Comments on: Giving instructions to a pattern grader pt.3

By: Fashion Incubator » Free! Try StyleFile PDM/PLM software for 30 days

Fashion Incubator » Free! Try StyleFile PDM/PLM software for 30 days — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:47:57 +0000

[...] features (and StyleFile specifically) in What is a Bill of Materials (BOM), What is a tech pack and Giving instructions to a pattern grader. PDM software is practically a necessity these days if you’re using a sewing contractor [...]

By: Fashion Incubator » Blog Archive » Things you must know if you have a clothing line: garment measuring

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:03:46 +0000

[...] of garment measuring is POM which stands for Point of Measure. There are codes for each POM (more). Most people make up their own or adopt whichever coding system they’re exposed to either [...]

By: m.y

m.y — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:42:45 +0000

Hi Kathleen! Your site is incredible. I happened upon it while looking around for some help on my freelance work. Your information is invaluable! Thank you

By: Marguerite Swope

Marguerite Swope — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:08:48 +0000

Exactly as you said–I’ve read these with little understanding except that I need to remember they are here for when I need them.

I haven’t yet needed patterns made nor grading done, but it’s in the future. I want to find someone who can take my garment, my size chart, and do it all for me.

Thanks for another important series.

Marguerite

By: Oxanna

Oxanna — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:45:43 +0000

Excellent series. As you said, it’s not exactly a “fun” series, but it’s very useful. Thank you.

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:34:20 +0000

Thanks for yet another great series!

Stylefile looks like it’s going to be an interesting product. There certainly is a need for something less pricey and less complicated than PDM.

For anyone who’s looking for a do-it-yourself version of this kind of worksheet, you can set up your own spreadsheets on Excel to accomplish parts of this. Not as feature rich of course and you have to set up all your own formulas, but it’s not a bad way to take a baby step into this type of software or to figure out what you need before spending money. A lot of apparel companies rely on it for development paperwork.

By: ioanna

ioanna — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:45:41 +0000

Another super useful series. Thanks Kathleen

And to the last poster I say Huh? What are you talking about and what does that have to do with grading? Are you commenting on a different post?