Patterns and Guides
If you've never sewn anything before or have otherwise only limited experience, these guides may be helpful. If you know what you're doing and can use a pattern, those may work better for you.
Free Patterns and Guides
- Adahy's Pattern Hub reviewed at Cloth Pad Reviews
- Obsidian Star's Plethora of Patterns and Guides reviewed at Cloth Pad Reviews
- Wikibooks' General Guide
AIO Pads
- Adahy's Pantyliner Pictorial Guide
- Adahy's Maxi Pad Pictorial Guide
- Ariadne's Thread's Flared Night Pad Pictorial Guide
- County Cloth Creations' Postpartum Pad Pictorial Guide
- DelQC's Light-Medium Flow AIO Pictorial Guide
- Downsizer's Small and Large Pad Pictorial Guide
- Health, Home, and Happiness' Pad Pictorial Guide
- Jan Andrea's AIO Pad Pattern with an Alternate Version of the Pattern
- "Mommy Pads" AIO Pictorial Guide
- Nunonapu's Japanese AIO Pictorial Guide
- Parsnippity's AIO Guide and Pattern
- Pauline's AIO Guide and Pattern
- PopplesHatesYou's AIO Pictorial Guide
- The Red Spot's Wingless Pad Guide
- Wistle Pea Knits AIO Pictorial Guide
Pocket+Insert Pads
- Autumn Sylver's Pocket Pad Pictorial Guide
- Blood Sisters' Zine Pocket Pad Pictorial Guide
- Debi Elrod's Pocket Pad Guide reviewed at Cloth Pad Reviews
- Hillbilly Housewife's Pocket Pad Pictorial Guide with alternate Pictorial Guide by Simply Susan
- Lunapads Pocket Pad Pattern and Instructional Videos
- Many Moons Alternatives Pocket Pad Guide with a Modified Version by Steward Community Woodland
- "Mommy Pads" Pocket Pad Pictorial Guide
- RaisnGrl's Pocket Pad Pattern and Guide
- Rinny Rascal's Pocket Pad Pictorial Guide
- SewGreen's Pocket Pad Pictorial Guide
- Thixle's Pocket Pad Pictorial Guide and Pattern with Insert Pictorial guide and Pattern
- Tiny Bird Organics Pocket Pad Pictorial Guide
- Women's Environmental Network Patterns for Base+Liner and Pocket+Insert Pads
- Wiki How-To's Pocket Pad Pictorial Guides (2 Styles)
Base+Liner Pads
- Adahy's Base+Liner Pad Pictorial Guide
- Lil' Bees' Pictorial Guide
- "Merry Menses" Pictorial Guide
- Nunonapu's Japanese Pictorial Guide
- Women's Environmental Network Patterns for Base+Liner and Pocket+Insert Pads
Circle Pads
- Adahy's Circle Pad Pictorial Guide
Belted Pads
- Sue Smith-Heavenrich's Belted Pad Guide
Fold-Up Pads
- Amber Seber's No-Sew Guide
- Backyard Academy's Folding Pad Pictorial Guide
- Born to Love's (very brief) Folding Pad Guide at the bottom of the page
- Born to Love's No-Sew Guides
- Diana's Folding Pad Pictorial Guide
- Jan Andrea's Folding Pad Guide
- LilyDG's Folding Pad Guide
- Nunonapu's Japanese No-Sew Pictorial Guide
- Nunonapu's Japanese Folding Pad Pictorial Guide and Folding Guide
- Nunonapu's Japanese Mini Folding Pad Pictorial Guide
- Obsidian Star's Folding Pad Pictorial Guide and Patterns
- Sedra's Mom's Folding Pad Pictorial Guide
Other Pads and Pattern Hubs
- Diana's Layered Core Pictorial Guide reviewed at Cloth Pad Reviews
- Nunonapu's Japanese Pictorial Guide for wings for wingless pads
- Obsidian's hidden core Pictorial Guide
Wet Bag Patterns
- Celtic Cloths Pictorial Guide
Patterns for Sale
Many of these patterns come with a guarantee of ongoing customer support, as well as an extensive guide to fabrics, that may not be available for free. If you intend to sell pads made with one of these patterns, you may need to contact the pattern-maker regarding crediting them.
- Butter and Honey on Etsy
- The Enchanted Nursery on Hyenacart
- Fern and Faerie on Hyenacart and eBay
- Frugal Living on eBay and Etsy reviewed at Cloth Pad Reviews
- Kayla's Cloth Kits on Hyenacart
- Kiki Cloth Pads by Uber Domestic on Etsy
- KinderBee at Candle on the Hill
- Kristin's Cloth at NearSea Naturals
- Lil Bees on Etsy
- Mama's Maidens
- Sew Shoppe's Personal Things
- Sew Shoppe's Pretty Pads
- Spindle to Sashes on eBay
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