Tuesday, 17 March 2009

Lectra and my T-Shirt

To make are Jersey T-Shirts we used the program Lectra on the PCs. Lectra is the worlds leader in integrated technology solutions (it is CAD/CAM equipment). It is used in the textiles, and Fashion industry. I like this software because it was different and your patterns become more accurate. And if you need to do any adjustments to your pattern it simple to use quick and saves a lot of time. we used lectra for are t-shirts, we made the patterns from blocks and scanned them in to the software and did the measurements and adjustments to create the patterns. Once the patterns where made they where printed out using a huge printing call the plotter it prints and cuts the pattern out at the time. 

This was the first time i had ever made anything with jersey fabric, it comfortable to use. And i learnt that jersey is overlocked together, this was a good exercise to used to be on the overlocker more as it made me more comfortable using it. This project to prepare us for are fashion v sports project as those garments would be performance fabrics. i really proud of my T-shirt as it is the only garment up to this point that didn't go wrong and there was no holes.   

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