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Freesewing is an open source platform for made-to-measure sewing patterns
This documentation site currently holds documentation for the freesewing core platform. Which means that it is most relevant to developers and designers.
Documentation for makers — how to sew up our patterns and all that — is still hosted on makemypattern.com, the predecessor of this site.
Freesewing is open source, and so is our documentation. If you see something that needs improvement, you can click the Improve this page button at the very bottom of every page.
{% include card.html
title='What is freesewing?'
text="Oh you're new here? No worries, we can explain what this is in just a few minutes. With bonus origin story."
img='/img/lamp.jpg'
link='/about'
link-text='What is freesewing?'
%}
{% include card.html
title='Try the freesewing demo'
text="Click around in our demo and see what happens. We promise you can't break anything."
img='/img/wocit.jpg'
alt='A Creative Commons picture from the Flickr stream of WOCinTech Chat'
link='/demo'
link-text='Try the freesewing demo'
%}
{% include card.html
title='For designers'
text='Curious about what freesewing can do for you as a designer? Learn how you can design your own patterns using our tools.'
img='/img/designers.jpg'
link='/designer'
link-text='Documentation for designers'
%}
{% include card.html
title='For developers'
text='Do you care for code? Do you want to learn or help us out? Or are you merely curious about how the sausage gets made?'
img='/img/developers.jpg'
link='/developer'
link-text='Documentation for developers'
%}
{% include card.html
title='Contribute to freesewing'
text='Join the loose-knit team of volunteers who build and run freesewing. Apart from enthusiasm, no special skills are required.'
img='/img/contributors.jpg'
link='/contribute'
link-text='Documentation for contributors'
%}
{% include card.html
title='Join us on Gitter'
text="The freesewing community on Gitter is the best place to ask questions, meet other freesewers, or just hang out and share a laugh."
img='/img/gitter.jpg'
link='https://gitter.im/freesewing/freesewing'
link-text='Go to Gitter'
%}