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Posted by Olwyn Mary on May 29, 2009, 6:39 pm
Pogonip wrote:
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> Samatha Hill -- take out TRASH to reply wrote:
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>> Betsy wrote:
>> Poora, you really need to check out a few demos of Wild Ginger, Dress
>> Shop, The Custom Clothier, Cochenille, and whatever else you can find
>> and see if that would help. I will unabashedly admit that my pattern
>> drafting software is my favorite computer game LOL.
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> I've looked at those programs, and they seem to be sort of embellished
> slopers. I don't wear "fitted" clothes anymore. They never show
> anything that I would want to make or wear. I get an idea in my mind
> and go looking, and often even the pattern companies don't have what I
> see in my mind. I suspect that I would need to learn "draping" to
> create my mind's eye designs.
Now there I disagree with you, Joanne. I have been using Wild Ginger's
Pattern Master Boutique for quite a while now, and have found that it
meets my needs. I do not wear "fitted" clothes anymore, although I do
like my clothes to "fit", i.e. be the right length, skim lightly over
the bust and hips, drape where I want them drapey and not have drag
lines anywhere.
I am by no means a computer expert, but I have found that, mostly, there
are enough choices within the program to meet my needs. The CAD portion
of the program, which I have recently been exploring, is very well
taught in the accompanying movies, and looks to be simple enough to use.
In addition, the company has a User's Forum on which people ask
questions and get them answered (all free) and there are also additional
online clases offered at very modest cost for those who need further
instruction.
BTW, I first investigated this program because I had the same ideas you
do. I knew what I wanted, but the pattern companies were not showing
that kind of thing, only the same designs that were currently in the
shops. For several years, I had been usng the same few patterns over
and over, varying collars, necklines, sleves etc so that they looked
different.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans
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Posted by Pogonip on May 29, 2009, 10:27 pm
Olwyn Mary wrote:
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> Pogonip wrote:
>> Samatha Hill -- take out TRASH to reply wrote:
>>> Betsy wrote:
>>> Poora, you really need to check out a few demos of Wild Ginger, Dress
>>> Shop, The Custom Clothier, Cochenille, and whatever else you can find
>>> and see if that would help. I will unabashedly admit that my pattern
>>> drafting software is my favorite computer game LOL.
>> I've looked at those programs, and they seem to be sort of embellished
>> slopers. I don't wear "fitted" clothes anymore. They never show
>> anything that I would want to make or wear. I get an idea in my mind
>> and go looking, and often even the pattern companies don't have what I
>> see in my mind. I suspect that I would need to learn "draping" to
>> create my mind's eye designs.
>
> Now there I disagree with you, Joanne. I have been using Wild Ginger's
> Pattern Master Boutique for quite a while now, and have found that it
> meets my needs. I do not wear "fitted" clothes anymore, although I do
> like my clothes to "fit", i.e. be the right length, skim lightly over
> the bust and hips, drape where I want them drapey and not have drag
> lines anywhere.
>
> I am by no means a computer expert, but I have found that, mostly, there
> are enough choices within the program to meet my needs. The CAD portion
> of the program, which I have recently been exploring, is very well
> taught in the accompanying movies, and looks to be simple enough to use.
>
> In addition, the company has a User's Forum on which people ask
> questions and get them answered (all free) and there are also additional
> online clases offered at very modest cost for those who need further
> instruction.
>
> BTW, I first investigated this program because I had the same ideas you
> do. I knew what I wanted, but the pattern companies were not showing
> that kind of thing, only the same designs that were currently in the
> shops. For several years, I had been usng the same few patterns over
> and over, varying collars, necklines, sleves etc so that they looked
> different.
>
> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans
Thanks, Olwyn Mary. Maybe I'll take another look if I get the bug to
start stitchin'.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by Samatha Hill -- take out TRASH on May 29, 2009, 9:25 pm
Dress Shop is, but you actually design your garment with Wild Ginger
Patternmaster Boutique, and if the pattern doesn't accomplish what you
want, it has a mini-CAD program built in so you can alter the pattern on
the computer to do what you want.
Pogonip wrote:
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>
> I've looked at those programs, and they seem to be sort of embellished
> slopers. I don't wear "fitted" clothes anymore. They never show
> anything that I would want to make or wear. I get an idea in my mind
> and go looking, and often even the pattern companies don't have what I
> see in my mind. I suspect that I would need to learn "draping" to
> create my mind's eye designs.
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Posted by Pogonip on May 29, 2009, 10:28 pm
Samatha Hill -- take out TRASH to reply wrote:
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> Dress Shop is, but you actually design your garment with Wild Ginger
> Patternmaster Boutique, and if the pattern doesn't accomplish what you
> want, it has a mini-CAD program built in so you can alter the pattern on
> the computer to do what you want.
>
> Pogonip wrote:
>> I've looked at those programs, and they seem to be sort of embellished
>> slopers. I don't wear "fitted" clothes anymore. They never show
>> anything that I would want to make or wear. I get an idea in my mind
>> and go looking, and often even the pattern companies don't have what I
>> see in my mind. I suspect that I would need to learn "draping" to
>> create my mind's eye designs.
Thanks, M. I'll give it another look. I get such set ideas....and get
frustrated when I can't find what I want.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by Samatha Hill -- take out TRASH on May 30, 2009, 6:40 pm
Pogonip wrote:
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> Thanks, M. I'll give it another look. I get such set ideas....and get
> frustrated when I can't find what I want.
The demo of WC's Patternmaster Boutique is fully functional except for
being able to print patterns or set up your own measurements, so you get
the whole idea of everything it does. Like I said, it's my favorite
computer game.
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>> Betsy wrote:
>> Poora, you really need to check out a few demos of Wild Ginger, Dress
>> Shop, The Custom Clothier, Cochenille, and whatever else you can find
>> and see if that would help. I will unabashedly admit that my pattern
>> drafting software is my favorite computer game LOL.
>
>
> I've looked at those programs, and they seem to be sort of embellished
> slopers. I don't wear "fitted" clothes anymore. They never show
> anything that I would want to make or wear. I get an idea in my mind
> and go looking, and often even the pattern companies don't have what I
> see in my mind. I suspect that I would need to learn "draping" to
> create my mind's eye designs.