Here’s an update on the photo jacket. I switched gears pretty significantly, no longer using the pattern that I spent most of the previous posts tinkering with. Instead, I used The Green Pepper’s pattern for a barn jacket as the base. Charmingly, this ...
The first hood sample turned out pretty well, despite its quirks (an accidental gap between the hood and the neck; a collar whose points jutted out like tusks). I fixed the gap and removed the collar tusks. I’m slightly regretting axing the tusks; ...
I sewed a sample of the hood based on the CLO pattern I made. Quick video here (if it doesn’t show up in the email, click through to view in browser): What went well: The shape is functional. It fits well around the head The brim extends past the ...
I’ve often heard the term ‘iteration’ since I entered the corporate world. It is so ubiquitous that it feels less like something people do, and more like something they say to feel like their organization is innovating. This may be ...
Working in CLO gives only a partial piece of the puzzle: something can look like it fits but feel different on the body. I’ve been spending a while in CLO making adjustments, but nothing that’s really felt like it makes sense for an update. ...
In the previous post, I wrote about how I thought I could use the analog of an ID slot in a wallet for my photo panels. Today, we further tinker with the concept and arrive at a panel that holds multiple photos at once. The Result For those short on time ...
In a recent post, I detailed the high-level design of the photo panels: where they’re located on the jacket, how big they are, etc. But I didn’t cover the actual implementation because I hadn’t yet figured out how it would work. I ...
tl;dr I made the CLO 3D files for my in-progress jacket public on Github today! That means others can run them on CLO / modify them / use them non-commercially. What’s Source-Available vs Open-Source? True open-source software can be ...
Here’s how I approached the photo panel revisions (v1 described here). The v1 design had a hidden flap attached only from the top. In the v2 design, each side conceals a hidden rectangular chest panel, and these panels close from the top and bottom ...
After writing my 0.0.8 post, I measured my original Acronym/Nemen J28-K and imported those measurements into CLO. First I spread out my jacket on the floor and crouched down with a measuring tape. Then I annotated a screenshot of my pattern pieces as I ...