Pattern Making and Grading Services in Turkey

Pattern making and the pattern room (modelhane in Turkish) turn a drawing and size chart into pieces that can be cut. This category lists companies that make patterns, grade them across sizes and run pattern rooms. For studios that design the product, see fashion design studios; for first-garment sewing, see garment sampling. Pattern rooms are the pre-production link of the contract workshops and services chain.

What does the pattern stage cover?

The pattern-making course of Turkey's Ministry of National Education (MEB) lists the work as taking measurements, drafting the pattern, preparing templates, grading and calculating main and secondary materials. Grading means enlarging or reducing the checked and approved base-size pattern to the other sizes according to the size chart. A pattern can be made by hand or with computer-aided design (CAD) software. Every piece cut is a copy of the pattern, so a pattern error is carried into all later stages; the garment manufacturing process shows where the pattern sits between tech pack, sample and cutting.

Ask the pattern maker about input, grading and correction rounds

• Input: Does it make the pattern from a tech pack and size chart, a drawing or a sample garment? Time and price vary with the input.
• Product group experience: Knit, woven, denim, flat knit or babywear? For stretch or shrinking fabrics, does it ask for stretch and shrinkage data before starting?
• Grading: Which sizes, and to which size chart?
• Correction rounds: How many corrections after the fit test are in the price, and how many days does a corrected pattern take?
• Delivery format: Paper print-out and digital file? Ask about the file format and compatibility with your software.
• Fabric consumption: Does it do the marker or consumption calculation? Our fabric consumption guide explains the logic.
• Ownership and confidentiality: Put in writing who owns the pattern and that it will not be shared with other clients.

Pattern price depends on the style, number of sizes and revision rounds

Style complexity (pieces, details), number of sizes, the type of input, revision rounds, whether the marker and consumption calculation are included, and lead time set the price. Ask whether the quote is per style, per piece or per working hour, and which jobs cost extra.

Start with one style in pattern making and give approval in writing

Start with a single style before a large collection, and judge the pattern, fit sample and correction round together. Give pattern approval in writing, because any later change affects both sample and cutting. Fit tests need samples to travel back and forth, so allow courier time; if you plan to visit, a nearby company can shorten the process and the province filter helps.