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💡 The Quiet Income Stream Hidden Inside Your Pattern Library

🚦This is your green light to turn sewing into income—links inside.

Hi Molly here!

Let’s clear something up right away…
Because I know some of you have wondered 🤔 — and a few of you have hesitated.

👉 Yes, you are absolutely allowed to make money using Sewing Pattern Secrets patterns. 💸🪡

Finished garments?
Services?
Teaching?
Content?

✔️ This is what we intended in the first place. When we started creating the database in 2020, sewing patterns were overpriced! Making money is fully encouraged.

⚠️ One very important (and non-negotiable) rule before we go any further:
You may not resell, share, upload, or redistribute the patterns themselves—digitally or physically.

And yes… violators will be found out. 😬
It’s a small sewing world. Word travels. Screenshots happen. 👀📸

Now that we’ve handled business—let’s talk about the fun part 🎉

✨ So… what does “making money with your patterns” actually mean?

(Let’s demystify this, shall we? 😄)

When people hear “make money sewing,” they often imagine stress, spreadsheets 📊, or turning their hobby into something joyless.

That’s not what we’re talking about here.

We’re talking about using your patterns the way professionals do—naturally, creatively, and often right in the flow of what you already love to sew 🧵❤️

Here’s how this shows up in the real world 👇

👗 Finished Garments (Yes, Ready-to-Wear!)

You sew the garment 🪡
You sell the garment 💵

Examples:

  • Finished garments on Etsy 🛍️

  • Limited runs for local boutiques 🏬

  • Seasonal pieces for craft fairs or markets 🎪

  • Custom orders based on a sample style ✂️

You’re selling the clothing, not the pattern—and that’s perfectly allowed ✔️

(Perfect spot for a gorgeous finished-garment photo 📸👗)

🧵 Sewing & Seamstress Services

Think of patterns as your behind-the-scenes superpower 🦸‍♀️

Examples:

  • Custom sewing ✨

  • Alterations and refits 📐. (Learn how with Design Secrets)

  • Event or church garments ⛪

  • Performance or special-occasion pieces 🎭

Clients don’t care which pattern you used—they care that it fits, moves, and looks great 💃

🏫 Community Classes & After-School Sewing

This is a sleeper hit—especially in colder months ❄️

Patterns make teaching easy, structured, and repeatable 📚✂️

Examples:

  • After-school sewing programs 🎒

  • Winter or spring vacation workshops 🌷❄️

  • Adult education classes 🧑‍🏫

  • Library, church, or homeschool groups 📖

❄️ Winter months
🌸 Winter & spring school vacations

Prime time for sewing classes!

(Perfect spot for a classroom or group photo 🧵👩‍👩‍👧‍👧)

📸 Social Media Sewists & Creative Marketers

If you already share your sewing online, this part is fun 🎉

Earn 75% commission from all SewingPatternSecrets purchases with your affiliate hoplink from ClickBank Marketplace. Takes about a half hour to complete the affiliate registration form and give them your payment deposit account information and you are immediately rolling, ready to affiliate and make money. Once you have a “nickname” you can affiliate for us, or any offer on the Clickbank Marketplace and get paid! Just put your hoplink on the social media post with a photo or video of you wearing, making, or teaching and mentioning Sewing Pattern Secrets, they are sent to the commercial, and you get 75% of the sale. (Cookies last 30 days) If experienced affiliates are interested in selling Design Secrets, we can whitelist you and negotiate a good commission for you!

Examples:

  • Instagram or TikTok sew-with-me posts 📱

  • YouTube sew-alongs 🎥

  • Blogs and newsletters ✍️

  • Pinterest content 📌

Sew → Share → Link → Repeat 🔁

And yes—you can become an affiliate and earn by linking to the patterns you’re using 💰✨

🌟 The big idea (and the permission part)

Your pattern library isn’t just inspiration—it’s a toolbox 🧰

For garments 👗
For services 🧵
For classes 🏫
For content 📸

And now you officially have permission to use it that way ✅

👇
🔒 Member-only pattern links are below.
Pick one. Have fun with it 💖

—Margie 🪡✨

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🚀 If you haven’t grabbed the database yet, now’s the time.

Right now, you can still get lifetime access to 157+ curated patterns, 50+ video tutorials, plus optional ebooks, and planners.

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