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After re-reading the question a couple of times, I get the idea that oldmanstan may not know how to sew. There's a step between "sketching the artwork" and "mak
by elptacek 16y ago
After re-reading the question a couple of times, I get the idea that oldmanstan may not know how to sew. There's a step between "sketching the artwork" and "making the garment" -- designing the sloper. As an apparel manufacturer, is this a service you provide, or do most of your customers bring you a set of base patterns?
If not, oldmanstan will probably need someone to take his artwork and turn it into a base pattern. Not that t-shirts and tanks are particularly difficult, but patterns can rapidly become more complicated when elements like pleating, draping, pockets, cuffs, collars, hoods and so forth are part of of the overall design.
To me, this is the absolute most fun part of designing a garment. It's pretty much all I think about -- to me, exciting design is all about clever seam placement. Textiles are a medium. A well-designed garment brings out the best of the fabric. So, oldmanstan, if you want to take a whack at that part, you can email ME, and I'll send you some book recommendations.
- avinashv 16y agoBasic t-shirts (the kind that he wants to print graphics on) are in--basically--two silhouettes. Basic, and fashion. Basic is the boxy fit that you'll find on tees from Cafepress or Woot.Shirt, for example. Fashion fits are a bit slimmer, have smaller sleeves and a different fit on the shoulders. It's a bit silly to experiment much beyond the cut of the neck. Besides various v-neck and crew styles, I wouldn't venture out too far. The "pattern" (the technical term for the shape of the garment) of a t-shirt is a solved problem. The trick is designing innovative artwork in printing, clever usage of embellishing stitches and garment washes that give a certain look. If you want to see innovation, then you're right on the mark with clever seaming. Use a saddle stitch over your shoulder and sleeve seams in a colored polyester thread, and then put the garment through a pigment dye treatment. You'll get a beautiful contrast stitch on a washed-look garment.
- luke0x 16y agoWhat books would you recommend to the randomly interested?
- elptacek 16y agoHere's a book: http://www.amazon.com/Patternmaking-Comprehensive-Reference-Fashion-Design/dp/0130262439 http://www.amazon.com/Patternmaking-Comprehensive-Reference-... And here's a website: http://vintagesewing.info/ http://vintagesewing.info/ And a good book on textiles: http://www.amazon.com/World-Textiles-Visual-Traditional-Techniques/dp/0500282471 http://www.amazon.com/World-Textiles-Visual-Traditional-Tech... There are some other books I've read over the years (a couple of them very rare), that I can't seem to find references to. But if you need beyond that, feel free to email me.
- luke0x 16y agoVery cool, thank you. =)