Feature Patterns

A Berry Sweet MakeDo SHP
Price: US$5.00





A Drawstring Patchwork Tote E Pattern
Price: US$3.00






A WOMANS WORK is Never Done - Raggedy Ann Doll - tdp
Price: US$6.50

Check out these Halloween patterns

I wanted to share some random Halloween patterns that we have on Pattern Mart. Aren't they great?! You can browse through a bunch more of them here.



Whimsical Halloween Fairies



Candy Corn Bowl Fillers




Halloween Bats





Frankie



Headless Americana Pumpkin Doll





Cat Ornaments

Looking for Discounted Patterns?

If so, you will find them exclusively on the Pattern Mart newsletter. Each week one of our designers offers the newsletter subscribers one of their wonderful patterns at a sale price. This is your chance to purchase a fantastic pattern at 1/2 the cost! So if you haven't signed up for the Pattern Mart newsletter yet, hurry over and sign up so you won't miss any of the news, new pattern listings and the discounted pattern each week.

To sign up, just visit http://www.patternmart.com/ and join the mailing list from the main page.

Here's a sample of one of the discounted patterns on this past weeks newsletter. There is such a huge variety and every week there is a new one, so don't miss out!

Ordering Instructions:
To order click the purchase button and make payment through Paypal (Do NOT use e-checks or it won't download for you). Once you get to the page on Paypal that says YOU'VE MADE A PAYMENT, on the bottom right there is a button that says YOU MUST CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD. Click that. A blank page will come up. Don't X out of this page, it takes a few seconds before your download will start and open your pattern.

Allie Cat E-pattern offered by Wings and Paws Primitives



Discount Price: $3.50

Our Newest Designers

We are very excited to welcome the newest designers to Pattern Mart! Each of them offers some fabulous patterns. Click on their name to view all of their patterns.

Southern Prim



PRIMITIVE HALLOWEEN FRANKENSTEIN
CROWS BOWL FILLERS ORNIES E PATTERN
Price: US$6.00



Soft In The Head



Socrates
Price: US$7.50


Craft-a-ru-ju



Gingerbread Bakers Kitchen
email painting packet
Price: US$7.50

Newest Designers

Pattern Mart has over 2,000 patterns for you to choose from. I wanted to share with you the newest designers and a sampling of the patterns they offer. Simply click on their name or the more info button.

Southern Prim



PRIMITIVE AMERICANA BLACK
POUTING MARTHA DOLL E PATTERN

Price: US$8.00



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Sew Primitive Pattern Originals



LIBBY ANN Americana
Primitive Raggedy Ann Doll

Price: US $14.00



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Stacy Nash Primitive Designs

Birds of a Feather~ Framed Early
Style Sampler Pattern

Price: US $12.00

Milli Jean Pattern

I just loved designing this pattern. This is Milli Jean and her sewing machine. I thought I'd offer it to you here at a special discount price of $3.

To order simply click the buy now button. When you pay via Paypal use only instant payments, credit card or Paypal balance. On the last page of Paypal once you pay you will see a button like this one on the bottom right.



You MUST click this button for your download to start. Also be sure you have the newest version of Adobe 7.0 which you can get at www.Adobe.com free.

Enjoy!

Yikes! My E-Pattern Files Are HUGE!

Posted on 2006-07-26 by Linda Walsh
Category: Pattern Designing

If you create E-patterns then you know that file size is very IMPORTANT.
Especially if you are going to send your e-patterns as email attachments or if you're going to upload them to a craft pattern website or instant pattern download website. You have to keep your e-pattern files to a minimum. But, how do you do that? The pictures are usually HUGE and the scanned sheets are usually HUGE. Even if you scan them in black & white. So, what do you do? Well, you have to reduce the size of the pictures and scanned images either by adjusting the resolution, pixels or actual physical size of the image. There is no hard and fast formula for this. My results have been based upon trial and error.

Here's what I do for my pictures. First I use a picture program to crop and clean-up all your images. I have all of my pattern pictures saved on my computer as .jpg files of various sizes. I keep a master copy of the original picture in it's original HUGE size and then I use Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Picture It! to reduce the size of my images down to whatever size I may need. Most picture programs will allow you to reduce the size of your image either by resolution, pixels, or physical size. I prefer using pixels for most of my pattern pictures and inches for small pictures to display on the side of my blogs.

I have found through trial and error that 300 to 350 pixels is a good size for most applications. For example, let's say my original doll picture is 1276x1671 pixels and 453kb in size. I would reduce this picture to around 300 to 350 pixels, depending upon the picture I want, to say 284x371 pixels or 17.1kb for my E-Pattern cover picture. Just by doing this I've reduced the size of the picture from 453kb to 17.1kb without really destroying the quality of the picture. For this same picture starting out at 1276x1671 pixels and 453kb if I'm going to send it to another website (say for a craft show booth) I'd probably keep the picture around 300-350 pixels, too. I would reduce this picture to around 300 to 350, depending upon the picture I want, to 284x371 pixels or 17.1kb for displaying on another website and to 137x180 pixels or 8.56kb for a 1 inch size picture. If I'm sending the picture to another website for say, a home page display ad, they usually want a picture around 150 pixels. So, I'd reduce my original image down to 150x150 pixels or so and save it under another name. If I want to show some of my product images on the sidebar of my blog then I'd reduce the pictures to about 1 inch. This equates to about 150 pixels. Might be a little more or a little less, depending on the picture.

