Reflections on Using CAD for Pattern-Making

Afternoons of clicking away on Optitex ended last week. Optitex is the pattern-making software I learned how to use during my three-week intensive course, CAD (computer-aided design) for Fashion/Advanced Pattern Making. Optitex has tools for making darts, joining pieces, adding pleats, adding seams, and adding buttons. One of the most confusing things about the program […]

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Running Late…WIN!

It’s happened to you before. First, you wake up an hour late and end up running around the house brushing your teeth and combing your hair simultaneously while somehow managing to pull on jeans and stuff your head through a t-shirt. Then, you grab your bag and a bottle of water, you stuff your feet […]

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