Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Piping is one way to make your seams pop. Whether it’s the same fabric as the rest of the project, or a contrast piping, the little tube of fabric adds definition to your seam. Melissa from Melly Sews blogs over… Read more ... 
Maureen Cracknell Handmadehosts a giveaway for The Intrepid Thread this weekend. They’ve got a stack of 10 fat quarters from Art Gallery Fabric’s Floressence line (in the Luminescent colorway) to give to one of her readers. Could it be… Read more ... 
Julie Kundhi from julie-k shares a quick fix for a buttonhole that was too large and allowed the button to keep slipping out. Go to her blog post to see what she did to make the buttonhole smaller.
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Ruffle knit fabric makes cute dresses, skirts, and even leggings. But did you know it makes a cute purse, too? Jill from Creating My Way To Success shows how to make a bag with ruffle knit fabric. Ruffle knit is… Read more ... 
Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how to make a rustic burlap table runner. It’s a quick and easy table dressing for your Thanksgiving table. She found burlap with a leaf print already on it, but you could… Read more ... 
How awesome is this book bag? So modern, so colorful! The word “books” is reverse appliqued on to the front of a tote bag. Cherie from You and Mie made it, and she shares a tutorial showing how. She uses… Read more ... 
Jackie from Jackie’s Art Quilts shares a tutorial over at the C & T Publishing Blog showing how you can create these 3-d flower embellishments out of scraps of fabric. I love it! They are gorgeous on the mini quilt … Read more ... 
Michelle from Handmade Martini guest blogs at Project Run and Play with a tutorial showing how she modified the back of a little girl’s dress bodice to make it a crossover back with a double button closure. The edges overlap… Read more ... 
Every fall, I go through my sweater drawer and pull out the pieces that have seen better days or just don’t do it for me any more. Heidi fromHoneyBear Lane shows how you can turn one of those unwanted… Read more ... 
Just because those rolls of iron-on vinyl were made to be used in a Silhouette or Cricut cutter, doesn’t mean you can only use them with the cutter. If you don’t have one of these fancy cutters, you can go… Read more ... 
Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom shares a free pattern and tutorial for making peasant dress in toddler and little girl sizes. This is such a cute and versatile style dress for little girls. No wonder they’re so… Read more ... 
Stephanie from Swoodson Says stitched up a new wardrobe for her twin nieces’ Only Hearts Club dolls. She searched high and low for tutorials and patterns to help her out, but found very little already out there. She ended up… Read more ... 
I am loving this shark hoodie towel that Susan from Just Crafty Enough made! It has sharp shark teeth all around the hood opening, and shark fin down the back. She shares a tutorial showing how you can make one. … Read more ... 
Destri from The Mother Huddle guest blogs in the Knock It Off series at Elegance & Elephants with a tutorial showing how bias tape can dress up a pair of plain pumps. She glues it around the edge to create… Read more ... 
Lisa from A Spoonful of Sugar shows how to make these gingham and felt star ornaments. The pinked edges remind me of iced cookies. Get the how-to.
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