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Ok, I’ve hidden the original link in this post, although I did follow the link to the Internet Archive and it is still available on there despite everything that IA have been through in the past year …

[immagine] Grace: Ok, I’ve hidden the original link in this post, although I did follow the link to the Internet Archive and it is still available on there despite everything that IA have been thr…

Did you check all 3 catalogs (and for that matter the CCE volumes hosted variously by Hathi/Google/IA)? IA hosts a lot of items which it hasn’t checked, and so I wouldn’t treat the existence of anyth…

[immagine] alex.farlie: There is a need for an open-source drafting system, to go with the Seamly program, as most existing published systems with a fit contemporary with 21st century sizing are s…

Yes, This should happen. Even if such a system could draw from the pre 1930 ones. A shirt is a shirt, regardless of era, even if styles change. Ideal of course would be for the authors of one of th…

[immagine] Buggi: What do you think? :rofl: Along with @Sue 's expert guidance and hard work, and a lot of input by @Douglas , we’ve been busy with a system for women for over a year now. It’s …

(Note to forum moderators- If it’s possible to split threads, it’s suggested as the topic has drifted.) Thanks for letting us know about the effort. Recommendation would be to also put this new syste…

[immagine] alex.farlie: I’d make a strong representation to include ‘grading’ This is also in the pipeline… @Douglas is working on a full marker layout. [immagine] alex.farlie: (Note to fo…

[immagine] Grace: How about tackling the pattern making system for men? I’m sure it’s a lot easier than for woman :grin: I think we should first align on the expected result. In my opinion, we …

[image] [image] [image] [image] If you navigate to the folder where your Seamly software is installed, then to Samples, you’ll find all of the above in the Measurements and Patterns sub-folders. …

A 1961 pattern system from archive.org

Patterns

Buggi 10 Giugno 2025, 11:53am 39

Thanks Douglas, new thread is started: