Swapped to paper patterns after messing up 3 digital ones in a row

I used to design everything in Illustrator but kept getting my seam allowances wrong, so last month I printed out a basic bodice block and started draping on a dress form instead. Has anyone else found that going analog actually saves time when you're prototyping new cuts?

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veram991mo ago

Screen, seam ripper, same thing really.

jones.anna1mo ago

I'm sorry, "screen, seam ripper, same thing really"? My brain just short-circuited reading that. A seam ripper is literally designed to tear things apart, it's the whole point of the tool. Like, have you ever tried to use a seam ripper on a phone screen? You'd scratch it to pieces in about two seconds, it's crazy. Or the other way around, trying to rip a seam with the edge of a tablet? That's a one-way ticket to a broken screen and a mangled shirt. I've got to be missing something here, because those two things could not be more different in my book.