder slope not at all. Scale the whole piece and the neck grows with it — which is how a 4XL gets a collar nobody can wear.
03 — Your factory’s file
Whatever your factory runs, we speak it.
Don’t know what your factory uses? Ask them one question — “what CAD system do you cut from?” — and forward us the answer.
Gerber AccuMark
Lectra Modaris
Gemini
Richpeace
Winda
Optitex
Tukatech
DXF · AAMA/ASTM
PLT — plot file
Print-at-scale PDF
DXF with AAMA/ASTM carries the grade rules — plain DXF often does not. Free with every job, and we convert what you have: Gerber .tmp, Lectra .iba/.mdl, Investronica .exp, Assyst .zip, PLT, CUT.
What lands in your inboxExample
- polo_front.dxfAAMA/ASTM
- polo_front.pdsnative
- size-set_S-4XL.dxfnested
- cutters-must.pdf1 page
- grade-rules.csvper point
- nest-preview.pdfmarker
Marker layout150 cm open width · one way, nap upExample
Two markers, not one. A costing marker to price the style and fix dia and consumption, then the production marker the cutting room lays on the table. Both plot 1:1 on brown paper.
Questions
Asked before every pattern.
Native files for Gerber AccuMark, Lectra Modaris, Optitex, Tukatech and CLO3D, plus universal DXF (AAMA/ASTM) that any modern CAD system imports, and print-at-scale PDF for sampling. Tell us what your factory runs and we deliver to it — if you don't know, we'll tell you exactly what to ask them.
A tech pack is ideal, but a clear sketch with measurements works — and if you have a sample garment that fits the way you want, that's gold. We'll tell you within 24 hours if anything is missing before we quote.
Yes — graded size sets with your grade rules or industry-standard rules for your market, delivered as a nested file plus individual sizes. One thing we'll always be honest about: grading scales a pattern, it can't fix one. Fit is settled at the base size first.
That's the whole job. Every pattern ships with a measurement check against your spec at the base size, seam allowances marked per your construction, and notches and drill marks placed for the sewing line — the things factories reject patterns for.
You do. Patterns, blocks and grade rules are your property on final payment — you can take them to any factory, any time. We never reuse a client's block for someone else.
Fit corrections after your sample review, measurement adjustments, seam allowance or notch changes — most patterns are approved by round one. A different garment is a new brief, quoted honestly in advance.
Yours, if you have one — send the size chart or the graded spec from your tech pack and the grade rules follow it point by point. If you do not have one yet, we draft a rule set for your garment type and size range, show you the steps before grading, and it becomes your brand's rule set to reuse.
Yes. A garment we can measure is often the clearest brief there is — we measure it flat, draft the pattern to those measurements with the ease the fabric needs, and flag anything in the original that would not sew cleanly in production.
Would you rather hire one person? Our team drafts and grades patterns end to end — or you can brief an approved Pattern Making specialist directly from our curated network.
Find a Pattern Making specialist
Get your quote
Send your sketch or tech pack. Get a cuttable pattern.
Tell us the garment and your size range — fixed quote within 24 hours.