I make my own patterns, so any outfit I make, I have made from start to finish (well, with the possible exception of serging the cut pieces, since I have people for that). I have yet to use anyone else's commercial or private patterns. I will consult drawings in, say, PoF, Alcega, or Tudor Tailor, but I do not scale up the provided paterns, so I consider that research (especially when I disagree with the TT ladies).
The next most common sewing scenario for me is collaboration, where I design and pattern, but the other person cuts and sews under my direction. I will also pin and sew the most chalenging parts, depending on the level of the seamstress. I've never considered this in terms of intellectual property, but in this case, I can see this as being "my" outfit. I don't really think of the clothes I've designed thus far in that way, though. I generally say XX made it, since XX performed most of the labor. XX is generally quick to give me credit for my tutelage. Overall, my definition resembles yours here.
I almost never have people ask for a pattern who are both willing and capable of making the garment from that point. I can't remember the last time that happened. That may be because I follow the Micheangelo school of design.
Occasionally, I'll have a friend who needs help getting a pattern they draped to fit just so (shoulder seams, the back of a bodice, and such). Since they do the vast majority of the work, I wouldn't considr that to be mine in any way.
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Date: 2010-04-07 11:04 pm (UTC)The next most common sewing scenario for me is collaboration, where I design and pattern, but the other person cuts and sews under my direction. I will also pin and sew the most chalenging parts, depending on the level of the seamstress. I've never considered this in terms of intellectual property, but in this case, I can see this as being "my" outfit. I don't really think of the clothes I've designed thus far in that way, though. I generally say XX made it, since XX performed most of the labor. XX is generally quick to give me credit for my tutelage. Overall, my definition resembles yours here.
I almost never have people ask for a pattern who are both willing and capable of making the garment from that point. I can't remember the last time that happened. That may be because I follow the Micheangelo school of design.
Occasionally, I'll have a friend who needs help getting a pattern they draped to fit just so (shoulder seams, the back of a bodice, and such). Since they do the vast majority of the work, I wouldn't considr that to be mine in any way.