Make a dashed line in Adobe Illustrator

Make a dashed line that will represent a stitch on a flat drawing for the collar, cuff and hem.

1. Select the collar line with the Direct Selection tool. White arrow (a).

2. Copy, Paste in Front.
3. Increase the width of the stroke.

4. Outline the stroke with Object, Path, Outline Stroke.

5. Select No Fill and Black Stroke.

6. Using the Direct Selection tool (a) delete the unwanted parts of the line.

7. Select the line you want to make dashed with the Selection tool, black arrow (v).

8. Using the Stroke palette make the line dashed.

9. With the Scissors tool (c) cut any unwanted parts of the line and delete.

10. Repeat steps 1-9 for the cuff and the hem.

11. To apply the same dash detail to the other parts of the drawing select the Eyedropper tool (i)

12. Click on the dashed line to copy the line style.

13. Alt-Click on the cuff and hem lines to paste the line style.