SewGrader: Pattern Drafting

Draft a sewing pattern to your own measurements, grade it to every size you need, and print, plot or project it — on the iPad, with a finger and an Apple Pencil. START FROM A GARMENT A new project asks what you are making, not how big the paper should be. Pick a t-shirt, a shirt, a skirt or a dress — a sweatshirt and pants are on the way — give it the measurements it asks for, and the pattern is drafted to them: every piece labeled with what to cut, laid out on a drawn length of the fabric you actually have, so you can see whether it fits the bolt before you buy it. Before it draws anything, it tells you what it will make — the finished chest circumference, the sleeve length, how much fabric it needs. Or start on an empty canvas and draft it yourself. DRAFTING Freehand drawing with hold-to-perfect shape recognition. Precise CAD-style coordinate entry. Bézier edges, boolean merge,…