From Sketch to Production-Ready Tech Pack
Turn ideas, sketches, or reference garments into production-ready tech packs and samples.
Itemised quote usually within 24 business hours • Sample fees credited back in full on bulk orders • No commitment required
How It Works
Not every buyer arrives with a complete tech pack — and you don’t need one. Send us a sketch, a reference garment, or even just an idea, and our development team will build the tech pack, source the right fabrics, and engineer the fit. We advise on construction, costing, and fabric choices so your product hits both your quality target and your price point.
Key Features
- Tech pack creation from sketches or reference garments
- Fit engineering and size specification development
- Fabric and trim recommendations matched to your budget
- Costing guidance before you commit
- Pattern making and grading for full size runs
Capabilities & Timelines
| Deliverable | What you get | Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Costing review | FOB, CIF, or door-to-door costing with the cost drivers itemized so you can trade off deliberately | 24 hours |
| Tech pack | Flat sketches, graded POM chart with tolerances, BOM, artwork placement with Pantone refs | 3–5 working days |
| Pattern & grading | Production patterns graded across your full size run for your target market | 2–3 working days |
| First sample | Physical sample from the approved tech pack, with photo and video review | 7–10 days |
| Revision round | Fit and construction changes carried back into the tech pack | 3–5 days per round |
Timelines are working days from a confirmed brief. Get a custom quote for a schedule built around your launch date.
What we can start from
Development stalls when a factory insists on a complete spec before it will talk to you. We work from whatever you actually have, and fill the gaps ourselves.
- A hand sketch or a flat drawing — we translate it into measurable specs.
- A reference garment you like — we take it apart, measure it, and rebuild it to your changes.
- A finished tech pack — we review it for buildability and flag anything that will cost you money in bulk.
- A written idea and a target price — we propose a construction that fits the number.
What a finished tech pack contains
The tech pack is the contract between your design and the sewing floor. Ours is built so any competent factory could produce from it — not just us.
- Flat sketches with callouts for every seam, stitch type, and construction detail.
- A graded point-of-measure chart across your full size run, with tolerances.
- Fabric and trim specification: composition, GSM, finish, and approved substitutes.
- Artwork placement with print/embroidery method, dimensions, and Pantone references.
- Label, care, and packing specification for your destination market.
How to make a tech pack — and which parts we do for you
A tech pack is built in a fixed order, and you can stop at any step and hand the rest to us. Most buyers arrive with the first one or two.
- Start with the flat sketch: front and back, with every seam, stitch and construction detail called out.
- Add the measurements: a graded point-of-measure chart across the size run, with tolerances.
- Specify the fabric and trims: composition, GSM, finish and approved substitutes.
- Place the artwork: print or embroidery method, dimensions and Pantone references.
- Finish with labels, care and packing for your destination market.
Costing guidance before you commit
Most cost overruns are designed in, not manufactured in. A collar construction, a fabric weight, or a trim choice made early can move your FOB price 15–20%. We cost the design while it is still cheap to change it, and show you which decisions are driving the number so you can trade off deliberately rather than discover it at quotation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a tech pack before contacting you?
No. Roughly half our new buyers arrive with a sketch or a sample garment and nothing else. We build the tech pack as part of development — you approve it before sampling begins.
Do you charge for product development?
Development work is folded into the sampling cost for buyers who go on to produce with us. Standalone tech pack work is quoted per style — tell us the style and we will give you a fixed number.
Who owns the tech pack and the patterns?
You do. The tech pack, graded patterns, and any artwork we digitise for you belong to your brand and are yours to take to another factory if you ever choose to.
How long does development take?
A straightforward knit style is typically 3–5 working days from brief to approved tech pack, then 7–10 days for the first sample. Complex wovens or heavily engineered fits take longer — we give you a date at the brief stage.
Related guides
- Tech Packs 101: What Manufacturers Actually Need From You
- How to Create a Tech Pack: Step-by-Step Apparel Guide & Spec Checklist
The rest of the process
In the Factory
Behind the scenes of our cutting, knitting, dyeing, and finishing operations. Click any image to view details.
Ready to Start Your Production?
Get an itemized, factory-direct quote within 24 hours — fabric options, decoration costs, timelines, and shipping, all priced out.
Itemised quote usually within 24 business hours • Sample fees credited back in full on bulk orders • No commitment required
Not ready to talk yet? Hold one first — made to your spec in 7–10 days, and credited against your bulk order. Request a sample from USD 60.
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