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Fashion & Textiles vocabulary · Pattern Making

Marker

Meaning in fashion & textiles, with examples

/ˈmɑːkə/nounCommon term

In fashion & textiles, marker means: A plan showing how all the pattern pieces are arranged on the fabric for cutting, designed to use as little fabric as possible.

In Turkish: pastal planı, pastal resmi, pastal

How it is used

Markers are made in CAD and printed on paper the width of the fabric. Marker efficiency, the percentage of fabric actually used, affects fabric consumption and cost. Factories lay up (spread) many fabric layers and cut them together along the marker.

Example sentences

  1. The new marker improved fabric efficiency from 82% to 86%.

  2. For a one-way print, the marker must keep all pieces facing the same direction.

Common collocations

  • marker making
  • marker efficiency
  • marker width
  • lay plan
  • make a marker
  • patternA paper or digital template for each piece of a garment, used to cut the fabric; it also means a repeated decorative design on fabric.
  • grain lineAn arrow marked on a pattern piece that must be placed parallel to the lengthwise threads of the fabric when cutting, so the garment hangs correctly.
  • costingThe calculation of what a garment will cost to produce, including fabric, trims, labour, processes such as printing or washing, overheads and profit.
  • repeatThe smallest unit of a print or woven design that is repeated across the fabric, and the distance after which the design starts again.

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