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22 December

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  Dec 22, 2012, 02.18 PMby zsyzu

  Happy Holidays to you as well. I think everyone in the Burdastyle community will agree that you and your encouraging comments are always appreciated!

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    Jan 2, 2013, 09.42 AMby joost52

    Awww, come here you, I want to give you a big hug :)

16 September

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  Sep 16, 2012, 05.35 AMby Ralf Schmitz

  congrats to makemyownpattern! fab. website and your work has been really excellent. my full admiration for doing your own patterns now that is so great! i am really busy as well and have not been able to put up my latest work, but will do so soon. best regards from berlin!

  ralf

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    Sep 16, 2012, 07.24 AMby joost52

    Hey thanks Ralf, that really makes me happy :)

    Looking forward to see your work. I haven’t been sewing much lately as I was working on the site, but I hope to get back to it now :)

    Love from Brussels,
    joost

14 July

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  Jul 14, 2012, 08.57 AMby jsanga

  Hey you! how have you been? love your work hehe

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    Aug 1, 2012, 07.41 PMby joost52

    Busy at work :( although I have one more project that I should put up someday ;)
    You doing fine?

10 July

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  Jul 10, 2012, 06.31 PMby zsyzu

  Maker Faire is awesome! We went to the one near San Francisco, CA for the last 3 years but not this year. Have fun!

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    Jul 10, 2012, 06.33 PMby joost52

    Hey thanks :) I’m really looking forward to it!

21 May

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  May 21, 2012, 05.09 AMby buddingnaturalist

  Godfather? Dear goodness were they on acid? Oh well Akki will an excuse for all kinds of madness now (Joost told me I could…)

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    May 25, 2012, 04.35 PMby joost52

    Knowing Akki’s mother, I think he’ll come to me for the ‘normal’ point of view ;)

13 May

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  May 13, 2012, 09.22 PMby JPGagnon

  Congratz on being a godfather! :)

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    May 14, 2012, 07.03 AMby joost52

    Thankz :-)

9 May

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  May 9, 2012, 02.40 PMby Gurtlamorous

  Congrats on being a godfather

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    May 13, 2012, 08.48 PMby joost52

    thanks man :)

2 May

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  May 2, 2012, 09.19 PMby martinK

  Hoi Joost,

  ik heb ook verschillende boeken van Müller&Sohn. Het witte boek “Meisterschneider – Schnitt-Technik” bevat colberts, broeken, rokkostuum en andere patronen, die de gemiddelde Mann niet nodig heeft. Het opstellen van een basisparoon is niet het probleem, maar het aanpassen aan je eigen lichaam en de kennis hoe je de overtollige wijdte op de zij en coupnaden moet verdelen is niet so makkelijk. Groot nadeel is, dat in de boeken de constructie van de kraag niet echt uitgelegt wordt en ik heb het met uitleg van mijn leraar nog steeds niet helemaal begrepen. Het vraagt veel oefening. Ik heb onlangs noch een Engels boek over patroonteken op bol.com gevonden. Groeten Martin

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    May 3, 2012, 12.01 PMby joost52

    Dankjewel Martin. Ik zal me eens moeten verdiepen in de Muller boeken tijdens de vakantie :)
    Hoe heb jij je leraar gevonden? Ik zou ook wel iemand willen om me de kneepjes van het vak te leren!

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  May 2, 2012, 01.00 PMby elguanche

  Just saw you patternmaking site…. unfortunately nothing to see!? If you need help with pattern making, just tell me! :)

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    May 2, 2012, 01.02 PMby joost52

    Let me sent you an email :)

26 April

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  Apr 26, 2012, 07.31 PMby jsanga

  haven’t been on here in a while but i do frequent your site haha Hope all is well!!

16 March

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  Mar 16, 2012, 12.30 PMby martinK

  Enjoy the amazing city of Dublin! I like it so much!

13 March

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  Mar 13, 2012, 01.05 AMby juremaramos

  Hi Jo! How are u? hugs

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    Mar 15, 2012, 11.21 AMby joost52

    I’m grand :) I’ve been too busy with other things lately to do any sewing, but apart from that life is great :)

    Also, spring is coming, so I’m super happy about that!
    Hope you’re fine too!

    love
    joost

12 March

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  Mar 12, 2012, 09.21 PMby sigrid

  Thanks for the message about my first jeans. I just looked back at your pair and see that i favorited one photo 10 months ago on Flikr, so I am sure that seeing your first pair was inspiration.

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    Mar 15, 2012, 11.22 AMby joost52

    Oh wow that’s cool :)

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  Mar 12, 2012, 07.43 PMby asperge11

  Hey so I looked at the website, pretty cool eh! I like purple best too. Maybe I’ll make a Tshirt for my brother sometime… but I’m seriously lacking spare time at the moment. I’m also into web design, and as a project I have to make my own website. I know exactly what colours and layout I’m gonna do but I have no idea what to put on it… Good luck with the makemypattern scheme :)

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    Mar 12, 2012, 08.11 PMby joost52

    Thanks sweetie. I hope it would become a useful tool for many sewing enthousiasts, but I need to work on it a lot more :)
    Also, in Brussels, most people speak French. I speak French too, but not super good as it’s my third language, and I’m not exactly a linguist ;)
    My first language is Dutch, second English et finallement le francais comme troisieme :)

    Good luck with your website :)

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  Mar 12, 2012, 04.38 PMby LadyDanburry

  Thank you so much for the links! I really appreciate it.

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    Mar 12, 2012, 04.43 PMby joost52

    Those are all well-earned links lady. You are all sorts of inspiring!

29 February

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  Feb 29, 2012, 01.41 PMby joost52

  Hey Nicolai,

  I need a hand from my make Burdastyle friends, so here I am asking a favor :) I figured since you posted on my wall that you like my stuff, you might want to help me out a bit ;)

  I recently started working on a project that sits somewhere on the crossroads between sewing and IT, two things I happen to like. I wanted to draft my own pattern, but I didn’t like all that measuring and mucking about with paper and pens. So I sat down with the guidelines for a Tshirt pattern and programmed them into a website.

  It’s still rough around the edges, but in principle the pattern it generates should be just as good as what you would create by hand. To check that it actually works, I am looking for people who want to generate the pattern for their own measurements, and then make the Tshirt (it’s a pattern of a Tshirt). You can make it in a muslin, there’s not need to do the finish, I am just looking for feedback on how the fit is.

  I know it’s a lot to ask for some of your precious sewing time, but I hope that with more work and some valuable feedback, this will become a useful tool for us all :)

  Thanks in advance, you can try it here: http://makemypattern.com/

  Joost

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    Feb 29, 2012, 04.26 PMby NicolaiE

    Very cool. I’ll make one tomorrow.

    :-)

    Nicolai

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    Mar 1, 2012, 10.53 AMby NicolaiE

    I made it!

    http://www.burdastyle.com/projects/just-for-fun-trying-joost-automatized-computer-generated-web-based-t-shirt-pattern-maker

    That is sooo cool. I will enter my thougts about your project using your feed back thingy on the pattern web site.

    But you should know that the over all fit is amazing! I think I have a new favourite pattern :-)

    Nico

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    Mar 1, 2012, 10.57 AMby joost52

    Hey thanks man :) I was hoping it would be good but you never know :)

    I’ll be adding more patterns when I have rewrote it a bit to make it less spaghetti code ;-)

24 February

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  Feb 24, 2012, 07.42 PMby NicolaiE

  Hey there!

  Saw you boxer briefs and t-shirts on your homepage and flickr. I just love your style. And it is so nicely made:-)

  Looking forward to see some more!

  Have fun, Nicolai

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    Feb 29, 2012, 01.27 PMby joost52

    Thanks man, that’s super nice of you :)

17 February

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  Feb 17, 2012, 10.46 AMby martinK

  Hello Joost, I have a suggestion for you in order not to hurt your fingertips anymore by sewing such thick lether. I am sure there will be a saddler in the area of Brussels. They have special tool/ nedels for sewing leather by hand. And they use a special stitch. Maybe there is a friendly guy who will show you. I often saw that when I was actief in horseriding. An other suggestion, the textiel museum in Tilburg offers several sorts of services like lacerprints on leather and other materials,….. Greatings from Rotterdam Martin

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    Feb 17, 2012, 10.58 AMby joost52

    Thanks for the tips, that’s good to know :)
    I am planning on visiting a leather working store, but I couldn’t wait ;)

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  Feb 17, 2012, 03.14 AMby LilleLine

  Hello! new friend:)

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    Feb 17, 2012, 09.13 AMby joost52

    Hey :)
    I stumbled on your website and I’m in love with those baby clothes you make :)
    My best friend is giving birth in a couple of months and I will be the godfather :) so I would like to make some of this stuff myself.
    So yeah, I want in on the baby sewing action ;)

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    Feb 17, 2012, 06.58 PMby LilleLine

    Thank you. My website needs some serious updating, it has been standing still since june. Congratualtions on becoming a godfather, I love sewing babyclothes. Its a nice way to practice different techniques, while making something useful and not having to spendt a furtune on fabrics. If i can recomend you patterns, I love Ottobre design for children, They have nice fit and fun and original designs.

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    Feb 20, 2012, 09.36 AMby joost52

    Thanks girl, I’m going to check out this Ottobre thing :)

12 February

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  Feb 12, 2012, 08.12 PMby juremaramos

  So sorry Joost! Friends? Hugs

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    Feb 12, 2012, 09.27 PMby joost52

    Hey, I was only joking :) We are friends!
    love,
    Joost

2 February

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  Feb 2, 2012, 11.17 AMby martinK

  Hoi Joost, wat is dat voor een rot bedrijf, dat 8 maanden nodig heeft om een naaimaschine te repareren? Ik heb net een messengerbag gemaakt, ga het vanavond posten.

  Groeten Martin

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    Feb 2, 2012, 05.24 PMby joost52

    Zwijg me ervan. Ik tracht er niet te veel aan te denken want ik wordt er telkens droef van :(

    Benieuwd naar de bag! :)

2 January

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  Jan 2, 2012, 05.46 PMby sunnyelle

  Hello, I read in the discussions that you use Inkscape for patterning… I also use Inkscape and have been learning, through trial and error, to draft my patterns with it. The straight lines are easy enough, but the curves can be tricky (armscye, necklines!). Do you know of any websites or books, etc.., that you can recommend for drafting patterns using vector graphic software? I want to draft my patterns in Inkscape so I can upload them as pdf’s here on Burdastyle and on my website so others can download them. If you have any experience with this and can offer advice, I’d appreciate your comments. And sorry for the long post on your wall!

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    Jan 13, 2012, 03.46 PMby joost52

    Hi there, sorry to take some time to get back to you.

    There’s a lot of links on the inkscape homepage that’ll help you. Here’s a few:

    http://inkscape.org/doc/index.php?lang=en
    http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.php
    http://en.flossmanuals.net/inkscape/

    I am a little surprised that you find curved lines to be difficult, because they really shouldn’t be.
    You aren’t drawing them by hand are you?

    For a curved line, you have a few options. One is to turn a straight line into a curved one.
    First draw the line. Then select the node tool and just ‘grab’ the line somewhere (by clicking on it and keeping your mouse button pressed) and drag it to where you want. The line’s start and end point will remain, but the line will follow the mouse in a nice curve.

    You can tweak the line by selecting one of the nodes by clicking on it with the node tool. That will show the handles. Make them longer or shorter and change the angle to change the curve of the line.
    Alse learn about the different node types. They can make sharp, smooth or symmetrical corners.

    When you are happy about a part of a curve, add some nodes (by doubleclicking your line with the node tool) to isolate that part from the rest of the line.

    The other way is to start with a circle or ellips and than convert that to a path and use all the stuff I outlined above.

    I hope you’ll figure it out, if not, I’m sure there’s a bunch of stuff on YouTube too.

    Love,
    Joost

31 May

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  May 31, 2011, 06.29 AMby jsanga

  You’re My Hero :)

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    May 31, 2011, 06.32 AMby joost52

    What did I do? What did I do?? What did I do???

    Oh man, if I don’t know what I did, how can I ever do it again?!

16 May

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  May 16, 2011, 10.28 PMby janene

  You can’t have broken it already! Well I do hope not… fingers crosssed! :-)

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    May 17, 2011, 05.34 AMby joost52

    It’s a US model so I had to use a transformer thingie. Seems that wasn’t a good idea :(
    I’ll have to take it to the shop during the weekend, it just sits there dead now (and I have to sew for my niece :( )

14 May

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  May 14, 2011, 09.39 PMby jsanga

  you finished your dress form? yay! I want to see pictures soon :) you havent updated your website in a while!

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    May 15, 2011, 08.55 AMby joost52

    I know I know, this turned out to be a bit of a bigger project I anticipated. But I hope to have the pictures up before the end of the weekend (in other words, today :)

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    May 15, 2011, 11.46 AMby jsanga

    yay!! :P

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  May 14, 2011, 06.28 AMby joost52

  Hey, thanks for the repost on Tumblr :)

6 May

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  May 6, 2011, 03.05 AMby Olivia Anne

  thank you!! I will definitely post all my progress along the way!

20 April

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  Apr 20, 2011, 06.46 PMby jsanga

  Im liking the new boxer briefs you posted on your website :)

13 April

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  Apr 13, 2011, 08.13 AMby loulourosa

  Hallo, mijn man heeft het al erg druk, hij is beeldend kunstenaar. Maar hij kan wel breien (daar schaamt ie zich een beetje voor), en een naaimachine bedienen zal ook wel lukken. Het is idd niet zo vanzelfsprekend voor mannen om te naaien, maar de meeste mode-ontwerpers zijn wel mannen hé, die hebben ook allemaal leren naaien. Mijn peter was kleermaker, en ik denk als het om herenkledij gaat dat het toch nog altijd beter is als die door mannen wordt gemaakt. Alleen al om de pasvorm. Dat foefelen valt precies wel mee, maar dat blijft wel hoor, zelfs als je al zolang naait als ik,…

12 April

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  Apr 12, 2011, 09.15 PMby jsanga

  I like your website! I never noticed it before haha but I think you only recently started it correct? I was curious as to how you got the custom labels for your clothes! :P Very nice hehe How did you come up with the design?

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    Apr 12, 2011, 09.20 PMby joost52

    Hey,

    Yes, I started it very recently, 2 weeks ago to be precise :)
    Did you find the post about the custom labels? It’s here

    The website and the labels are all my own design. I’m also still changing it around a bit, I’m not fully happy with it at the moment, but I’m glad you like it :)

    Nice new pic by the way :)

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    Apr 12, 2011, 09.24 PMby jsanga

    Yeah I looked up the labels. Im impressed! hehe I may have to do it too! I want people to know it’s mine haha

    I have your website saved on my bookmark bar!

    haha thanks about the pic comment.. :)

    I was reading a comment you left me one time and we should definitely start a men’s sewing website haha

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    Apr 12, 2011, 09.27 PMby joost52

    Hey, count me in for that men’s sewing website :)

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