How to Create a Coverstitch Pattern Brush in Adobe Illustrator CS5

This tutorial demonstrates how to create a coverstitch pattern brush using Adobe Illustrator CS5.  Instead of hand drawing coverstitch details on your designs, using pattern brushes will greatly reduce your workload and will help keep your artboard and files more tidy.  Use this to apply decorative coverstitching to your fashion sketches, or to specify technical details for factories.

How to Create a Zipper Tooth Pattern Brush in Illustrator

Pattern brushes are very powerful and can be used for endless possibilities.  This tutorial demonstrates how to create a pattern brush for both open and closed zipper teeth, as well as how to manipulate the directionality of it.

Free Fashion Design Brushes for Adobe Illustrator: Zippers & Stitching

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How to Create Ruching, Ruffles or Puckers by Making Custom Pattern Brushes in Illustrator

Custom pattern brushes in Illustrator can save you a lot of time for adding various details to your garments.  In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a brush that emulates puckering, ruffles and ruching.  You can control the scale and directionality to add realistic detailing to your fashion sketches.  Check out a different pattern brush tutorial here, which shows how to define corners.

How to Define Corners for Custom Pattern Brushes in Adobe Illustrator

Custom pattern brushes in Illustrator are very powerful and can save you a lot of time in your designs.  This tutorial will teach you how to add corners to your custom pattern brushes so that corners on your shape blend well as opposed to looking like gaps.