Adobe Photoshop allows you to reduce by pixels or by inch. For this application I prefer inch. Each time I want to reduce the size of the picture I start with the original picture, reduce the size, and then save the reduced copy under a different name. I'm always getting off track, aren't I? Back to the E-Patterns. If you're scanning in whole pages (i.e. 8 1/2 x 11 size) then you will need to cut the pixel size of your 8 1/2 x 11 inch picture in 1/2 or even 1/3 or your .pdf file will be way too big. My 8 1/2 x 11 inch scanned in b/w images that I use for my doll patterns pattern piece sheets and diagrams are usually 2529x3300 pixels and 1.0mb in file size(color images would be a lot more).

I always crop and clean-up my scanned b/w image first using a picture program and then reduce my b/w in half down to 1265x1650 pixels or less. This drastically reduces the size of the image down to around 250kb. Since you're going to insert this into whatever program is creating your .pdf file you want to start out with the least amount of file size as possible. Around 1265x1650 pixels would be the least amount you would want to reduce any images that were drawn by a heavy pencil and scanned in. If you go over your pencil drawn pattern piece sheets and diagrams with a black marker then you can reduce these in half again down to 633x825 pixels. I wouldn't go any lower than that or your .pdf E-Patterns will be hard to read. Once you have everything reduced in size then you would want to import them into whatever software you are going to use to create your E-Pattern.

I do everything in Microsoft Publisher so its easier for me to use that. I'm sure there are lots of software programs out there that would produce something similar. Once I have my doll pattern completely in Publisher I compress the file which reduces the resolution of any of the pages to around 200 in resolution. This reduces the file size even further. Here is where the original quality of the scanned image comes into play. If the image is too light to start off then you will have a problem reading the E-Pattern or the image will be blurry. That is why a lot of hand-drawn sheets are traced over with a black marker. I try to keep all of my E-Pattern between 500kb to 900kb. My largest E-Pattern is 22 pages but only 1.08mb in file size due to all of the above mentioned adjustments. My smallest E-Pattern is 8 pages and 437kb in file size.

The key to keeping the size of your E-Patterns down is to reduce the size of your images, diagrams and pattern sheets down to a manageable size. You can do this without destroying the quality of your picture or E-Pattern.

Author: Linda Walsh
Bio:Copyright © 2006 Article Written By Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer. All Rights Reserved. http://lindawalshoriginals.com

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What is an E-pattern?

If you've never heard of an E-pattern boy are you in for a treat! If your an advid pattern buyer or collector with hordes of patterns (you know who you are (=), E-patterns are another great way to purchase (and for some...collect) craft patterns.

So what is an E-pattern?

An E-pattern is a pattern that you can purchase online and get it sent to you via e-mail. It's a great way to purchase patterns and there's no need to wait on it to arrive in the mail. This is especially helpful for customers that live overseas. Instead of waiting sometimes several weeks to get their pattern, they can have it within 24 hours via e-mail.

So what is an I-pattern™?

I-patterns™ is a concept created by www.PatternMart.com where craft patterns can be downloaded instantly. No more waiting for the mailman, no more waiting for the designer to e-mail you the pattern but rather you can purchase your pattern and download it instantly!

So where can I get an I-pattern™?

Come on over to www.PatternMart.com and browse 300 + patterns available for downloading instantly! We have a large selection of Primitive patterns, doll patterns, Victorian style patterns, Stitchery patterns, Quilt patterns, Painting patterns, Raggedy doll patterns, Kits, Craft Supplies and more!

What are the benefits to I-patterns™?

The great thing besides what I've already mentioned about getting your pattern instantly, is that it prints just the same as what you would get in the mail. If you collect patterns and prefer to have them bagged so you can catalog them. Simply print, fold and put the pattern in a pattern bag. It's as easy as that. www.PatternMart.com also offers mailed patterns if you prefer. Also I-patterns™ are generally less costly than mailed patterns. With I-patterns™ and E-patterns the benefits are that as the designer you use less printing paper, ink, pattern bags and save time. Also if you need to mail out a pattern, simply print it, bag it and put in an envelope and voila, just mail it out to your customer. Customers benefit by being able to have instant gratification when they order a instant pattern. Plus they benefit by the lower cost of instant patterns.

What if I'm a Pattern Designer and want to offer I-patterns™?

If you are a designer and are interested in offering your patterns, you will need to put them in PDF format. If you don't know how to do this (and it can be tricky) we have a great source who can convert your patterns for you. Contact Deena of www.EweNmeprintables.com and she would be happy to discuss your needs for converting your patterns. Not only is Deena very reasonably priced but she has an incredible talent for doing the layout design of the PDF patterns.

Where can I sell my E-patterns or I-patterns™?

You can offer E-patterns on your website, ebay, online marketplaces, and/or print them for selling wholesale to retail stores. www.PatternMart.com is the exclusive and premiere place to sell your intant downloadable patterns. If you would like to offer your customers a place where they can purchase your patterns and get them instantly, then come over and sign up for a yearly membership! We have a lot of benefits and you will be able to access your own Administrative area to upload your information and patterns. Once your patterns are all uploaded, that's it! You don't have to do anything else. Let www.PatternMart.com do the work for you and you can simply check your inbox for orders that have been completed!!

Kelle Arvay
www.PatternMart.com