---
title: new-design
---

Published as [@freesewing/new-design][1], this is an
initializer package for a new FreeSewing design.

## Usage

```sh
npx @freesewing/new-design
```

## Notes

The package will run an interactive script and install a standalone
development environment which can be used to develop and test a new
FreeSewing design and to generate patterns from that design.

:::note RELATED

Please see our
[Getting Started tutorial](/tutorials/getting-started-linux/dev-setup#stand-alone-development)
for more information about how to set up and start the standalone
development environment.

:::

[1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@freesewing/new-design