Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Then length of a sleeve cap is usually longer than the sleeve hole. This is done on purpose, as the extra fabric allows for more room at top of your arm so it can move freely. That extra fabric has… Read more ... 
Lauren from The Thinking Closet shares a tutorial showing how you can whip up a new summer for yourself. Even if you’re a beginner sewer, you can make this dress. The bodice is actually a purchased tank, with a wide… Read more ... 
Susan from Organized 31 shows how you can make a reusable fabric gift bag. It’s fully lined with no raw edges on the inside. The lining gets turned to the outside as a cuff, so use a fun contrasting fabric. … Read more ... 
Janelle from Emmaline Bags shares a tutorial at Emmaline Bags shares a free pattern to make her Scraptastic Fabric Basket. She designed the basket to hold her fabric scraps, but it could find a happy (and useful) spot in just… Read more ... 
Ashley from Make It and Love It shows what to do with a kid’s t-shirt when it gets too short. She adds some fabric to the bottom and makes it a peplum top. Smart, huh? She shares a tutorial showing… Read more ... 
These pillow sleeves by Melissa from Polka Dot Chair are just the thing to give a new look to a plain throw pillow. A wide decorative belt that ties in the back, it’s kind of like a cummerbund for your… Read more ... 
Deanna from Sew McCool shows a couple of cool needle threading and knotting techniques. First, she shows how she threads a needle so the thread tail won’t slip out of the eye and become unthreaded. Then, she shows the easy… Read more ... 
Cathy from Trinkets in Bloom shares a tutorial at I Love To Create showing how to make her Origami Dyed Ruffled Tube Top. The ruffled tube top is refashioned from a plain t-shirt. She shows how to fold the t-shirt … Read more ... 
Emily from Nap Time Creations shares a free pattern for her Perfect Purse. She designed this bag as part of the Sew-A-Bration of Womanhood over at the Shaffer Sisters blog. It’s a roomy bag with plenty of pockets, including… Read more ... 
Ohhhh, how cute is this little dachshund belt! Eri from llevo el invierno shows how you can make one. It’s made from fabric covered webbing with a faux suede dachshund at the front. A Velcro front closure (underneath the dachshund)… Read more ... 
Sherri from Thread Riding Hood shares a tutorial at Sew, Mama, Sew! showing how to make this quilted fabric tray. It’s a good sized tray at 10″ x 6″, with hardboard reinforcing the bottom. If you can’t find hardboard, you… Read more ... 
Susan from Crafterhours shows how she created a slipcover for her dress form. The jersey knit cover stretches to fit around her dress form and covers up the ugly gray and the knobs for adjusting the size. The white she… Read more ... 
Trixi Symonds, author of Sew Together Grow Together, guest blogs at My Poppet with a tutorial showing how to make a simple envelope pouch. The sewing is very easy and uses both machine stitching and hand stitching. It’s… Read more ... 
Jenn from Endlessly Inpsired shows how she used Kool-Aid to create a dip dye effect on a pillow cover. It creates a lovely, painted effect on the pillow. She did this on a pillow cover she made herself, but you… Read more ... 
Heather from Feather’s Flights shows how she added a piped scalloped hem to a purchased dress. You could do like she did and add this to an existing garment, or incorporate it in to a garment you’re making. It would… Read more ... 
