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Your Sewing Patterns

Our sewing patterns (patterns for short) is why most people end up on FreeSewing.org, so they are an important part of the website.

FreeSewing does not store the pattern itself, instead we store your settings you used to draft the design, this includes:

With this, we can regenerate the pattern. So this is all we store.

This also means that if a pattern goes through significant changes, or a new major version with breaking changes is released, we may no longer be able to generate the (old) pattern. For this reason, you should download the pattern as PDF or SVG and save it locally if you want to archive it.

tip

Backup your patterns if you intent to keep them for a long time

In addition to the settings required to recreate the pattern, patterns are stored with the following fields:

Name​

Every pattern has a name attribute that is mandatory.

In other words, you must give each of your patterns sets a name, but that name can be anything you want.

Notes​

Every pattern has a notes attribute that is optional.

The notes field allows you to add your notes to a pattern. This field supports markdown, so you can use rich formatting, or even embed images.

note

If you make your pattern public, your notes will also be public.

Image​

If you'd like you can add an image to your pattern, for example of the finished make.

This can help you remember exactly what this pattern was, which can be useful as you can end up having many patterns saved to your account.

note

If you make your pattern public, your image will also be public.

Public​

This settings controls whether your pattern will accessible by the public or not.

By default, patterns are private and only you can access your own patterns. If you'd like to share your pattern with others -- perhaps because they showed an interest or you are looking for input -- you should first make it public.