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Using the FreeSewing.eu website

On these pages, we’ll paint a high-level picture of how to get the most out of the FreeSewing.eu website.

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If you are in a hurry, skip ahead to How to generate bespoke sewing patterns.

Finding your way​

On every page of FreeSewing.eu is the same header with links to the most important sections of the site:

  • Designs shows our collection of parametric designs you can generate bespoke sewing patterns from.
  • Docs is short for documentation and that’s exactly what it provides.
  • Showcase show examples from the FreeSewing community, things they have made with FreeSewing patterns
  • Blog holds blog posts with updates and news about FreeSewing
  • Forum is a link to forum.freesewing.eu, our user forum.
  • Account is where you can manage your FreeSewing account. (if you are logged in, your username will be shown instead).
  • Support lists your options for where to get help
  • Search can help you find something if you’re not certain where to start looking

In addition, the header also has buttons to change the Theme (or color scheme) and Language of the website.

On mobile, the header is at the bottom of the page and because of space constraints not all of these links are shown. However, click the hamburger icon to open the menu that contains all of these links.

Signing up or Signing in​

You can sign up for a FreeSewing account at /signin. We support signing in with your Google or GitHub account if that is easier for you.

If you already have an account, you can sign in to your account at at /signin.

Some functionality requires a FreeSewing account. So I will assume you have an account for the remainder of these instructions.

Important account settings​

When your signed in, you can navigate to /account to manage the data stored in your account, which includes various settings.

I’d like to highlight a couple of them that are worth your attention:

User Experience​

The User Experience setting allows you to gradually reveal more complexity. If you are a little overwhelmed with everything FreeSewing.eu has to offer, setting this to a lower value will gradually hide more features for the sake of simplicity. But setting a higher value here will show more features and functionality.

Dial this setting down if you want a simpler experience. Turn it up if you want more power, or some things that you know exists are not shown on your screen.

Two-Factor Authentication​

Please enable Two-Factor Authentication to secure your FreeSewing account.

Make it your own​

Now that you have a FreeSewing account, there’s more you can do on FreeSewing.eu. Click through to learn more about the following features:

Generating sewing patterns​

With that out of the way, let’s move on to How to generate bespoke sewing patterns.