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| Decision field | Free downloadSeamly2DGlobalRemove | Open accessCanada Textile Labelling GuideCanada · North AmericaRemove | Open accessPattern Grading & Size-Run Validation RecordGlobalRemove | Open accessFreeSewingGlobalRemove |
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| Decision fit | ||||
| Primary job | Find patterns & fit | Check standards | Find patterns & fit | Find patterns & fit |
| Also useful for | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded |
| Area | Patterns & fit | Standards | Patterns & fit | Patterns & fit |
| Best for | Digital pattern drafting | Starting a Canadian textile-label compliance check | Auditing inherited grade rules or controlling a new multi-size pattern release from approved targets through sample evidence | Custom-fit home sewing patterns |
| Know before using | Patternmaking knowledge, controlled measurement files, production conventions, and sewn fit testing are still required. The software does not validate body measurements, ease, balance, grading rules, fabric behavior, construction, or product fit. The project currently labels its user wiki manual as needing updates, so confirm current commands and file behavior against the installed release and active support channels. | This is federal guidance, not the controlling legislation, an approved label, a product classification, or legal advice. It does not resolve every exemption, fibre test, origin claim, care label, product-safety rule, provincial language duty, or market-specific requirement. Confirm the current Act and Regulations, Quebec and other applicable rules, the actual article and fibre evidence, and the responsible dealer before sale or import. | The record does not create a production grade, supply universal increments or breakpoints, validate a CAD file or fit population, reproduce licensed standards, or replace qualified anthropometric, pattern, technical-design, fit, quality, accessibility, safety, statistical, and user-research review. | A generated pattern is not independent fit evidence or a production-ready graded block. The result still depends on accurate measurements, the selected design and options, ease assumptions, fabric behavior, construction, and representative test garments. An account stores saved patterns and measurement sets, so review the platform's privacy terms before retaining personal measurements. |
| Practical access | ||||
| For | Both | Apparel brands | Apparel brands | Makers |
| Location or jurisdiction | Global | Canada · North America | Global | Global |
| Access | Free download | Open access | Open access | Open access |
| Format | Software | Reference | Stitch Authority | Software |
| Source type | Open-source project | Government guidance | Stitch Authority | Open-source project |
| Source and review | ||||
| What the source establishes | The maintained Seamly2D repository identifies the application as GPLv3+ open-source patternmaking software for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It reads multi-size measurement files for standardized sizes and individual measurement files for custom-fit work, publishes downloadable builds and releases, and links an active website and user forum. | The Competition Bureau guide outlines Canada's Textile Labelling Act and Regulations for prescribed consumer textile articles. It covers fibre percentages and generic names, dealer name and address or CA number, bilingual fibre information, permanent and non-permanent labels, imports, and advertising. The guide also flags additional French-language requirements in Quebec and directs readers to the full Act and Regulations. | The guide cites current ISO body-table, size-designation, and garment-measurement boundaries plus two peer-reviewed studies that tested the relationship between conventional grade rules, anthropometric evidence, and garment fit; it requires product-specific target deltas and validation instead of publishing universal increments. | FreeSewing's official documentation says the browser editor drafts a selected design in real time from a measurement set rather than scaling or grading a standard-size pattern. Users can adjust design options and export the generated result, including as PDF; saving the pattern to an account is optional and is used to revisit it later. |
| Linked page reviewed | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 27, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Next review due | Jan 17, 2027 | Oct 19, 2026 | Jul 27, 2027 | Jan 17, 2027 |
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