Hello everyone!
I’m a 35yo and I looove to sew and design for myself and for friends. It has been a couple months now I started drafting with Seamly and I really love that the comunity is still alive <3
I registered on https://my-pattern.cloud as gorlem and shared there a couple of parametric designs
I also drafted the Aldrich basic bodice and I also dived into dart rotations, specifically moving the shoulder dart of the basic bodice somewhere on the side, but of course I failed: the shoulder courve seems all wonky. Frankly, this method seems too advanced for me, but I’d love to try and draft a basic bodice with another simpler one. Can someone share with me some instructions or tutorial?
I’d venture into asking for a sm2d file for a simple basic bodice
Also, I’m a software developer and I’m looking into supporting the codebase a little bit. I have tokens and I’m not afraid to use them eheh
@Grace or one of the other users can probably help you better with this.
This I can help with. First I would ask… do you know Qt, C++, and Git? The project is built with C++ using the Qt framework, and the repository is maintained using git on Github… so knowledge of all these are essential. The project can be built using either Qt Creator or VSCode.
My 1st suggestion is to start with reading the dev readme on Github:
I would recomend to start with something simple… take a look through the issues on Gihub and see if there is something you could tackle. Also if there is a feature you want to add it’s best to discuss it on the forums first as 1) We may already be working on it. 2) It’s always good to get the devs & users input before just adding a feature.
If you need help getting started please feel free to ask… one of us will be able to help.
You don’t mention which edition of the Aldrich book you drafted from, however the rules should be the same.
First place 2 lines from the bustpoint to either side of the shoulder dart (or whichever dart you wish to close). In my case, the lines go from A24 to A19 and A24 to A27. These lines will be used in the angle formula for the rotation.
Next, place a point on the line or curve where you want to open the dart - I placed a point 3cm below the armhole on the side seam (A67). I then placed a line from the bustpoint to the side seam point to indicate the bottom leg of the dart.
I then picked up the rotation tool and selected all of the objects (points and curves, including the 2 point (A67 and A27) where I want to open the one dart and close the other. Hit Enter and entered the formula A24_A19 minus A24_A27.
Then I placed a line at the new shoulder seam, from A67 rotated point to the new under arm point and from the bustpoint to the A67 rotated point to show the upper dart leg.
I’m really afraid to share the Aldrich file with you because I actually drafted it about 9 years ago when I was learning pattern making - which is the 1st author that I found that was simple enough for me to learn from, so there are probably many mistakes which may not be good to teach you
Thank you for the explanation @Grace ! I’ll try with an updated version if I find one lookign around <3
@Douglas I genuinely don’t know the framework at all (I’m a python/TS dev), but I’m interested in learning the basics and dive with my best collegue Claude if you’re ok with the use of AI. I’m already on it with few simple issues
I’m not opposed to using AI, just be careful with Claude… it can write some horrible code. For one it generally doesn’t know how to properly write ui forms from scratch, and can mangle existing ones. It also may not understand the xml schema.
