- Block Pattern – made by drafting from the measurements which have been carefully taken from an individual or from a model.
- Construction pattern – the intervening step between the block and the final pattern. Designs are complicated, construction patterns are sectioned.
- Final pattern – provided with the necessary symbols that will guide the cutter on how to lay out the pattern on the cloth. Symbols for darts, seam allowances, grain line, center fold, and notches and other markers are used.