Digital Sewing Patterns Workshop with Susan Spencer
The textil industry is dominated by some big players and proprietary file formats for digital cut patterns. With the maker scene getting a big push with 3D printers, it is time to push for open digital sewing pattern creation as well.Susan Spencer already works for some time on this goal. She created plugins for creating and portraying sewing patterns in Inkscape and documents her work on the TauMeta Website.The next goal is to enable designers to upload and customize patterns online through a web interface. This is why we are meeting up at a workshop after the Libre Graphics Meeting in Madrid. I believe this is exciting and offers many people a way to collaborate on patterns around the world.As textil making is very big in Vietnam and other Asian countries, this could be very interesting for people. I can see that it would also offer ways for small business owners to work together.Susan Spencer and Hong Phuc Dang at the Digital Pattern Workshop after LGM 2013Links* http://www.fashiontec.org* http://meshcon.net* http://www.taumeta.org* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_(sewing)