Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Katie from Punk Projects shows how to make a hanging book holder for a car. The fabric organizer hangs on the back of the front seat, making a great place for back seat passengers to store their books. The body… Read more ... 
Michelle from Prudently Painted Vintage shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a stylish diaper bag. With rounded edges and straps that tie at the top, the look is more like a purse while at the same… Read more ... 
Suzannah from Creative Dressmaking and Adventures in Dressmaking created this fabulous ruffled dress for her niece to be a flower girl in her wedding. While the rows of ruffles look like they’d be really labor intensive, it’s actually a fairly… Read more ... 
Melissa from It’s Sew For You guest blogs at Someday Crafts with a tutorial showing how to make a tiered rainbow dress for young girls. The stripes are made from different colors of t-shirt knit (repurposed from old t-shirts). The… Read more ... 
Destri from The Mother Huddle shows how to make a super cute fascinator hair clip out of fabric and ribbon scraps. This looks like such a fun project! Get the tutorial.
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Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shares a tutorial on her blog showing two methods for painting a custom monogram to a tote bag. The first is a freezer paper stencil, and the other a one-time-use silk screen using a paper… Read more ... 
The Sewing Dork made this short-sleeved shirred top for her daughter,and shares a tutorial showing how she did it. Elastic thread in the bobbin makes the stretchy gathers at the neck, arms, and hem. Get the tute.
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One Avian Daemon shares a quick tutorial on her blog for making this drapey shirt. The look is sophisticated, but the project is quick and easy. Find out how to make it at One Avian Daemon’s blog.
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Sachiko from Tea Rose Company and Tea Rose Home shows how to make a beautiful ruffle shirt for an itty baby girl. Rather than making it from scratch, she cleverly starts with a snap front, kimono style baby shirt and… Read more ... 
Maureen Cracknell Handmade is hosting a giveaway on her blog forMoona Fabrics. The prize? One of her readers will get a 13 fat quarter set of Joel Dewberry’s new Heirloom line in the yummy Ruby Palette. 13 fat quarters of… Read more ... 
Ashley from Make It and Love It continues the Flip-Flop Refashion series on her blog with a tutorial showing how to add a set of stretchy knit straps to a discount pair of flip flops. Wow! Get the tute.… Read more ... 
Jen from The Crafting Fiend shares a free pattern and tutorial for making her Modest Mermaid soft doll. This little dolly has all the whimsy of a mermaid, but without a shell bra or low-cut fins. A ruffled dress is… Read more ... 
Gwen from Gwenny Penny shows how to make her Summer Treasures belt, a kid’s belt with a small pouch to hold rocks, shells, or any of the other tiny treasures that little hands always manage to find. She made hers… Read more ... 
When I first learned how to sew, the only method I knew for setting sleeves was the one that most printed patterns used – inserting the fully sewn sleeve into the fully sewn armhole and stitching around the closed circle. … Read more ... 
Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a girl’s gathered skirt with a fun apron stitched into the front. Not only are these super cute, but with each piece cut from a… Read more ... 
