How to Download & Print Digital Files & Tutorials
When you purchase a digital product like a download pattern or pdf tutorial, you have two ways to download the file; via email, and through your Sewing Workshop account. *PayPal Customers There's a slight delay in payment processing. To obtain your download, please use the Sewing Workshop Account method.
How to download from your Sewing Workshop Account
Download via Email
When you purchase your digital product, you will receive two emails; one will be your order confirmation email, the other contains your digital files and is titled "Your Download Files are Ready - The Sewing Workshop Pattern Collection". When you open this email you will see a setup similar to the image below. To download, simply click on the highlighted files and they will download to your computer.
Download via your Sewing Workshop account
Step 1: From the homepage, click the link that says Login/Logout at the top of the page.
Step 2: When you click Login/Logout, the login page will open. Enter your username and password and press login.
Step 3: When you are logged in, the Shop page will open. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the link that says My Account. Click My Account.
Step 4: Your account will show your order history. Your orders are listed by purchase date. Scroll down to find your digital product purchase. When you find the purchase, you will see a list of blue files under the product. These are the digital file links. Click the links to download them.
Our digital pattern and tutorial files are formatted as a PDF. Use Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat to open and print the file. If you don’t already have it, you can download the updated version here. http://get.adobe.com/reader/
All patterns are full-scale with all sizes included. Each download pattern includes an instruction file, and three pattern piece files; home printer, U.S. Copy Center, and A0 Copy Center.
Printing Specifics
- Do Not Scale to Fit, Do Not Crop, Print Scale at 100%
- No Additional Borders
Test Square
Each printed page will have a number, starting with 1. On Page 1 you will find a Test Square that will measure 1" x 1", 2.5 x 2.5 cm. Measure this square to ensure accurate printing size.
Pattern Assembly
Every pattern includes a Page Assembly Guide. This guide is a map to help you piece each page together to create your pattern. Use this guide to tape each sheet together.
Each page has a Margin box for alignment, part of which will be trimmed. See Order of Assembly.
*Tip: Think of your pattern in rows and columns. Tape your pages together in rows from left to right. (ie. Pages 1-5, 6-10, 11-15).
Order of Assembly
- Trim along right-hand margins of all pages
- Tape together each row starting at the top (eShrug & eVest have 3 rows)
- Trim along bottom margins
- Tape together each row (ie. Row/Pages 1-5 tape to Row/Pages 6-10, Row/Pages 6-10 tape to Row/Pages 11-15)
- Cut out pattern along desired size
- Enjoy!
Printing Recommendations
To print a copy center pattern, we recommend PDFPlotting.com, or SublimeGrax.com. Both are quick and economical, please note that SublimeGrafx offers the option of printing on tissue.