Category Archives: Design
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. Set points at the waist line and elbows to symmetrical. … Continue reading
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. At the very least it can fire your imagination to do your own creation:
Steampunk Jacket Back and Front Pieces Done
I’ll try to post the file on the wiki soon. These two pieces had to be generated from the same file, as they shared several reference lines. I need to create patterns for the sleeve, both pockets, the collar, collar … Continue reading
Next Project: Steampunk Men’s Suit circa 1855
My stepson wants something to wear to DragonCon. That’s a fairly tight delivery date. So last night I wrote the inkscape extension to create thejacket back pattern. This weekend I’ll finish the front jacket pattern. 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
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
Here’s the presentation from LGM
Here’s a link to the presentation slides from Libre Graphics Meeting 2010.