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.

Free Fashion Design Brushes for Adobe Illustrator: Zippers & Stitching

I’ve decided to start finally giving back to the community that I take so much advantage of, vecteezy.com!  If you aren’t familiar with the site, check it out for awesome and FREE vector downloads.  The site is built by community contributions, and I can’t tell you how many downloads I’ve made over the years.  It’s about time that I give back!  Grab yourself some zipper and stitching Adobe Illustrator brushes and do some sketchin’!

How to Create a Technical Sketch from a Paper Sketch in Adobe Illustrator

This tutorial will take you through the steps to convert your handrawn paper sketch into a complete technical sketch.  Learn how to add specs, measurements and details so that factories will understand how to make your product.  Learn how to easily apply stitching lines to emulate top stitching and other garment details.