[5] The program was named after mother of the founder Roman Telezhinsky, a cutter by profession, who gave him the idea for the project.

The support for over 50 pattern-making systems made the project somewhat popular with designers of contemporary clothes as well as the historical recreation community, since a significant part of the supported systems cover Victorian tailoring, as well as garment cutting from even earlier centuries.

According to the authors, the production of small-scale and custom-made garments is essential for a long-term sustainable future, maintaining small and medium-sized textile manufacturers (weaving and spinning), enabling independent and small designers and entrepreneurs to expand production so that they can live decently, rebuilding local clothing areas and the reduction or elimination of slave labor.

They come from previously discovered differences concerning the development, the role of users, the amount of contribution to the project from community members and communication between the founders of the software.

[2] This article incorporates text by Alexandre Prokoudine available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.