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FreeSewing 2.20: Would you like it smaller?

2021 wrap-up: A new FreeSewing.dev and announcing our bug bounty program

Calling all contributors

10 cosplays you can make from FreeSewing patterns to get you in the Halloween mood

Get your Halloween going with these inspirational costume ideas

FreeSewing 2.19 brings Bee, Lunetius, Tiberius, Walburga, a new plugin, and a bunch of improvements and fixes

Announcing FreeSewing v2.18: Congratulations, it's a Yuri

Announcing Ursula, a basic, highly-customizable underwear pattern

FreeSewing 2.16 comes with React 17 and Webpack 5

Charlie Chinos: who wants some new trousers?

These Cornelius cycling breeches are Wouter's latest gift to us all

Say hi to our latest pattern: The Hortensia handbag

The Bella bodice block for womenswear

The year 2020 was something alright

We haz apron now: FreeSewing 2.10 brings you Albert, a humble apron pattern

FreeSewing 2.9 brings our Teagan T-shirt pattern

Please help grow FreeSewing beyond what I can do on my own

Meet Paco: Our new unisex pattern for stylish summer pants

FreeSewing v2.7: Titan, changes to measurements, and a long list of improvements

Calling all makers: Here's a 1-page PDF facemask pattern; Now go make some and help beat this thing

We just published a face mask pattern, because coronavirus

New pattern: The Holmes Deerstalker Hat

A look at what's new in FreeSewing 2.2, including Breanna, our bodice block for womenswear

4109 reasons to be happy about 2019

FreeSewing v2.1: Three new patterns, expert mode, and help with measurements

Announcing FreeSewing v2.0

Monthly roundup - January 2019: The big beta update

Let's meet up in 2019! And other end-of-year musings

Monthly roundup - November 2018: New showcases and a (false) security alarm

Monthly roundup - October 2018: Progress on beta.freesewing.org

Monthly roundup - September 2018: Shin, loads of JavaScript, and a long TODO list

Announcing Shin, a swim trunks pattern

Celebrating one year of freesewing.org: Announcing the freesewing library

Announcing Sandy, a circle skirt designed by @AlfyLyr

Monthly roundup - July 2018: French and waiting for Sandy

Monthly roundup - June 2018: German, Penelope, and more womenswear on the horizon

Announcing the Penelope Pencil Skirt; And our womenswear roadmap

Monthly roundup - May 2018: The post-GDPR era is upon us

Welcome to our new website. It's GDPR compliant, speaks 3 languages, and smells of wet paint

Monthly roundup - April 2018: Calm before the storm

Monthly roundup - March 2018: Parlez-vous français? Sprechen Sie Deutsch? ¿Hablas español? 你會說中文嗎？

Freesewing core 1.8: Jaeger Jacket is in, across back measurement is out

Monthly roundup - February 2018: Core 1.7.0 with Sven, Carlton, and Carlita improvements. Plus GDRP, vim, and Jaeger

The General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union: Our battle plan.

Monthly roundup - January 2018: Inkscape DPI, version awareness, Bail, and Carlita

Announcing Carlita, the womenswear version of our Carlton coat.

Freesewing core v1.3.0 is out; Comes with fixes so good that we back-ported them to all your drafts

Monthly roundup - December 2017: Patrons, Bent, Carlton, Florent, and the looming Inkscape issue

Announcing Carlton, aka the Sherlock Holmes coat, and the Bent Body Block

Calling all Patrons; Join our bedrock of loyal supporters.

The Florent Flat Cap pattern is now available in beta. That's another gift sorted.

Monthly roundup - November 2017: Benjamin, on-boarding, showcases, and our on-demand tiler

The Benjamin Bow Tie pattern is now available in beta. And I didn't even have to do anything.

Monthly roundup - October 2017: Huey, Roy, community building and pattern cover pages

The Huey Hoodie is now available in beta. Which begs the question, what does it mean for a pattern to be in Beta?

Monthly roundup - September 2017: Simon complications, email issues, and donations are up this year.

Thanks for nothing Microsoft; Email shouldn't be this hard

The Refashioners 2017 - Now with a Blake Blazer preview and 100% more zebra

Freesewing.org is open for business. That is, the business of giving away free sewing patterns

Announcing the Sven Sweater; A basic sweater based on the Brian body block

The choices I've made to protect your privacy. Or why you won't be getting any cookies.

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Announcing freesewing, an open source platform for made-to-measure sewing patterns

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