Category Archives: Design

Steampunk Jacket: Create seam allowance with Inkscape’s Outset feature

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Susan

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 →

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Excellent Vintage Pattern Design website

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Susan

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:

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Steampunk Jacket Back and Front Pieces Done

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Susan

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 →

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Next Project: Steampunk Men’s Suit circa 1855

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Susan

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 →

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Front Bodice Block done!

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Susan

I rewrote the programs again, tweaking the curves and re-thinking the algorithm. The latest files are posted at Current Code Files

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Simultaneous solving of equations – who knew it would come to this?

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Susan

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 →

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Here’s the presentation from LGM

Posted on May 27, 2010 by admin

Here’s a link to the presentation slides from Libre Graphics Meeting 2010.

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Fashion and the culture of copying

Posted on May 25, 2010 by admin

Fashion design is a culture of copying – why aren’t there open tools to do it? Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion’s free culture

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