Discord community call: 25 May 2024

[joostdecock]

You are all invited to our Discord hangout.
Please leave a comment here or on Discord to add things to the agenda.
This page will be updated after the call with notes.

About

FreeSewing's Discord hangout is an informal hangout/chat/meeting that is open to everyone.
The call is organized/hosted by @tangerineshark.
The call does not have a fixed structure or agenda items. Everyone is free to suggest agenda items, ask questions, or bring ideas.

Details

Location: https://discord.freesewing.org/ (meeting room: 🔊voice chat)
Date: May 25th, 2024 4pm UTC, which can be found in your local time zone here.
Or check the Events tab in Discord!
The meetings will always be at 6pm, Antwerp time.

Agenda

• @joostdecock may or may not be on a top secret black ops mission behind enemy lines for the next 3 weeks, but in any case he will essentially drop off the internet during this time and not be reachable. Until (if?) he resurfaces, @woutervdub is interim-CEO of FreeSewing.
• TBD

[woutervdub]

I hope I can make it. I'll be somewhere on the road at that time.

[BenJamesBen]

May 25, 2024 Community Call

Notes:

• If you don't include seam allowance on a pattern, then how do you construct the garment?
• Various seam allowance widths in patterns and commercial patterns.
• Complaints about commercial patterns, how the sizing/grading doesn't reflect reality.
• New FreeSewing trousers designs in development. Jodhpurs-style trousers for riding.
• Getting trousers and shirt patterns to fit different body shapes.
• Advantages of raglan-style shirts for fitting various body areas.

Attendees:

• Benjamin F.
• bobgeorgethe3rd
• Curvalacia (a.k.a. Anna Puk)
• RockerKitten
• TangerineShark
• Thrunic
• Vili