Footwear manufacturing with an origin

An article of footwear flat pattern comprising:

• an upper portion having a toe end with a convex edge and an opposite heel end, a medial side and an opposite lateral side;
• the upper portion comprising:
• (1) a midline reference line, the midline reference line extending between the toe end and the heel end, wherein the midline reference line extends through the toe end at an apex of the toe end convex edge and the midline reference line extends through the heel end equidistant between a first intersection between the heel end and the medial side and a second intersection between the heel end and the lateral side;
• (2) an origin aperture, the origin aperture extending through the footwear flat pattern at a location within 10 millimeters of the midline reference line between the toe end and the heel end;
• an overlay, the overlay coupled with the upper portion between the toe end and the heel end and between the medial side and the lateral side;
• and
• the overlay comprising an alignment aperture extending through the overlay, the alignment aperture aligned with the origin aperture.

A method of manufacturing an article of footwear from a flat pattern, the method comprising:

• forming an origin aperture extending through an upper portion, the origin aperture positioned within a midfoot opening region of the article of footwear;
• coupling an overlay having an alignment aperture to the upper portion, wherein the alignment aperture aligns with the origin aperture;
• removing the midfoot region of the upper portion having the origin aperture from the upper portion;
• and
• subsequent to removing the midfoot region, forming the upper portion as an article of footwear configured to receive a foot.