# @freesewing/benjamin
A FreeSewing pattern for a bow tie
# FreeSewing
> [!TIP]
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> FreeSewing is an open source project maintained by Joost De Cock and financially supported by the FreeSewing patrons.
>
> If you feel FreeSewing is worthwhile, and you can spend a few coins without
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## What am I looking at? 🤔
This repository is the FreeSewing *monorepo* holding all FreeSewing's websites, documentation, designs, plugins, and other NPM packages.
This folder holds: @freesewing/benjamin
If you're not entirely sure what to do or how to start, type this command:
```
npm run tips
```
> [!NOTE]
> If you don't want to set up a dev environment, you can run it in your browser:
>
> [](https://gitpod.io/#https://codeberg.org/freesewing/freesewing)
>
> We recommend that you fork our repository and then
> put `gitpod.io/# to start up a browser-based dev environment of your own.
## About FreeSewing 💀
Where the world of makers and developers collide, that's where you'll find FreeSewing.
If you're a maker, checkout [freesewing.eu](https://freesewing.eu/) where you can generate
sewing patterns adapted to your measurements.
If you're a developer, the FreeSewing documentation lives at [freesewing.dev](https://freesewing.dev/).
The FreeSewing [core library](https://freesewing.dev/reference/api/) is a *batteries-included* toolbox
for parametric design of sewing patterns. But FreeSewing also provides a range
of [plugins](https://freesewing.dev/reference/plugins/) that further extend the
functionality of the platform.
If you have NodeJS installed, you can try it right now by running:
```bash
npx @freesewing/studio
```
Getting started guides are available for:
- [Linux](https://freesewing.dev/tutorials/getting-started-linux/)
- [MacOS](https://freesewing.dev/tutorials/getting-started-mac/)
- [Windows](https://freesewing.dev/tutorials/getting-started-windows/)
The [pattern design tutorial](https://freesewing.dev/tutorials/pattern-design/) will
show you how to create your first parametric design.
## Getting started ⚡
To get started with FreeSewing, you can spin up our development environment with:
```bash
npx @freesewing/studio
```
To work with FreeSewing's monorepo, you'll need [NodeJS v20](https://nodejs.org) on your system.
Once you have that, clone (or fork) this repo and run `npm run kickstart`:
```bash
git clone git@codeberg.org:freesewing/freesewing.git
cd freesewing
npm run kickstart
```
## Links 👩💻
**Official channels**
- 💻 Makers website: [FreeSewing.eu](https://freesewing.eu/)
- 💻 Developers website: [FreeSewing.dev](https://freesewing.dev/)
- ✅ [Support](https://forum.freesewing.eu/),
[Issues](https://codeberg.org/freesewing/freesewing/issues) &
[Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/freesewing/freesewing)
**Social media**
- 🐘 Mastodon: [@freesewing](https://freesewing.social/@freesewing) on [FreeSewing.social](https://freesewing.social/)
- 🐘 Mastodon: [@joost](https://freesewing.social/@joost) on [FreeSewing.social](https://freesewing.social/)
**Places the FreeSewing community hangs out**
- 💬 [Forum](https://forum.freesewing.eu/)
- 💬 [Discord](https://discord.freesewing.org/)
- 💬 [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/freesewing/)
## License: MIT 🤓
© [Joost De Cock](https://codeberg.org/joostdecock).
See [the license file](https://codeberg.org/freesewing/freesewing/blob/develop/LICENSE) for details.
## Where to get help 🤯
For [Support](https://freesewing.eu/support), please use the [forum](https://forum.freesewing.eu).