I am are proud to announce [freesewing core v1.0.0](https://github.com/freesewing/core) and the accompanying [documentation](/docs) that describes the freesewing project in detail.
Sewing is easy. It really is. What's hard is getting things to fit properly. That's why you use a sewing pattern. It's a blueprint for whatever it is you are making. A good pattern gives you good fit. Most patterns don't.
That's because — much like clothes in the shop — patterns come in sizes. And sizes are a crude way to put people in boxes. They are made for an imaginary average person, rather than for you.
There's another way, and that is to draft a pattern based on your measurements. These made-to-measure patterns are vastly superior, but they require a lot of work.
In the world of home sewing, it tends to require a bit of explaining why one would choose to give away their work for free. Things are different in the open source world where the idea of sharing your work with others for the benefit of all is the very thread from which communities are woven.
[Freesewing.org](https://freesewing.org/) will continue to offer what [Makemypattern.com](https://makemypattern.com/) does today: free sewing patterns drafted to your measurements. But additionally, it will be open to your contributions.
The early-stage enthusiasm and input of [@diggydev](https://github.com/diggydev), [@cabi](https://github.com/cabi), [@woutervdub](https://github.com/woutervdub), [@cloutiy](https://github.com/cloutiy), [@straytaoist](https://github.com/straytaoist), [@netpraxis](https://github.com/netpraxis), [@Stefan1960](https://github.com/Stefan1960),
