Self-styled as “your tool to design and sew your own wardrobe!,” “Burdastyle.com”:http://www.burdastyle.com/ is the “instructables”:http://www.instructables.com/ of the sewing world. Site members can post their own sewing patterns and other people can then post pictures of their creations using those patterns. Like any good design-centered site, there is also the facility for rating patterns, discussing them in forums, and even “learning new techniques”:http://www.burdastyle.com/howtos. Now I’ve never had any inclination to create my own clothing in my life, but if I ever did I’d imagine I would drool all over this website.
Thanks to yet another “infodoodads”:http://infodoodads.com/?p=281 post for this wonderful find. An oldie but a goodie. The above sewing pattern is the oh sew sweet “Kasia skirt” and can be found at its “project page”:http://www.burdastyle.com/patterns/show/3633. You will need to sign up for a free membership to see details.
Previous open-source innovation featured on Duenos:
* “Build your own skis, really”:http://duenos.net/article/217/Buildyourownskis
* “Build a computer out of lego bricks”:http://duenos.net/article/82/lego-computer
* “Patagonia sells their scraps for a diy shoe”:http://duenos.net/article/122/patagonia-sells-their-scraps