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.