Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 16, 2026
Sewing Forward ("Sewing Forward," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect when you visit SewingForward.com, use our website and resources, contact us, or subscribe to our email communications, and how we use and protect that information.
Sewing Forward is operated from Kentucky, United States.
By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with Sewing Forward.
Information You Provide Directly
You may provide personal information when you:
* Contact us through our contact form
* Subscribe to our email communications
* Purchase products from us, when our online store becomes available
* Communicate with us by email
* Voluntarily provide information in connection with a Sewing Forward activity, promotion, or other feature
This information may include your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide.
We do not ask you to provide sensitive personal information through this website. Please do not submit sensitive personal information through our contact forms or other website features.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, analytics services, or other technologies used to operate the site.
This information may include:
* IP address
* Browser type and version
* Device type
* Operating system
* Pages visited
* Date and time of visits
* Referring website or page
* General information about how you interact with the website
We use this information primarily to operate, maintain, secure, and improve Sewing Forward.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use information we collect to:
* Operate and maintain our website
* Provide requested information, resources, or services
* Respond to questions and inquiries
* Send email communications you have requested or subscribed to
* Share Sewing Forward news, educational content, projects, and updates
* Improve our website, content, and user experience
* Understand how visitors use our website
* Maintain website security and prevent fraud, abuse, or unauthorized activity
* Process purchases and deliver digital products when our online store becomes available
* Comply with applicable legal obligations
We do not sell your personal information as part of our ordinary business practices.
3. Email Communications
If you subscribe to Sewing Forward email communications, we will use the email address you provide to send you the communications you requested.
These communications may include sewing education, new content, Sewing Forward news, projects, products, patterns, and other information related to Sewing Forward.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe mechanism included in our emails.
We will honor valid unsubscribe requests as required by applicable law. Commercial email communications are subject to applicable federal requirements, including the CAN-SPAM Act.
Our email communications are currently managed using INBOX.
We do not sell or rent our email subscriber list.
4. Contact Forms
If you contact Sewing Forward through our website, information you submit through the contact form may include your name, email address, and the contents of your message.
We use this information to respond to your inquiry and for reasonable record keeping and administrative purposes.
Our website contact form is provided through FormNX.
Please do not submit passwords, financial information, medical information, or other sensitive personal information through our contact form.
5. Analytics
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use Sewing Forward.
Google Analytics may collect information such as pages visited, approximate geographic information, device and browser information, and interactions with our website. This information helps us understand which content is useful to visitors and how we can improve the website.
Google may use cookies or similar technologies in connection with its analytics services.
Our use of Google Analytics may change as we configure and improve the website. We will update this Privacy Policy if our use of analytics or other tracking technologies materially changes.
6. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Sewing Forward may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember certain information, understand website usage, and support website functionality.
Some cookies may be necessary for the website to function properly. Other cookies, such as those associated with analytics, may be used to understand how visitors interact with the website.
The specific cookies and technologies used on Sewing Forward may change as we add or modify website features.
Where required by applicable law, we will provide appropriate notice and obtain any required consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies.
7. Third-Party Services
Sewing Forward uses third-party services to operate and improve the website and provide certain features.
These may include:
SiteGround, our website hosting provider
Google Analytics, for website analytics
FormNX, for website contact forms
INBOX, for email communications
YouTube, for video content and embedded or linked videos
Other service providers that may be added as Sewing Forward develops
These third parties may process information in accordance with their own privacy policies and terms.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party services when appropriate.
8. YouTube and Embedded Content
Sewing Forward may link to or embed videos hosted by YouTube.
When you view embedded YouTube content or interact with YouTube features, YouTube may collect information about your interaction with that content and your device. YouTube's data practices are governed by Google's applicable policies.
If you do not interact with an embedded video, you may still be able to view the page on which the video appears without interacting with YouTube features.
9. Future Purchases and Digital Products
Sewing Forward may offer downloadable sewing patterns and other digital products in the future.
When online purchasing becomes available, we may collect additional information necessary to process and fulfill an order, such as your name, email address, billing information, transaction information, and information necessary to provide your purchased digital products.
Payments will be processed through a third-party payment processor selected by Sewing Forward. We will update this Privacy Policy to identify relevant payment processors and describe their role before or when purchasing functionality becomes available.
We do not intend to store complete payment-card information on our own website.
10. How We Share Information
We may share personal information with service providers that help us operate Sewing Forward.
For example, information may be shared with providers responsible for:
* Website hosting
* Email delivery and management
* Website analytics
* Contact forms
* Payment processing
* Digital-product delivery
* Website security
* Other services necessary to operate the website
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to:
* Comply with applicable law, legal process, or a valid governmental request
* Protect the rights, property, or safety of Sewing Forward, our visitors, or others
* Detect, prevent, or address fraud, security, or technical problems
* Enforce our terms or other agreements
We do not sell personal information as a business practice.
11. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including providing services, maintaining business and transaction records, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements, maintaining security, and complying with legal obligations.
The length of time information is retained will vary depending on the type of information and why it was collected.
12. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted to or stored by the website.
13. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live and whether applicable privacy laws apply to Sewing Forward, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.
These rights may include the ability to:
* Request confirmation of whether we process your personal information
* Request access to personal information we maintain about you
* Request correction of inaccurate information
* Request deletion of certain personal information
* Request a copy of certain personal information in a portable format
* Opt out of certain forms of processing where applicable
Kentucky's Consumer Data Protection Act provides certain rights to Kentucky consumers and requires covered businesses to provide a clear privacy notice and a process for exercising applicable rights.
To submit a privacy request, contact us using the information below.
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests. We will respond to qualifying requests within the time required by applicable law.
If applicable law provides a right to appeal a decision regarding a privacy request, we will provide information about the appeal process when we respond to the request.
14. Children's Privacy
Sewing Forward is intended for a general audience and is not directed specifically toward children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the website.
If you believe that a child under 13 has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can take appropriate steps to address the situation.
15. Links to Other Websites
Sewing Forward may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of those third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party website you visit.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as Sewing Forward grows, as we add or change website features and services, or as applicable laws change.
When we make changes, we will update the Effective Date at the beginning of this Privacy Policy.
If a change is material, we may provide additional notice when appropriate.
17. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to submit a privacy-related request, please contact:
Sewing Forward
Kentucky, United States
Email: Hello@sewingforward.com
**Last Updated:** August 16, 2026