FreeSewing is the leading [open source library](https://github.com/freesewing) for on-demand garment manufacturing.
Loved by home sewers and fashion entrepreneurs alike, FreeSewing provides the tech stack for your creative endeavours.
FreeSewing is the brain-child of [Joost De Cock](https://github.com/joostdecock), the FreeSewing maintainer. Various other people have contributed to FreeSewing over the years (the [FreeSewing contributors](/contributors)), and the project is financially supported by [the FreeSewing patrons](/patrons).
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For more info about FreeSewing -- the open source project -- refer to
[FreeSewing.dev](https://freesewing.dev/) which hosts documentation for
developers, designers, contributors, and translators.
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## What is FreeSewing.org?
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. Stattdessen wollen wir Macher stärken, indem wir das Wissen der Näh-Community zu parametrischen Designs + Dokumentationen destillieren und diese Informationen frei zur Verfügung stellen.
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 immeadiatly find a place to download them, that's because all of FreeSewing's sewing patterns are **made to measure**.
Wir skalieren oder gradieren keine Schnittmuster. Instead, FreeSewing drafts a design into a pattern made to your measurements. Das passiert in Echtzeit, in deinem 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). Wir haben Tausende von Schnittmustern für unsere Nutzer/innen gespeichert, und ein paar davon sind vielleicht von dir
Das Speichern deines Schnittmusters ist optional, es erlaubt dir aber, es später noch einmal aufzurufen, weitere Anpassungen vorzunehmen oder einfach das PDF noch einmal herunterzuladen.
Du kannst so viele Schnittmuster erstellen wie du möchtest.
Sobald du einen Account hast, kannst du damit anfangen, Körpermaße hinzuzufügen. Aber das wirft schnell die Frage auf: Was, wenn du ein Schnittmuster für dich haben willst, aber auch für deine/n Partner/in?
That's why we have **measurements sets**. You can add as many measurements sets as you like. Nur eine für dich selber zu haben ist auch in Ordnung.
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##### Curated measurements sets
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.
