How Do I Get Started?

For new PatternMaker users, customers tell us a great way to understand our software is to try a demo for 30 days. We are confident that you will see the value of the software when you try it yourself.  (BUTTON HERE TO TRY DEMO)

DELUXE (USD $99)

For those of you who make clothes for yourself and perhaps friends or family, we recommend starting with PatternMaker Deluxe. With PatternMaker Deluxe, you can fit patterns to your measurements and make simple modifications to patterns. To get you started using our software, a set of basic women’s patterns is included with PatternMaker Deluxe.

Using the Patternmaker Deluxe program, you can then edit the master pattern to the model you want. Flare the sleeves of the blouse!  Change the length of the skirt!  Add pockets! You can then print the pattern you have made on normal 8 ½ x 11 paper using your own printer, and assemble it following the instructions.

The software is addictive, once you get the hang of how to make modifications, and you can make endless adjustments to our basic master patterns, which we refer to as a macro, because the software is a computer program that run to generate your pattern.

And just like that, you have your own, custom-fit pattern.

PROFESSIONAL ($399)

Patternmaker Professional is designed for tailors and designers.

This version is where sewers with drafting experience can really see the power of pattern drafting software. The Professional Studio allows you to draw pattern pieces from scratch on a screen, using the mouse much the way a designer would use a pencil and using your own drafting system.

If you have created your own system for measuring, you can input that as well. At every step of the way, we have done the hard work so that these patterns really will be yours, using your measurements.

PATTERN COLLECTIONS (PRICES RANGE FROM $12 TO $30)

We also sell a number of pattern collections that you can use as a base for either fitting to your measurements (using Deluxe) and/or modifying to your own style. We call these individual programs “macros” because they are essentially computer programs that enable you to create your own pattern, with your own measurements and modifications.

A basic viewer version of PatternMaker is included with a pattern collection to allow you to be able to read the pattern. It does not allow you to make any modifications to the style of the pattern – as a result, we strongly recommend that you purchase Patternmaker Deluxe in conjunction with any pattern collection.