Discord community call: 26 April 2025

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You are all invited to our Discord hangout.
Please leave a comment here or on Discord to add things to the agenda.
This topic 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.eu/ (meeting room: :speaker_high_volume:voice chat)
Date: April 26th, 2025 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

  • TBD
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  • What should the default value for Expand be? What was the default value in v3?
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April 26 2025 Community Call

Notes:

  • Default value of Expand
    • Expand broke such that it had no default value.
    • What was the default value in v3? (Would like the behavior to be consistent v3 to v4.)
    • We’re not sure what the default value was? Did each design set its own default value?
  • Should Expand be separated into multiple options, for the various use cases?
    • The use cases:
      1. Mirrored parts vs. fully-unfolded
      2. Small/summarized rectangle parts vs. full-size rectangle
      3. Parts hidden altogether vs. all parts appearing
      4. Single part cut x times vs. all duplicate parts appearing
    • Ben will add a forum discussion about the topic.
  • Is the forum the place where meeting agendas are posted?
    • Yes. Codeberg doesn’t have discussions like GitHub had, so it needs to be the Forum.
  • Projects:
    • Kids doing final school activities. Sewing for concerts.
    • Wahid with a full bust adjustment.
    • Bust dart going to a princess style line.
  • Patterns
    • Big 4 seems to release the same patterns over and over.
    • Try to recreate patterns seen in pattern magazine?
  • Hats
    • Someone on the forum is giving away hat ribbons.
    • Can hat-making techniques be applied to bra-making?
  • Keeping track of Discord vs Forum.
  • Wahid’s fit issues, where it primarily uses chest measurement to determine garment width.
    • Other designs have had similar measurement-assumption issues.
  • Carlita-style trenchcoat. How important is interfacing?
    • Ways to measure/quantify how much drape a fabric has?
    • Some fabrics with the same drape will drape closer to the skin.
  • Avoiding polyester in garments.
    • Linings sometimes are polyester.
    • Elastics are sometimes latex.

Attendees:

  • Benjamin F.
  • Curvalicia (a.k.a. Anna Puk)
  • RockerKitten
  • TangerineShark
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Note: As far as I can see, in v3 the expand setting was about as broken as it was in (early) v4. The optional (rectangular, …) parts where shown by default, but the top button was displayed as disabled and you had to click it twice to hide the parts.