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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Steampunk Jacket: Create seam allowance with Inkscape’s Outset feature
Current code files for Steampunk Jacket are here: http://www.sew-brilliant.org/wiki/index.php?title=Men’s_Steampunk_Jacket_1870-1900 Once the pattern is generated with the extension steampunk_jacket.inx and steampunk_jacket.py: 1.select all points that aren’t corners and set to auto-smooth. Â Set points at the waist line and elbows to symmetrical. … Continue reading
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Excellent Vintage Pattern Design website
VintageSewing.info is an extraordinary resource for those who don’t want to invest any $$ to pick up some of these techniques. Â At the very least it can fire your imagination to do your own creation:
New Books, I’m addicted, and running out of shelf space
How to Draft Basic Patterns, 3rd ed.1985 by E. Kopp, V. Rolfo, B. Zelin, L. Gross – still had the plastic neckline curve template in the front cover inside pocket! Sweet… Designing Apparel Through the Flat Pattern, rev. 5th ed., … Continue reading
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Steampunk Jacket Back and Front Pieces Done
I’ll try to post the file on the wiki soon. Â These two pieces had to be generated from the same file, as they shared several reference lines. Â I need to create patterns for the sleeve, both pockets, the collar, collar … Continue reading
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Next Project: Steampunk Men’s Suit circa 1855
My stepson wants something to wear to DragonCon. Â That’s a fairly tight delivery date. So last night I wrote the inkscape extension to create thejacket back pattern. Â This weekend I’ll finish the front jacket pattern. Â Then the muslin test, then … Continue reading
Front Bodice Block done!
I rewrote the programs again, tweaking the curves and re-thinking the algorithm. The latest files are posted at Current Code Files
Finally, some rest for the wicked…everybody else will have to stay awake
The Back Bodice Block Pattern is done. Must remove reference lines, pretty it up and give it a nice bouncy shine. Commented code as I went along because I remember nothing from day to day. Three months ago I had … Continue reading
Simultaneous solving of equations – who knew it would come to this?
Oh yeah. I had a shoulder line with a slope. Needed to make a dart perpendicular to shoulder line at the midpoint. Aha! Get slope of shoulder line, negate & invert to get perpendicular slope. Use midpoint as center point … Continue reading