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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Ink/Stitch: An open source machine embroidery design platform based on Inkscape -Want to design embroidery pattern files (PES, DST, and many more) using **free, open source software?** +Want to design embroidery pattern files (PES, DST and many more) using **free, open source software?**  @@ -14,14 +14,19 @@ Want to learn more? * Watch some [videos](https://inkstitch.org/tutorials/video/) of Ink/Stitch in action * ...and lots more on our [website](https://inkstitch.org) +Need help? + +* Contact us in via the [Inkscape Forum](https://inkscape.org/forums/embroidery/) +* Join our [chat channel](https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/inkstitch) + # Background and Philosophy _by @lexelby, an Ink/Stitch programmer_ I received a really wonderful christmas gift for a geeky programmer hacker: an embroidery machine. It's pretty much a CNC thread-bot... I just had to figure out how to design programs for it. The problem is, **all free embroidery design software seemed to be terrible**, especially when you add in the requirement of being able to run in Linux, my OS of choice. -I started off hacking on [inkscape-embroidery](http://www.jonh.net/~jonh/inkscape-embroidery/). It had some of the basic capabilities I needed, and I saw a lot of potential. I love the idea of using an existing, ultra-powerful SVG editor as the basis for an embroidery design suite. +I started off hacking on [inkscape-embroidery](http://www.jonh.net/~jonh/inkscape-embroidery/). It had some of the basic capabilities I needed and I saw a lot of potential. I love the idea of using an existing, ultra-powerful SVG editor as the basis for an embroidery design suite. -Things took off from there. I continued adding features as I needed them, and by this point, very little if any of the original code remains. +Things took off from there. I continued adding features as I needed them and by this point, very little if any of the original code remains. -The goal of Ink/Stitch is to provide a powerful embroidery digitizing platform for everyone **completely free**. I want to open up the field of embroidery design, making it approachable even for those who can't spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on software. And I want folks like me, who love to combine code with art, to have an open, extensible, and approachable platform to hack on. +The goal of Ink/Stitch is to provide a powerful embroidery digitizing platform for everyone **completely free**. I want to open up the field of embroidery design, making it approachable even for those who can't spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on software. And I want folks like me, who love to combine code with art, to have an open, extensible and approachable platform to hack on. |