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Creating the closure

Things are starting to look good, but we can't fit the bib over the baby's head like this. So we must create a closure. We'll let the straps overlap at the end, and put in a snap later.

Using macros​

To round the straps, we'll use something new: a macro. To use macros, we need the macro method, which we can destructure to get access to it.

Macros are little helpers that automate things that would otherwise get rather tedious. There are macros to add titles to our pattern, or grainline indicators, a scalebox, and there's a macro to round corners. The round macro.

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You can find more information on the round macro in the macros docs.

We need a half circle here, but the round macro works on 90° angles, so we'll use it twice. As such, we'll add some points to guide the macro, and then put it to work.

Like our neck opening, we've only drawn half since we can simply copy the points to the other side.

function draftBib({
  Path,
  Point,
  paths,
  points,
  measurements,
  options,
  macro,
  part,
}) {

/\*

- Construct the quarter neck opening
  _/
  let tweak = 1
  let target = (measurements.head _ options.neckRatio) /4
  let delta
  do {
  points.right = new Point(
  tweak _ measurements.head / 10,
  0
  )
  points.bottom = new Point(
  0,
  tweak _ measurements.head / 12
  )

  points.rightCp1 = points.right.shift(
  90,
  points.bottom.dy(points.right) / 2
  )
  points.bottomCp2 = points.bottom.shift(
  0,
  points.bottom.dx(points.right) / 2
  )

  paths.quarterNeck = new Path()
  .move(points.right)
  .curve(
  points.rightCp1,
  points.bottomCp2,
  points.bottom
  )
  .hide()

  delta = paths.quarterNeck.length() - target
  if (delta > 0) tweak = tweak _ 0.99
  else tweak = tweak _ 1.02

} while (Math.abs(delta) > 1)

/\*

- Construct the complete neck opening
  \*/
  points.rightCp2 = points.rightCp1.flipY()
  points.bottomCp1 = points.bottomCp2.flipX()
  points.left = points.right.flipX()
  points.leftCp1 = points.rightCp2.flipX()
  points.leftCp2 = points.rightCp1.flipX()
  points.top = points.bottom.flipY()
  points.topCp1 = points.bottomCp2.flipY()
  points.topCp2 = points.bottomCp1.flipY()

paths.neck = new Path()
.move(points.top)
.curve(points.topCp2, points.leftCp1, points.left)
.curve(points.leftCp2, points.bottomCp1, points.bottom)
.curve(points.bottomCp2, points.rightCp1, points.right)
.curve(points.rightCp2, points.topCp1, points.top)
.close()
.addClass('fabric')

/\*

- Drawing the bib outline
  _/
  const width = measurements.head _ options.widthRatio
  const length = measurements.head \* options.lengthRatio

points.topLeft = new Point(
width / -2,
points.top.y - (width / 2 - points.right.x)
)
points.topRight = points.topLeft.shift(0, width)
points.bottomLeft = points.topLeft.shift(-90, length)
points.bottomRight = points.topRight.shift(-90, length)

/\*

- Shape the straps
  \*/
  points.edgeLeft = new Point(points.topLeft.x, points.left.y)
  points.edgeRight = new Point(points.topRight.x, points.right.y)
  points.edgeTop = new Point(0, points.topLeft.y)

points.edgeLeftCp = points.edgeLeft.shiftFractionTowards(points.topLeft, 0.5)
points.edgeRightCp = points.edgeLeftCp.flipX()
points.edgeTopLeftCp = points.edgeTop.shiftFractionTowards(
points.topLeft,
0.5
)
points.edgeTopRightCp = points.edgeTopLeftCp.flipX()

// Round the straps
const strap = points.edgeTop.dy(points.top)

points.tipRight = points.edgeTop.translate(strap / 2, strap / 2)
points.tipRightTop = new Point(points.tipRight.x, points.edgeTop.y)
points.tipRightBottom = new Point(points.tipRight.x, points.top.y)

macro("round", {
id: "tipRightTop",
from: points.edgeTop,
to: points.tipRight,
via: points.tipRightTop,
hide: false
})
macro("round", {
id: "tipRightBottom",
from: points.tipRight,
to: points.top,
via: points.tipRightBottom,
hide: false
})

    /*

- Now, adapt our `rect` path so it's no longer a rectangle:
  \*/
  paths.rect = new Path()
  .move(points.edgeTop)
  .curve(points.edgeTopLeftCp, points.edgeLeftCp, points.edgeLeft)
  .line(points.bottomLeft)
  .line(points.bottomRight)
  .line(points.edgeRight)
  .curve(points.edgeRightCp, points.edgeTopRightCp, points.edgeTop)
  .close()

return part
}

Now the straps overlap. Which doesn't work for a pattern as it would make it impossible to cut it out of a single piece of fabric. So let's deal with the overlap next.

Notice that we always draw our path at the end after we've manipulated our points.