Transition from edge A to edge B

[coureph]

Hi, I have the following problem: I want to design clothes and have different sewingpieces at my disposal and I want an automized transition from piece A to piece B. I mainly use Illustrator and CS6. For better illustration I have made a graphic: I hope I've depicted my problem comprehensively. Thank you for answering.

 

[IamSam]

I don't follow.

What is a sewing piece? Like a pattern?

What is a automized transition?

 

[coureph]

By sewingpieces I mean pieces of cloth that are sewed together after printing (like the sleeves of a tshirt and the mid part). So I draw a pattern on piece A and I want it to continue on piece B without drawing on the space between them

 

[IamSam]

I apologize. Still not understanding.

If you have two patterns that you have drawn.


And you don't want to draw on the space between them, then move them together.

 

[coureph]

I see what you mean. However oftentimes the pieces of cloth dont match like that - e.g.: In this case the edges that are going to be sewed together have the same lenght but difer in shape:

 

[IamSam]

OK, I will throw in the towel here and give up as I'm not certain if we are talking about actual patterns or fabric.........or are we talking about a Photoshop question.

The best thing you can do is to provide an actual example of what your doing in Photoshop or Illustrator.

 

[coureph]

I want to draw a pattern that starts on the sleeve and continues on the mid part of a tshirt. However I cant move them together because they difer in shape like illustrated in the 2nd picture. Hope I made myself clear. Edit: the only think I can think of is this: Since both fabric pieces have the same length, I could put a 2 inch mark on each edge (this way I know atleast in this spot the pattern macthes).

 

[dv8_fx]

I see what you mean. However oftentimes the pieces of cloth dont match like that - e.g.: In this case the edges that are going to be sewed together have the same lenght but difer in shape:

I think I get what your saying.....

But why not do the design on a complete clothing sample first (say a shirt) which you break down into the separate template pieces?



edit.... I saw your post just now and the edit you made....

That's what I meant.... do the complete design then break it down into parts adding leeway material to the pieces for the stitching work....

 

[IamSam]

I want to draw a pattern that starts on the sleeve and continues on the mid part of a tshirt. However I cant move them together because they difer in shape like illustrated in the 2nd picture. Hope I made myself clear.

Sorry, I realize your trying, but I don't understand. Please don't get frustrated. The 2nd image does not help.

Try and explain using this graphic.....

 

[IamSam]

But why not do the design on a complete clothing sample first (say a shirt) which you break down into the separate template pieces?

Exactly!

 

[coureph]

I found templates like this to work with- So I thought I will just go with them all the way.

 

[IamSam]

My Mom was a seamstress. I grew up watching her create thousands of articles of clothing............I understand the process.

Patterns are all basically the same in how they are created. They are in seperate templates such as left side, right side, collar, and sleeve. The templates were cut from the pattern. These templates are pinned to the fabric in a nesting manner to utilize the fabric efficiently. The fabric is then cut out around the pinned templates pattern. The templates are only removed at the time that the fabric was to be joined (sewed) with another piece. The two fabric pieces were then pinned together and then sewn together on the machine.

The templates on the patterns are never joined together. So I'm not sure why you would want to do this.

 

[coureph]

I see. However is there a way you can think of to do it this way - would definely be cool to know this.

 

[IamSam]

I still don't understand what your wanting to do.............sorry.

 

[dv8_fx]

This is just to illustrate what Sam mentioned and how you could do it....



Divide your selected design into 2. take the lower half and position it along the top stitch line of the sleeve template and the other half on the shirt's shoulder.

Take note..... this is just a sample. The shirt's template may be curved like in the sleeve template. In which case you should divide your design to suit the curved "guides "on the template.

 

[dv8_fx]

But frankly, what Sam mentioned is correct. A template is positioned over the fabric as guide for which the tailor uses to cut out the desired clothing parts. If the fabric contains the desired design, the template is positioned strategically on the design in order to get the right cuts. The template doesn't have any design whatsoever.

Which is why I said, it's better to create the design over a complete clothing item. And whosoever will manufacture the said clothing item will work out the production process.....