Pattern measure software

Hi Daphne,

I haven't used any myself, but I know of these:

in the most recent issue of Threads) think this one is aimed at profressionals who also want to maketheir own patterns, not just size them, but it is still worth apeek) :) Good luck!! :>

-Susan

ps:

Daphne,

One thing to consider is that if you are printing out patterns at home, you may want to consider investing in a really nice printer. I haven't made anything from a print-at-home pattern, but I have printed out a pattern before (from

and it involvedkeeping a careful eye on order of the pages so that you can piece themtogether before cutting. Unfortunately there's not much you can fit on8.5" x 11" (standard) sized piece of paper when the context is sewingpatterns! :-} Good luck!

-Susan

Wouldn't that be nice. Unfortunately, the harsh truth is that, unless we have bodies which exactly match the pattern sizes (ha!) we have only two choices. Either pay a really good dressmaker to make clothes which fit us properly, or buy pattern drafting software and learn to use it. Actually, I find that the Wild Ginger software is not that hard, once you have got your measurements right and your sloper tweaked. As I definitely have a non-standard body but there is no way I could afford to have all of my clothes custom made,I decided I would just have to learn how to use the computer this way as well as for writing letters and finding information.

Sorry I can't be more help.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

Daphne had written this in response to

:Thank you everyone, for all the great feedback.I will be visiting those sites to see if this will solve my problem.Thanks again.

Daphne

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Who copied my last post onto an apparently commercial site? I don't recall giving anyone permission to do so. If I wanted to be on these proprietory lists I would join them.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

Olwyn, there are lots of places these days that are mirroring Usenet newsgroups like Google Groups does, wehther in an interactive format or just for display purposes. Is that what you are talking about?

If you go back to Daphne's post earlier this afternoon, you will see that she is quoting some site known as "sewgirls" etc., apparently devoted to pattern software. I clicked on it to see what it was, and was horrified to see the entire thread from Usenet copied on there verbatim. I did not explore further, as it kept telling me that I could join if I liked. I do NOT like, and I resent proprietary sites copying information to their private clients which was posted here for all to share. If I receive any spam emanating from that post I shall be EXTREMELY cross. If my portion is not taken down before tomorrow morning I shall be complaining further.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

In case you've been wondering about my peculiar sig line -- I find posts of mine on dozens of scam sites every time I auto-Google.

Joy Beeson

Oh really?? I went back to have another look, and it seems you have to reach them through Google, Yahoo or several other providers so I don't see how they can claim to be a simple interface. Just out of curiosity, I also looked up their "privacy policy" Ha!! They tell you right there that they put cookies on your computer, collect information about which other sites you visit to pass on to their (multiple and annoying) advertisers, check on all traffic etc. I can assure you that as soon as I have sent this post, I am going to sign off and clear all cookies off my computer.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

Ah, well in that case I am in excellent company.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

If you read their about page:

says that they are a Usenet archive facility that also allows people to post to the newsgroups. Basically a Google Groups just for the textile community. That's all.

Item 1 on this web page:

" Usenet Web Gateway is a set of Perl programs that run on web servers, which allow users to post, read and search usenet messages from a web browser. These also do not require any other news reader software." Perl is a programming language for web pages like Java, SQL, and all that.

You don't have to worry that anything has been done to your computer. But if you don't go to their web site, you won't be affected by what they do to people who post through there. The extra junk coming through on the posts from people who post through that gateway won't do your computer any more harm than the mini-ads at the bottom of emails from people who post from a Yahoo mailing address.

Third choice: learn how to use a pencil and ruler.

Fourth choice: fiddle around with a pre-existing pattern until it fits.

Then use it for everything, which brings us back to the third choice when you want to add pleats or change the collar.

Drafting a sloper from scratch doesn't really take all that much longer than piecing dozens of sheets of letter paper together, and learning how to change a style by hand takes less time, in the long run, than figuring out how to trick a program into doing what you want done instead of what the programmer thought you ought to want done.

Joy Beeson

I'm with Olwyn on this one. Usenet doesn't put cookies on my PC.

Web portals exist coz someone, somewhere reckons they can make a fast buck. Google is a prime example of this.

There is also plenty of anecdotal evidence that web portals can be forced to remove individuals' postings from their archives.

I'll admit to being one who drafts the basic pattern out on Wild ginger, tweaks it in the Real World, and then adds details by draping! Gets all the boring bit done automagically and leaves me the fun bits! :D

on that note, here's a great fitting book that I have and recommend:

includes a few different approaches to altering an existing pattern"by hand" : - ) no software required! :>

good luck! :>