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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Getting to know pySVG library
I found a newly developed library that I think will make creating objects in Inkscape a lot easier:  pySVG – http://codeboje.de/pysvg/ . Just found some great documentation at /usr/share/pySVG/doc/html/genindex.html that provides an index of the api which link to … Continue reading Continue reading
Waiting for Processing
Ordered two programming books today. Processing: Creative Coding and Computational Art Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists It’s been easy to get to information regarding editing selected Inkscape objects from within an extension, but for some reason … Continue reading
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Inkscape tutorial – pen of Sequins!
Holy cow! check this out. It’s a tutorial at Very Simple Designs how to design a line of sequins. How to turn it into an extension using pattern-along-path feature to easily create a line or curve of sequins? This extension … Continue reading
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Prairie vole, museum curate, or video game fodder?
I’ve been thinking about some of the reasons which motivate my efforts in producing this product. Some of it has to be the joy of sharing. The ability to feel joy while sharing knowledge is probably a bit like a … Continue reading
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Three New Books
Added 3 new books to the pattern making book list. Two were highly recommended by Kathleen Fasanella (Fashion Incubator), and the third was only mentioned by her, but I liked it because the title uses the word ‘Tailoring’. The Amazon … Continue reading
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Test extension works!
Implemented Jerry Stratton’s extension to create multiple copies of an object. Nice extension for a first timer – no typos and great post. Looked at ~/.config/inkscape/extension-errors.log after errors encountered in running this extension. Removed extension-errors.log after each resolution of problem.then … Continue reading
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Back Bodice Block – wiki
If you’re interested in how uninteresting and antiquated and linear the process is to implement, here’s the URL: http://www.sew-brilliant.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bodice_Back
Back Bodice – it’s a tough read
Posted the brute-force algorithm to calculate and draw the back bodice block pattern on the wiki. Thick. Non-sensical until you see it happen. Next step – create Python scripts to generate the lines. Transposing the creation of this block from … Continue reading
You’re more than just a tool, to me
Selected couchdb for storing client data.  Couchdbkit comes highly recommended from a couple of persons from Canonical. http://couchdbkit.org/docs/api/ http://books.couchdb.org/relax/reference/views-for-sql-jockeys
Research books
My pattern system book list has been reduced to 14, each of which has different interests. I already own three of these, and hopefully I can get the rest through the public library system. 1. Pattern Making for Fashion Design … Continue reading
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Defining the process
Defining workflow for bodice. Completed back bodice.