Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shares a free pattern and tutorial for making her Sashiko Tunic. It’s a long sleeved shirt with a button placket and yoke, which she embellished with sashiko embroidery. The pattern is for… Read more ... 
Michelle Ng shows how removing the shoulder of a slouchy knit dress gives it some style ooomph. It’s a quick refashion, just a few cuts and a seam. This simple change takes it from “let’s run errands” to “let’s go… Read more ... 
Jessica from Happy Together shares one of those quietly brilliant sewing projects that makes you stop and think, why didn’t I do this years ago? Her ballerina-style cardigan for little girls is soft, practical, and charming without being fussy—the kind… Read more ... 
Scared Stitchless shows how you can make a cute little color blocked skirt. It’s flat in the very front, with pleats at the sides and a zipper in the back. She used shades of a denim-y blue in the one… Read more ... 
Kate from See Kate Sew shows how to adapt a little girl’s basic jacket pattern or sloper to make a peplum jacket. It’s trimmed with piping at the neck and bottom of the bodice, and has three buttons to keep… Read more ... 
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shares a free pattern and tutorial for making her Hello Little Girl dress for baby girls. The pattern is in a size 0-3 months, perfect for a sweet baby gift. It’s a long-sleeved A-line dress… Read more ... 
Cassi from The Crafty Crow shows how to make an embroidery hoop Advent calendar, no sewing required. It’s made up of 25 hoops, each with a pocket cleverly folded into the fabric. Get the how-to.
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Abby from Sew Much Ado shows how to make a this lovely ruched table runner. She made hers with a ruched quilting weight cotton down the middle, and burlap for the borders, but you could use any woven fabric. Get … Read more ... 
Sometimes fabric is just too pretty to cut up. Maybe you just want to hang it on the wall as it is. If that’s the case, check out this tutorial over at Sew Timeless, where they show how to… Read more ... 
Bari J. shows how to use a rolled hem foot to make easy work of turning under a hem. It’s one of those techniques that you have to see done in order to understand, so she shares it as a… Read more ... 
Mimi G. Style shows how to add studded shoulders to a plain denim jacket, a design inspired by a similar jacket by Zara. The studs are placed into felt pieces which are then handstitched down to the jacket. This means… Read more ... 
This fleece flower scarf by Anshu from Blooms and Bugs is so pretty! And it’s easy to make, too. She shares the tutorial as part of her Fall Wardrobe Revamp series, but I think it would also make a nice… Read more ... 
Vanessa from Designs by Sessa shares a tutorial in the Flickr Friends series over at Project Run & Play showing how she sized a man’s henley down to fit her toddler son. She says she didn’t know if the scale… Read more ... 
Kim from Oh, Sweet Joy! shows how to make a skirt with a tulle overlay. While most tulle skirts are poofy, more like tutus, the skirt she shows how to make is a longer version, more romantic than fluffy. Get … Read more ... 
Sew4Home shows how to make a Christmas stocking fit for an elf. It has a long curly toe and a cuff that comes down in points. It’s an updated version of a similar tutorial several years ago; this new variation,… Read more ... 
