ABSTRACT
The beauty of a custom textile is that the designer can take his/her customization as far as shaping the image to the body, garment, or prop it will be covering before printing. When working with full-size pattern pieces for a cut-and-sew project, designer will want to obtain a 1:1 (full-size) or 1:2 (half-scale) digital scan or vector drawing of his/her pattern pieces. In the case of full-scale scenic pieces, it will be helpful to determine the area to be covered and add some extra inches for that all important “wiggle room.” The applique image is lined up and repeated down the edge of the grainline of the pants as well as adding decoration to the darts on the back at the waistline. The images are then sliced and moved to the corresponding seam using guidelines for proper placement.
