Marvelous Designer Dress: Step-by-Step Creation Guide

Add the Female Base Model:

• To get started on your project, import the female base model. 

Create the Shirt Pattern:

• Create a rectangle around the bust area using the Rectangle tool (S) in the 2D Window
• Put the pattern on the model in the 3D Window.

Duplicate and Position the Pattern:

• Duplicate the pattern by right-clicking on it and choosing “Symmetric Pattern (with Sewing).
• Move the duplicate behind the model

Activate Arrangement Points:

• Turn on “Show Arrangement Points” in the 3D Window.
• Hovering over the points shows where the pattern will stick during the simulation.
• Click to activate them. Do this for both front and back patterns.

Adjust Pattern Orientation:

•  If patterns face the wrong way, right-click and select “Flip Normals.“

Fix Overlapping Sewing:

• Press B to get rid of any sewing that overlaps.
• Use N to sew these areas correctly.

Adjust Pattern Sizes:

• Resize the bottom pattern smaller by duplicating patterns (Ctrl + C; Ctrl + V) using Z
• Using Z will resize the bottom pattern smaller.

Sew Patterns Together:

• Tighten the dress around the waist by connecting top and bottom patterns

Create and Adjust Patterns:

• Begin by adjusting the smaller rectangle pattern. Select its end edge and use the “Offset Pattern Outline” tool to divide this edge into equal segments.
• Input the measurement of the edge, choose to create four offsets, then click “OK”. Repeat this process for the larger rectangle.

Cut and Sew Details:

• Select the middle edges of both patterns and “Cut and Sew” them.
• Remove internal lines.

Make Elastic Patterns:

• Choose the middle edges of both patterns to add seam allowances and remove internal lines. 
• Disable Linked Editing on the copied patterns and slightly increase their size.
• Enable Elastic for these patterns and lower the strength.

Add Details to Top Patterns:

• Right-click and pick “Offset Pattern Outline” from the menu that appears; enter 15mm as your offset distance before confirming changes by pressing Enter or clicking OK.
• Use the Internal Polygon/Line tool whenever two points need to be joined with a straight line inside an outline.

Adjust Pattern Pressure:

• Increase Particle Distance settings to 10 units for all pattern pieces.
•  If you want some areas of garment components to look more inflated than usual — as if they’ve been filled with down — apply pressure to those sections: resize front squares if necessary so there is enough room on their outer edges (nearest seams) for effects to be visible.
• Resize the font patterns if necessary.

Sew Additional Details:

• Attach rectangles from step one onto side edges.

4. Designing the Skirt

Create Skirt Patterns:

• Use the Polygon tool to shape a pattern around the hips. 
• Make sure there is symmetry by putting an edge in the middle. Cut and sew along this edge, then delete one side. 

Duplicate and Position:

• Right-click on what remains of the side you just deleted and pick “Symmetric Pattern (with Sewing)”. 
• Place one copy at the front and another at the back of the hips.

Sew Skirt Pieces:

• Join these patterns’ sides together and then their middles.

Final Adjustments:

• Measure one of the edges, double that value, and use the Rectangle tool (S) to create the lower part of the skirt pattern. 

• Copy these rectangles too; place them both at the front and rear hems.
• Use Alt+Z to curve the bottom edges of these rectangles. 

Complete the Marvelous Designer Dress:

• Sew all skirt patterns together.
• If bunch-up occurs select tops of folds, make straight equally spaced cuts, and pull down – this will form a V shape when the simulation smooths out creases.