-
Notifications
You must be signed in to change notification settings - Fork 0
/
Copy pathTODO.txt
118 lines (71 loc) · 3.28 KB
/
TODO.txt
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
Plans for the <https://github.com/creideiki/free-penguin> fork:
Documentation
Move pattern pieces onto separate A4 sheets, to avoid having to tape
papers together
Evaluate LibreOffice as a drawing tool, consider porting to Inkscape
Evaluate the wedge construction, consider changing to standard darts
Include seam allowance in pattern pieces
Investigate licensing. How does the pattern being GPL affect finished
plushies? Check how the 3D printing community does things.
Notes from my first attempt at sewing the v0.6 pattern:
Cutting pieces:
The lack of precise seam allowances is annoying
Sewing bib to side:
Clip the seam allowance in the side to allow it to stretch along
the long belly curve
There needs to be alignment points along the long belly curve
There is excess fabric in the bib by the cheeks. I ended up sewing
a straight line from the corner of the beak to the corner of the
chin, cutting off the cheek entirely.
Sew with the bib facing upwards
Consider making the bib a single piece
Sides:
The curved wedges are a pain; use straight darts with the same
endpoints instead
Attaching sides to bottom:
Need aligment points. Match against darts in the sides and ends of
side pieces.
Side pieces need to be clipped in the seam allowance to follow the
curves of the bottom piece. Mark this (under and just behind the
foot attachment area, and in the back).
Sew with the bottom piece facing downwards
Wings:
Need alignment points
Beak:
Mark opening
Feet:
Alignment points
Opening
Sewing sides together:
Opening. Lower back.
Sewing order. Black below bib, lower back up to opening, bib, head
and upper back.
Stuffing:
The standard pattern is huge, with a lot of dead space inside, so
it requires a lot of stuffing. Consider shrinking the pattern so
the side pieces fit comfortably on just two A4 pages.
Attaching beak, wings and feet:
Do this before or after closing and stuffing the body? Before
makes sewing easier, but after makes positioning easier. Beak has
to be done after. Ended up doing everything after.
Finished appearance, compared to the original drawing of Tux:
Eyes should be lower, lower edge cut off by the beak
Body should be wider
Neck should taper gently up to just below beak height
Notes from trying to redraw the pattern in Valentina
(http://valentinaproject.bitbucket.org/):
Automatic seam allowance and piece layout would be awesome.
Can't get automatic seam allowance to work.
No freehand drawing - everything needs to be mathematically
specified points. Makes placing embroidery for eyes and feet
awkward. No tracing over bitmaps makes inputting foreign patterns
tedious ruler and calculator work.
Not able to specify points by arbitrary intersections, or arcs by
points. Wedges require intersection between two arcs, which is
impossible. Arcs can be segmented, but only by length, not
angle. Making them straight darts instead would mean the
intersection is between arc and line, which is supported, but then
there is no way to have the arcs end at the point (needs to be a
specified angle).
No ellipse drawing, so embroidery placements would have to be made
up of several bézier curves.