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title: Curated measurements sets
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FreeSewing's **curated measurements sets** are a collection of
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measurements sets that represent real people.
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These sets are used by designers to test their designs on a variety of bodies, as
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well as by FreeSewing users to test the platform.
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## History
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FreeSewing is all about bespoke sewing patterns, so perpetuating the
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myth of *standard sizes* was never something we wanted to be part of.
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In reality, having to take measurements prior to even being able to try the
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platform adds a lot of friction to the onboarding of new users. So at one
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point, we added a sizing table with a variety of measurements/sizes so
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people could see what generating a pattern looked like without having to
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start measuring themselves.
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With the release of version 3 of FreeSewing, we wanted to move away from these
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*made up* measurements and instead work with the data of real people to test
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our platform.
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We now no longer present users who want to try out the site a range of
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*standard sizes* but rather a collection of measurements sets where they can
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pick the one that best represents their own body.
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## Suggesting a measurements set for curation
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We rely on our community to submit measurements sets for curation.
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If you have a public measurements set on the site, you can suggest it for curation.
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To be part of our curated measurements sets collection, you should provide the following:
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- **All measurements** of the person. We do not accept incomplete sets as that would mean some designs would not work with them.
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- **The height** of the person. This helps users select a measurements set closest to their own body.
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- **A picture** of the person to be featured [in our line-up of curated measurements sets](/curated-sets). See below for tips.
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## Tips for line-up pictures
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We present measurements sets in a line-up style, so the picture should be a
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full frontal picture where you are standing straight and relaxed with your arms
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beside your body.
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Below are some tips on how to get good results:
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### Don't stand too close to the camera
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For best results, ask a friend to take a picture from further away and zoom in.
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This helps avoid the *fisheye* effect that you get when taking a picture from up close.
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The picture on the left is taken from (too) close.
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There's nothing really wrong with this picture, but it looks weird.
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That's because this is taken with a mobile phone and the wide angle on these types of cameras gives you this subtle fish eye effect.
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The picture on the right was take further away with zoom.
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This is a much better representation of reality and the pose looks natural because the fish eye effect is neutralized.
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#### Stand in front of a white background
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We will edit out the background of your picture like this:
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So you can make that step a lit easier for us if you can pose in front of a white or plain background.
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