Collaboration
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It's really nice to work with other corset makers. Scarlett Sapsford from Scarlett corset making recently contacted me with a sketch she had drawn of a corset design and I managed to interpret it 'digitally', that is, turn her 3D picture into a 2D flat pattern. I can look at the dimensions in space and approximate it in CAD. It helps that I now have a large library of designs (about 24 to date) that I can draw similarities from. There is some tweaking of course - Scarlett made up two iterations of toiles before she was happy, but it's a great way to design and illustrates the beauty of patterning in CAD - fast, efficient, and effective.
If you would like to work with me or have existing paper or PDF designs that you would like amended or graded, please get in touch. A rough idea of fees is below;
| DRAFTING TIMESHEET - DIGITAL PATTERN MAKING BY CORSETS BY CAROLINE | ||
| Cost at £27.50 per hour | ||
| Item | Approx time | Cost |
| taken (mins) | ||
| Developing a new pattern | ||
| Develop a draft pattern in one size (e.g. UK 12) from initial designers' sketch and ideas* | 240 | 110 |
| Tweak draft 1 subsequent to mock up (designer creates toile) - draft 2 | 60 | 27.5 |
| Tweak draft 2 subsequent to amended mock up | 30 | 13.75 |
| sub total: | 151.25 | |
| Scanning an existing pattern into AutoCAD for manipulation and grading | ||
| Tracing from a jpg or pdf - (6 panels) into CAD software | 20 | 9.17 |
| Scaling and amending trace to one standard measurement (e.g. UK 12) | 60 | 27.50 |
| sub total: | 36.67 | |
| Grading the pattern | ||
| Grading the pattern -20 mins per size for a 6 panel corset (one side) | ||
| - grading the pattern - 6 extra sizes | 120 | 55.00 |
| - adding nomenclature/ text etc. to pattern | 15 | 6.88 |
| sub total: | 61.88 | |
| PDFing the pattern for commerical use | ||
| Setting up the template/ associating colours / pattern placement and conversion to PDF | 25 | 11.46 |
| sub total: | 11.46 | |
| * this depends on complexity - quote assumes a simple overbust design | ||