{"id":73683,"date":"2022-06-24T13:31:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T17:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/?p=73683"},"modified":"2022-07-09T16:48:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T20:48:12","slug":"6-95-gift-free-pattern-and-a-pre-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/6-95-gift-free-pattern-and-a-pre-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"$6.95 gift FREE pattern and a pre-apology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>UNFORTUNATELY, THIS GIVEAWAY HAS EXPIRED.\u00a0 PLEASE CHECK BACK ON THE HOME PAGE AS WE FREQUENTLY RUN SIMILAR GIVEAWAYS.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to update all our readers on some changes we're making on our sites, particularly regarding our weekly emails that many of you receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We love sending out our free weekly email from both So Sew Easy and our sister site at <a href=\"https:\/\/sewing4free.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sewing4Free.com<\/a>.&nbsp; Unfortunately, while the emails will always be free for you to receive, they are not free for us to send to our nearly 300,000 readers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While our loyal readers do a wonderful job in supporting us over on <a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/soseweasy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ko-fi.com<\/a> which gets us some of the ways there and we get a bit of revenue from advertising (it really helps if you click on any of the ads you see..) and from the few paid patterns we have on the site, email sending costs continue to rise now to the point where we simply can't continue as before.<\/p>\n\n\n<center><script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/storage.ko-fi.com\/cdn\/widget\/Widget_2.js'><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>kofiwidget2.init('Support Me on Ko-fi', '#29abe0', 'O5O21J6YX');kofiwidget2.draw();<\/script><\/center> \n\n\n\n<p>Here's a quick look at our current bill from Mailchimp, our current email sending service&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"563\" data-src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-24-at-12.05.56-PM-500x563.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73684 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-24-at-12.05.56-PM-500x563.png 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-24-at-12.05.56-PM-266x300.png 266w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-24-at-12.05.56-PM-133x150.png 133w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-24-at-12.05.56-PM-250x282.png 250w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-24-at-12.05.56-PM.png 696w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/563;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-24-at-12.05.56-PM-500x563.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-24-at-12.05.56-PM-500x563.png 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-24-at-12.05.56-PM-266x300.png 266w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-24-at-12.05.56-PM-133x150.png 133w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-24-at-12.05.56-PM-250x282.png 250w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-24-at-12.05.56-PM.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Now, I'm not complaining.  We love having email as a direct communication method with our readers, but we're just changing how we send so there may be some small disruptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What's changing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Effectively, we're going to buy &#8220;wholesale&#8221; email sending from Amazon, rather than &#8220;retail&#8221; sending from Mailchimp which should save us a lot of money.  But like any major change, there may be some bumps along the road, so to speak.  Amazon is one of the largest email delivery services in the world and while it is a little more technical of a solution on our end, I think we can handle it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emails may take a little longer to get to you at first but things should iron out in a few weeks or even days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What you can do to help.  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your email service provider is always on high alert for spam emails so when we switch over to a new sender it may look to them like unwanted email.  So here's what you can do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li><strong>Open the email you receive from us.  This tells your ISP you're interested.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Click on the links in the email.  This again indicates to your ISP that this mail is something you want to see.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Move the email you get from us into your Primary inbox as opposed to Promotions, at least on Gmail.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>If you don't want our emails anymore, just unsubscribe with the one-click link at the bottom of the page.  Please don't label us spam. <\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Now on to the free gift.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As a &#8220;thank you&#8221; in advance for your patience with any disruptions, we'd like to offer you one of our very popular paid patterns, the $6.95 <a href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/travel-passport-wallet-pattern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Travel and Passport Wallet Pattern<\/a> absolutely free, just in time for the summer holidays.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a very long wait due to health restrictions, many people are starting to travel again.  This fun project can hold travel documents for a family and speed you through check-in and security without having to rummage through bags to find everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just follow the link below to the pattern page on our website to learn more and click the link in the orange box to download from our distributor, Payhip, absolutely free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-top-center\" style=\"min-height:100vh\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:56% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media lazyload\" style=\"background-image:inherit;background-position:50% 50%\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Travel-and-passport-wallet-b-500x500.jpg)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Travel-and-passport-wallet-b-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73688 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Travel-and-passport-wallet-b-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Travel-and-passport-wallet-b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Travel-and-passport-wallet-b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Travel-and-passport-wallet-b-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Travel-and-passport-wallet-b.jpg 550w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/500;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Travel-and-passport-wallet-b-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73688 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Travel-and-passport-wallet-b-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Travel-and-passport-wallet-b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Travel-and-passport-wallet-b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Travel-and-passport-wallet-b-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Travel-and-passport-wallet-b.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:32px\"><strong>Travel and Passport Wallet Pattern<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">Going away somewhere exotic or far-afield?&nbsp; Or maybe you just need somewhere to keep your passports and travel documents safe between trips so you\u2019ll always know where to lay your hands on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/travel-passport-wallet-pattern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more and FREE download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<h2>If You'd Like To Support Our Site<\/h2>\r\nIf you want to help us continue to bring you a wide selection of <a href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/free-sewing-patterns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free sewing patterns<\/a> and projects, please consider buying us a coffee.\u00a0 We'd really, really appreciate it.\r\n\r\n<center><div class=\"ko-fi-button\" data-text=\"Buy me a coffee!\" data-color=\"#ff5f5f\" data-code=\"\" id=\"kofiShortcode851Html\" style=\"float: none; text-align: left;\"><\/div><\/center>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNFORTUNATELY, THIS GIVEAWAY HAS EXPIRED.\u00a0 PLEASE CHECK BACK ON THE HOME PAGE AS WE FREQUENTLY RUN SIMILAR GIVEAWAYS. 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