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title: Pattern design tutorial
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Hello there, and welcome to this FreeSewing pattern design tutorial.
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My name is Joost, and in this tutorial I will show you
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how to design a bespoke sewing pattern, start to finish.
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This tutorial is divided into three parts, allowing you to speedrun or entirely
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skip certain parts depending on your interests or prior experience:
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## Part 1: Prerequisites
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The first sections of this tutorial, [Part 1](/tutorials/pattern-design/part1),
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deals with the prerequisites. Installing node, setting up the FreeSewing
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development environment on your system, and so on. If you are familiar with
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the JavaScript ecosystem, I can summarize that entire section in this one-liner
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that sets up the FreeSewing development environment on your system:
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```sh
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npx @freesewing/new-design
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```
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## Part 2: Parametric design
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In [Part 2](/tutorials/pattern-design/part2) I will show you how to design a
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parametric sewing pattern with FreeSewing. We'll create a part, add a bunch of
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points, draw lines and curves, and so on.
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All the basic skills required to create a sewing pattern in code.
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This is probably a part you do not want to skip, unless you have prior
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experience with FreeSewing and are looking for a refresh on some of the more
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advanced features covered in the next section.
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## Part 3: Beyond the basics
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There is more to FreeSewing patterns than meets the eye, and in [Part
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3](/tutorials/pattern-design/part3) I will cover some of the ways you can add
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further value to your designs.
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This includes things like translation, supporting laser cutters, avoiding the
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need to printing with so-called *paperless patterns*, as well as how you can
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configure your pattern to integrate with FreeSewing.org, or your own
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frontend.
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You can follow this tutorial start to finish, or skip ahead and back, the
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choice is yours.
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