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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 actual real people.
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They 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 has always been a platform for made-to-measure sewing patterns, so a
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range of *standard sizes* has never been in our wheelhouse.
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However, 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.
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Those where based on 2 actualy people, one cismale and one cisfemale, and then
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graded up and down to generate the various *sizes*.
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This sizing table had of course many issues with it, especially when you
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ventured further from the base model, but it was enough to kick the tires and
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to test our designs.
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While the sizing does cover a hefty range of sizes, they are all more or less
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the same type of body, as they are graded up and down from the same person. We
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started seeing fitting issues with other types of bodies, children or people
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who have different proporties or carry their weight in other ways.
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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. And, as a side effect, we would also no longer present users who
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want to try out the site a range of *standard sizes* but rather a collection of
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measurements sets where they can pick the one that best represents their own
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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 measurments 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. See below for tips.
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## Tips for subimtting your measurements set for curation
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Below are some tips for those considering suggesting their measurements set for curation.
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### Don't stand too close to the camera
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When you have all your measurements added, along with your height,
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there is only one thing left to do: Take a picture.
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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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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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#### A picture 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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#### A picture taken from further away with zoom
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This picture on the other hard was taken from further away with the 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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<Tip>
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Please strive to provide a picture like the second example for your curated measurements set.
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</Tip>
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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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