I got myself a micro collection of old vintage military garments.
I’ve been digitalising them.
It got me back into pattern cutting.
I learned a lot.
I could have left it all sitting on a desktop.
Instead, I hit it really hard.
Built an open pattern platform.
Same workflow I use for brands:
engineered pattern, delivered in 3D.
Approved before the factory touches it.
Put the work out open source.
People are downloading the patterns.
It doesn’t make money.
But it builds a lot of credibility.
And it’s a little bit of giving back.
What I learned:
Put the work out.
Rather than it just sitting on a desktop.
Now I’m thinking about taking it to the next level.
How do you keep it open source and still make money from it?