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14.4 Marker making for styles made from fabrics
with motif patterns

Fabrics with motif patterns (regularly repeating in all lengths of the fabric) are often used
in garment design. Each part of a pattern usually has its own precise placement on different
components of the style that must be repeated in all garments across their various sizes.
Large and regularly repeating patterns on fabrics may vary greatly but are mostly
designed as border patterns across the width of the fabric (see Fig. 14.35A and B),
as separate large pattern groups (see Fig. 14.35C and D), or as complete designs in
the shape of rectangles (see Fig. 14.35E). A marker, placing the pattern pieces on the
required parts of the pattern, may be produced by computer (for fabrics with simple
border patterns) or manually (for fabrics with complex patterns or where the coordi-
nation of the pattern within an article has to be very precise). The spreading methods
depend upon the type of a pattern and its placement on the fabric.

14.4.1 Marker making in materials with border patterns
across the fabric width
Before marker making on a fabric, additional information must be marked on the
pattern pieces. This takes the form of special lines that determine the height and di-
rection of the border patterns (see Fig. 14.36; the bold lines on components 1 and 2).

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

(E) (F)
Fig. 14.35 Pattern moods: border patterns (A and B), separate pattern groups (C and D), and
separate compositions in the shape of a rectangle (E and F).