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title: Why do you even publish womenswear blocks? They are [insert strong opinion here].
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This question comes up every now and then.
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The wording varies, but the sentiment can be summarized as
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*why even publish this garbage, it doesn't work at all*.
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Let me start by saying that you are not wrong. Both [Breanna](/designs/breanna/)
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and [Bella](/designs/bella/) have serious shortcomings.
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I myself ([joost](/makers/joostdecock/)) am painfully aware of them,
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and I have toyed with the idea of retracting these patterns altogether.
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But there's a subset of people who get good results with them.
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I've seen several good looking makes based on Bella, and Breanna
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seems to be popular with people making doll clothes for some reason.
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What I'm saying is, we're not removing them because they work in some cases.
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Not in all cases though, which can be frustrating.
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I don't pretend to know how to draft for women.
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But I do get questions all the time about adding more womenswear to freesewing.org,
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and that starts with a well-designed block.
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I have long waited for somebody to step forward to take this on themselves.
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Alas, I've been waiting in vain.
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Since the fastest way to get a question answered on the internet is
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to answer it yourself incorrectly, I set out to create these blocks.
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So if you think you can do better, I hereby formally invite you to work together to design the womenswear block that you think/know to be the best one out there.
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I gladly offer my services to code/implement your design/vision, so that the entire sewing community can benefit from it.
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You can reach me at joost at freesewing.org, we also have [an active community on Discord](https://discord.freesewing.org/).
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I hope to hear from you soon.
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joost
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