Comments on: Total Beginner’s Guide to Inkscape for Sewing https://projectorsewing.com/inkscape-for-sewing-beginner/ Project. Cut. Sew Wed, 08 May 2024 05:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Sheredith https://projectorsewing.com/inkscape-for-sewing-beginner/comment-page-1/#comment-19251 Wed, 08 May 2024 05:29:12 +0000 https://projectorsewing.com/?p=4431#comment-19251 In reply to Colleen.

Hello!
Sorry it has taken a bit to get back to you. If you already have Adobe Illustrator, I’d go with that! Start learning the basic tools including the pen and node tool. Most of the tutorials are for Inkscape and Affinity Designer because they are free and low cost, compared to Adobe Illustrator. One of these programs (any vector graphics program will work) can modify the length of PDF patterns and you can save it for future use. You will need to lengthen each pattern individually, but you can save them to use again and again. Choose one program to learn. If you have Adobe Illustrator, than use that. If not, you can start with the free Inkscape.

The calibration programs PatternProjector.com and Project and Cut do not make pattern modifications and are for viewing patterns.

]]> By: Colleen https://projectorsewing.com/inkscape-for-sewing-beginner/comment-page-1/#comment-19201 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 21:30:58 +0000 https://projectorsewing.com/?p=4431#comment-19201 Hi there, thank you so much for the tutorials. I find them helpful. I have access to Adobe Illustrator, but in all the reading I have done people say it is cumbersome to learn. I don’t know if that is true. I have noticed that several people have a few tutorials on INKSCAPE, but not nearly to the depth of Affinity. I would like not to have to spend the money on this program, but is it worth it? Do you use one over the other for your normal sewing? Most of the time I need to adjust the length as I am taller than what the patterns were drafted for. I usually am in between sizes as well. My question is can you make these alterations at one time in INKSCAPE or in Affinity or for that matter Adobe? I didn’t see a tutorial on grading or adjusting length in INKSCAPE. The only one I have seen is done in two different steps. Also, the tutorials are 3 years old prior to the new version of INKSCAPE and Project and Cut and Pattern Projector. Would these programs also make a difference in how you might make adjustments since they project in the proper calibration? I would be very interested in your thoughts on all this. I am excited to get started.

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