Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Abby Glassenberg fromWhile She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction
, shares a free pattern for making Penny the Fish. Penny is such a cute little softie! Made from fleece, she’s soft and cuddly. She’d make… Read more ... 
Mama Nene from Serger Pepper shares a free pattern at Sew McCool for making this girl’s racer back tank with a hi-low hem and pretty pleated detail around the neck. Her free pattern makes a US size 5 years (chest… Read more ... 
Strips of leather create the textured wave design on the front of this throw pillow. Laura at A Beautiful Mess shares a tutorial showing how you can make one for your home. Alternating the direction that the strips are sewn… Read more ... 
Jonie from Knot Sew Normal shows how to make her Summer Bag that’s packed with pockets on the outside and on the inside. There’s a cool asymmetrical pocket on the front, and inside that pocket a tiny secret pocket where… Read more ... 
Ashley from Make It and Love It shares a tutorial showing how you can make a cuddly soft minky baby blanket. A self-binding technique, in which the back of the blanket wraps around the front, finishes the edges quickly and… Read more ... 
Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl shows how to make her Perfect Potholder. What makes this such a great potholder is that the back is made with a thick toweling to give a good barrier against the heat of a pan. … Read more ... 
Doll stroller seats tend to wear out long before the actual doll stroller does. Rather than tossing it, you can make a new seat. Pam from Threading My Way shows how you can make a new seat for a doll… Read more ... 
Suzannah from Adventures in Dressmaking shows how she made this scalloped shift dress. The look is inspired by a similar dress she found at J. Crew Factory. She used a basic shift dress pattern, altering the arm hole and hems… Read more ... 
Craft Foxes shares a tutorial from Brenna Maloney showing how you can make a loveable snake softie out of a striped knee sock. It’s a fun project to make with kids. If they’re too young to do the sewing themselves,… Read more ... 
Kathy shares a tutorial at Riley Blake Designs Cutting Corners College showing how to make a composition book cover. It’s a removable cover, so when your journal is full you can slide it out and replace it with a fresh… Read more ... 
Emily from Nap Time Creations shares a free pattern for this sweet sleeveless baby romper. The body of the romper is gathered on to a plain yoke, with optional ruffles sewn across. She shows it on her daughter, but this… Read more ... 
A serger creates a quick, professional finish for your seams. But if you don’t have a serger, you can make a French seam to make a quick, professional finish on your sewing machine. Marissa from Rae Gun Ramblings shows how… Read more ... 
Cherie from You & Mie shows how you can make her Fluttering Fields sundress for little girls. The double ties and elastic waist in the back allow the dress to grow with your child. Her post is part of the… Read more ... 
Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl shares a tutorial for making her Bread Blanket flour sack towels. They’re made from flour sack towels, which you can get inexpensively at the discount store, with a ruffle and fancy trim sewn to the… Read more ... 
Hemming knits can be tricky. The very stretch that makes it easy to get a good fit on a garment can make a stretched out, wavy hem. But it is possible to get a clean non-wavy hem on knit fabrics,… Read more ... 
