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Refer to the CHANGELOG for all info. --------- Co-authored-by: Wouter van Wageningen <wouter.vdub@yahoo.com> Co-authored-by: Josh Munic <jpmunic@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Jonathan Haas <haasjona@gmail.com>
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caption: 'The freesewing logo'
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date: '2017-03-24'
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intro: 'I am are proud to announce freesewing core v1.0.0 and the accompanying documentation that describes the freesewing project in detail.'
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title: 'Announcing freesewing, an open source platform for made-to-measure sewing patterns'
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---
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I am are proud to announce [freesewing core
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v1.0.0](https://github.com/freesewing/core) and the accompanying
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[documentation](/docs) that describes the freesewing project in detail.
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But I'm also realistic, and understand that you don't have time to plow through
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pages upon pages of documentation.
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So instead, here's a story to give you the essence of freesewing in a nutshell:
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## The freesewing origin story Sewing is easy. It really is. What's hard is
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getting things to fit properly. That's why you use a sewing pattern. It's a
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blueprint for whatever it is you are making. A good pattern gives you good
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fit. Most patterns don't.
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That's because — much like clothes in the shop — patterns come in
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sizes. And sizes are a crude way to put people in boxes. They are made for an
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imaginary average person, rather than for you.
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There's another way, and that is to draft a pattern based on your measurements.
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These made-to-measure patterns are vastly superior, but they require a lot of
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work.
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I wanted to change that, and that effort evolved into
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[MakeMyPattern.com](https://makemypattern.com/). I ran that site for a
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number of years, and it was a remarkable success. Probably helped by the fact
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that I gave away all patterns for free.
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In the world of home sewing, it tends to require a bit of explaining why one
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would choose to give away their work for free. Things are different in the
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open source world where the idea of sharing your work with others for the
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benefit of all is the very thread from which communities are woven.
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While I can't magically bring the culture of open source to sewing patterns, I
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certainly can bring sewing patterns into the open source world.
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[Freesewing.org](https://freesewing.org/) will continue to offer what
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[Makemypattern.com](https://makemypattern.com/) does today: free sewing
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patterns drafted to your measurements. But additionally, it will be open to
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your contributions.
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Here's hoping that in the Venn diagram of the somewhat geeky and sewing, it's
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not just me in the middle.
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joost
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## Shout-outs Freesewing is a project by [Joost De
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Cock](https://github.com/joostdecock) and contributors.
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Hat-tip to [@jakesgordon](https://github.com/jakesgordon) and [Kevin
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Lindsey](http://www.kevlindev.com) for allowing me to port some of their code.
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The early-stage enthusiasm and input of
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[@diggydev](https://github.com/diggydev), [@cabi](https://github.com/cabi),
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[@woutervdub](https://github.com/woutervdub),
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[@cloutiy](https://github.com/cloutiy),
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[@straytaoist](https://github.com/straytaoist),
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[@netpraxis](https://github.com/netpraxis),
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[@Stefan1960](https://github.com/Stefan1960),
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[@brendare1](https://github.com/brendare1),
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[@JorisJoppe](https://github.com/JorisJoppe),
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[@JamJenkins](https://github.com/JamJenkins), and
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[@fightingrabbit](https://github.com/fightingrabbit) has been a great boon to
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this project.
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Thanks to [@annekecaramin](https://twitter.com/annekecaramin) for designing a
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logo cool enough to put on a Tshirt.
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Special thanks to [@scorchtorch](https://twitter.com/scorchtorch) for being the
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best at that heart/salad/antlers thing.
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Last but not least, this project would not exist without the users, supporters,
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and donors of [makemypattern.com](https://makemypattern.com/).
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Thanks guys!
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