Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Ajaire from Call Ajaire shows her quickie method for piecing together strips of bias to make bias tape. She doesn’t have to cut long strips by hand, and she doesn’t have to cut the ends at 45-degree angles and pin… Read more ... 
Ruby from Zaaberry shows how to make an easy clip-on bow tie for a child. They’re quick to make and don’t require very much fabric. (Just two rectangles, 10 x 6 inches and 4 x 2.5 inches, plus interfacing). Once… Read more ... 
Guess what Lisa from Cucicucicoo used to make these animal hat and scarf sets? Hooded towels, that’s what! Genius!! The hoods already had the animal faces made, and there were also little feet attached to corners of the towel. Clever… Read more ... 
Remona from The Stitching Scientist shares a free pattern for making a sexy pencil skirt to show off your curves. It’s made from a stretch knit fabric so it’ll hug to your body without requiring lots of shaping. Its actually… Read more ... 
When a pocket gets a tear, the lightweight fabric often starts shredding and won’t hold a new seam. Or at least, you’d have to come in so far from the edge with your new seam that you’d end up shrinking… Read more ... 
Oliver + S shows how you can customize a basic raglan sleeve pattern to make it color blocked. Their tutorial shows how to draw the color blocking lines so the stripes will match at the sides and also that the… Read more ... 
Delia from Delia Creates shares a tutorial for kids, showing how they can make a simple hat for their favorite stuffed animals. They’re made from a scrap of fleece, knit, or sweater fabric – basically any fabric with some stretch… Read more ... 
CathGrace shows how she recreated the look of a layered V-neck tunic from Anthropologie. It gives the look of layers but with the ease of putting on just one top. (Ever notice how long it takes to get your layers… Read more ... 
Craft Foxes shares a fun idea for using scraps of t-shirt fabric left over from refashion projects. You can turn your scraps into t-shirt yarn and use the yarn to make wrapped headbands. The project is an excerpt from the… Read more ... 
These fabric flowers by Red Brolly are a welcome contrast to the gray winter skies outside my window. She shares a tutorial showing how to make them. You’ll use fabric, but there’s no sewing involved. They’re assembled using hot glue,… Read more ... 
Savannah from Oh So Pretty shows how to make a set of soft flannel napkins, hemmed with pretty mitered corners. I’m loving the bright colors in the plaids she used! If you can’t find flannel yardage you like at the… Read more ... 
Amy at Serving Pink Lemonade shows how to make a puzzle page for a quiet book. The pieces are all fabric, with Velcro on the back to stick them down. She provides the images for the fruit puzzles she makes … Read more ... 
Becky from Patchwork Posse shows how to make a make a 3-ring binder cover out of your fabric scraps. She pieces them on a foundation using a quilt-as-you-go technique so there’s no fussy measuring or corner matching. This would be… Read more ... 
Katie from Sew Woodsy shows how to make a heart themed garden flag. It’ll fit on a small garden flag stand. She used burlap for the flag and felt for the hearts. The flag and the heart appliques are both… Read more ... 
Geta at Geta’s Quilting Studio shares a tutorial showing how to make a fabric box shaped into a heart. She gives the pattern to make one. You can shrink it down to make them in smaller sizes, too. Fill them… Read more ... 
