Are you a pattern designer?
Grow & thrive with Patternly
Patternly Collective brings together makers and independent designers to make the art form of sewing more accessible, sustainable and fun—for everyone. We provide an online marketplace of digital sewing patterns curated for quality, aesthetic, and an overall great maker experience. As passionate designers and makers ourselves, we believe in modernizing the industry so that it better serves today’s creative community and appropriately celebrates, supports, and compensates great designers.
If you're an independent quilt pattern designer looking to grow your sales, offload the administrative grind, and connect with fellow quilty entrepreneurs, you're in the right place. We built Patternly Collective to be the platform designers deserve—handling the behind-the-scenes work and helping the right quilters find you so you can spend more time doing what you love.
what we're looking for
WHY WORK WITH US
What you get
What makes us different
REVENUE
Fair, transparent pay for every sale
We pay you 50% of retail price for every pattern sold, structured like a wholesale relationship. And you always have real-time visibility into your sales through your designer portal, with automatic monthly payouts.
curation, not aggregation
We don't list everything. We list the best.
Patternly is selective by design. Every designer is vetted for pattern quality and clarity, which means customers arrive with trust already built, and your work sits alongside others they can rely on.
GROWING AUDIENCE
Your patterns, actively promoted
We invest in strategic, paid marketing to showcase your designs through our own channels. You’re not just listed — you’re featured, promoted, and discovered by quilters who are actively looking for what you offer.
FOR THE BUYER, FOR YOU
Search that actually works
Our filtering system lets quilters search by cut type, skill level, colorway, size, and more. That means customers find exactly what they’re looking for and you get found by the right people.
YOUR TIME BACK
We handle customer service for you
Patternly fields all initial customer emails, including for tech issues, pattern questions, and download problems. You spend that time designing, not managing inboxes.
SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE
Services that lower your overhead
We’re building out a suite of shared services: quilt photography, discounted fabric, and coordination of quilt sample production — costs that make more sense when they’re centralized.
RESOURCE-RICH COMMUNITY
A network built for indie designers
Join a private designer collective where you can connect with peers, attend our educational talk series on topics like newsletters, branding, and taxes, and access resources designed around your needs.
A REAL RELATIONSHIP
We want you to grow here
Patternly isn’t a set-it-and-forget-it marketplace. We’re invested in your success because when great designers thrive, we elevate the craft for everyone.
READY TO GROW WITH US?
Patternly is currently inviting designers to join the collective.
We’re building our founding cohort of designers who care deeply about their craft and are ready to reach a wider audience. If that's you, we'd love to talk.