Freesewing.org is the FreeSewing project's flagship website where we offer
our ever-growing collection of bespoke sewing patterns to makers all
over the world.
FreeSewing is not about fashion, trends, or publishing the hot new pattern of the season.
Instead, we want to empower makers by distilling the knowledge of the sewing community
into parametric designs + documentation, and make that information freely available.
FreeSewing.org is our most visible asset, and for many people their first encounter with the FreeSewing project.
## Patterns vs Designs
If you came to this site looking for _sewing patterns_ and did not immediately find a place to download them, that's because all of FreeSewing's sewing patterns are **made to measure**.
We don’t scale or grade patterns.
Instead, FreeSewing drafts a design into a pattern made to your measurements.
That happens in real-time, in your browser.
- **Design**: One of the styles that we offer. We've got dozens of designs, and you can try them all
- **Pattern**: The result of *drafting the design* (turning it into a sewing pattern to your measurements). We've got thousands of patterns stored for our users, and some might be yours
FreeSewing also provides **curated measurements sets**. These are measurements set from real people that we use to test our platform and designs. But you can also use them to test-drive our platform before you break out the measuring tape.
