"Your Complete Guide to Starting a Pattern Digitizing Project"

How To Start A Pattern Digitizing Project

Starting a pattern digitizing project with us is a seamless process! This guide will walk you through preparing your patterns and placing an order for our professional digitizing services, enabling you to transform your designs into accurate digital patterns. Utilizing our services simplifies your workflow, making design creation more efficient.


1. Prepare Your Pattern Scanning

Before you submit your pattern digitizing order, ensure your patterns are perfectly prepared:

  • Flat Hard Copy: Use a flat, unwrinkled paper printout or a clear tracing of your design. This provides an ideal basis for precise pattern scanning.
  • Clear Lines: Check that all lines are distinctly visible, continuous, and dark. Faint or broken lines could lead to errors, impacting your digitized patterns.
  • Mark Important Details: Make sure all grain lines, notches, and descriptive notes are clearly marked on each pattern piece. These are essential for correctly translating information during the digital pattern making process.

2. Record Information for Digitizing Patterns

Organize key details to ensure smooth handling of your digitizing patterns project:

  • Create a Pattern Card that includes:
  • List of all pattern pieces – this is important for tracking every item.
  • Fabric descriptions (self, lining, and fusing materials ) – helps us provide you with exactly what you need from the digitized designs.
  • Design confirmation for accuracy - ensures the final digital patterns are what you have envisioned.

3. Select the Right Digitizing Service

Choosing the correct digitizing service for your project can significantly improve the outcome. Our range of digitizing services is tailored to meet varied needs, across diverse garment and product styles. We are experts in professional digitizing services and in accurately performing pattern scanning and digital pattern making. We also use cutting-edge digitizing software for impeccable results.

4. Place Your Pattern Digitizing Order

Once you’ve chosen the relevant service, follow these steps to place your order to order pattern digitizing:

  • Visit the Product Page: Go to the dedicated product page on our site for the particular pattern digitizing service you require.
  • Choose the Number of Pattern Pieces: Select the appropriate quantity of individual pattern pieces for digitizing sewing patterns.
  • Add to Cart: Click "Add to Cart" button to continue, and then move to our secure checkout.

5. Add Optional Professional Digitizing Services

Improve the final outcome of your digitized patterns by adding optional services.

Digitizing Line Enhancing Services

Opt to add our Digitizing Line Enhancing Services to acquire the most precise lines of your patterns.

Key Features:

  • Straightens out any lines, fixes curved and torn edges to provide high-quality digitized patterns.
  • Our service is compatible with multiple file formats (DXF, Ai, PDF, and others). Same-day service available.
  • We 100% guarantee your satisfaction with our digitizing services.

6. Ship Your Patterns For Pattern Scanning

Send your physical patterns to our shipping address below to initiate the pattern scanning phase:

  • Mail a Copy of your patterns to: 6129 Fountain Ave #3, Los Angeles, California 90028
  • Signature Required: Ensure that upon arrival, someone has to sign off the delivery, to ensure safe handling.

7. Wait For Digitized Patterns Confirmation

After we receive patterns, our team begins the process of digitizing patterns and providing digital patterns:

  • Digitizing: Our technicians work to digitize patterns, carefully using our latest digitizing software
  • Confirmation: You’ll receive your digitized patterns in your chosen format (PDF, DXF, Gerber, etc.).

Additional Tips For Your Digitizing Service

  • For Large Patterns: For patterns that exceed 48 inches, consider adding our split panel *digitizing service which reduces the chances of data loss.
  • Verify Your Pieces: Make sure all your parts are sent before you ship because missing items at later stages may incur extra charges.

Ready to Get Started With Online Pattern Digitizing?

Explore our Pattern Digitizing Services and submit your pattern digitizing order today! With our expert team, your designs will be converted to digital patterns accurately and efficiently. Discover how easily you "how to digitize a pattern" using our services! We are committed to the highest standards of pattern scanning and digital pattern making. Our goal is to help with all of your pattern digitizing needs!

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