Gown

CADTERNS to the Rescue

Excerpts from a Designer's Diary

	Nov '92 - Discover CADTERNS
	Feb '93 - Introduction to AutoSketch - approx. 6 hours
	Apr 15 -Purchase first computer (~~big~~ GIANT step!)
	May 5 - Obtain personal Wardrobe Starter Set for client. Print sheath sloper and cut muslin.
	May 6 - Test fit muslin sloper. Minimal pinch-fitting required. Metamorphosis from sheath to gown begins.
	May 13 - Make exact (!) 1/4 scale to test fabric and drape
	May 14 - Correct pattern drawing and remake 1/4 scale replica.
	May 17 - Make full-scale muslin to check skirt drape.
	June 1 - panic Customer supplies irreplaceable fabric in 45" instead of 60" requested!
	June 6 - Layout reset, problems solved, carry on.
	July 10 - Draft detachable sleeves.
	July 15 - Final fitting.
	July 24 - Wedding Day

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"I was working on 8 projects in June and July, including 3 gowns and a suit (plus spontaneous bits and pieces, plus many fittings). On this enormous project, I saved time, frustration, fabric (!) and work space. Not only that, it FITTED! I can hardly believe how easy and accurate it was. Starting with a custom sloper and styling it using CAD (Computer Assisted Drafting) will definitely be my patternmaking strategy from now on.

One word - TERRIFIC!!!"

Entrepreneurial designer Beverly Knox of Leather and Lace

White Rock, British Columbia

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