Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
To see the range of styles that can be made from one sewing pattern, check out the Staple Dress link-up over at Go Make Shit, a new collaborative blog for a group of talented and creative sewing bloggers. Last… Read more ... 
Digital patterns. They satisfy my need for an immediate purchase (no waiting on shipping times), but you do have to assemble them yourself from the pages of printouts. Susan from Living With Punks gives her tips and tricks for piecing… Read more ... 
Katie from The Crafty Blog Stalker added rock star personality to a pair of her daughter’s jeans, using Bling on a Roll and a reverse applique technique. It’s a fun look for tweens! Go to her blog for the tutorial… Read more ... 
Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom shares a tutorial for making her Modern Peasant Dress for girls. She gives the basic peasant dress a twist with a longer, puffier sleeves and a waist cinched with a wide sash. … Read more ... 
Kelly from Wild Wandering (and also Sewing in No Man’s Land) shows how to make her Mini Mod Dress for a little girl. It’s a short-sleeved belted A-line dress. She shows it worn as a dress with tights, but… Read more ... 
Jessica from Sew Chic shows how she marked the placement of buttonholes on the back of a dress. It was a special garment and she didn’t want to put chalk on the fabric. Go to her blog to see what … Read more ... 
The Holiday Heroine Cape Tank is part capelet, part tank top. The pattern is from Hot Patterns and you can download it for free at Fabric.com. The downloadable pattern includes sizes 6 – 26. Go to the download.… Read more ... 
Rachel from Imagine Gnats shows the staple dress she made for the His & Hers Sew-Along with microMod. She also shows how she used single-fold bias tape to bind the neck and armholes. The bias tape is turned entirely… Read more ... 
Tamara from Etcetorize shows how to make a blouson top with ruched shoulders. It’s a variation on a boxy top that she recently shared a tutorial for making. You can add one or both details to get a whole new… Read more ... 
The Lonely Walnut shows a quick and dirty way to add a fleece lining to a trench coat. Rather than cutting and sewing all the pieces together, she started with a fleece sweater and stitched that into the inside of… Read more ... 
Anna from Plan B shows how to make a drapey shrug out of a large scarf. It’s a fast project, requiring only a couple of seams. If you don’t have a large enough scarf, you can also use two smaller… Read more ... 
Oh, how I’m loving this cat phone sleeve that Lana Red made! And oh, how I’m loving that she shares a tute showing how. (I make no secret of the fact that I love kitties.) The pouch itself is sewn… Read more ... 
Rachel from Nest Full of Eggs shows how she made this modern checkerboard dress for her daughter. She used the Oliver+S Roller Skate Dress pattern for the dress, with on seam side pockets using Freshly Picked’s free pocket pattern. … Read more ... 
Check out the rain pants that Monica from Adirondack Inspired made for her kids. Made from a water resistant ripstop nylon with elastic cuffs to keep the water from seeping in at the hem, they’re perfect to wear when splashing … Read more ... 
These Crazy Felt Coasters look like they’d be so much fun to sew! Nancy and from Small Things with Love guest blogs at Sugar Bee Crafts with the tutorial. I think it would also be fun with fused fabric scraps. … Read more ... 
