Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Mimi G. Style shares a video tutorial showing how to dip dye a maxi skirt (or other garment) to create an ombre effect. You can do this technique on a store-bought skirt, or make one yourself using her maxi skirt… Read more ... 
Jill from Creating My Way To Success shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a quick and easy notebook cover. It takes just 5 steps and 15 minutes. Keep them plain, or embellish them up cute. Get … Read more ... 
Skirting the Issue is a month-long event at SSimple Simon & Co. The goal is to encourage sewists to make skirts and donate them to girls in foster care. To inspire you, they’ve lined up 40 guest posts for… Read more ... 
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin guest blogs in the Sewlebrity series at Family Ever After with a tutorial showing how to make a little girl’s plain white t-shirt with an oversized bow, creating her Lady Tee. How cute is that! … Read more ... 
Trish from Uncommon shares a tutorial on her blog for using a strip of lace to embellish a onesie. It’s a quick, easy project and would make a sweet gift for a new baby. I’m loving the white on white… Read more ... 
Feeling the heat this summer? Jona from Fabritopia and Jona G Pattern Co shares a tutorial on her blog, Stop Staring and Start Sewing, showing how to make a cooling scarf. Get the tute.
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Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shows how grommets
and rope can turn a plain tote into a nautical-themed tote. The bag she started with was made from a recycled canvas sail, but you could use an inexpensive canvas tote from… Read more ... 
Jill from Handmade by Jill shows how she adapted a child’s shorts pattern to make these absolutely adorable ruffled shorts. She used the Class Picnic Shorts by Oliver + S, but any basic shorts pattern will work. Go to her … Read more ... 
Kate from See Kate Sew brings the color blocking trend to a belt with her tutorial showing how to make her Candy Colored Belt. It’s her guest post in the Sewlebrity series at Family Ever After. Go there for … Read more ... 
Centsational Girl shows how you can make new covers for a throw pillow in just four easy steps. Make them from outdoor fabric and you can give your front porch (or back porch, or deck) a quick facelift. Get the … Read more ... 
Heidi from Elegance and Elephants guest blogs at Me Sew Crazy with a tutorial showing how to make her Pleated Pocket Capris for little girls. The box pleat on the pocket back is an unexpected detail. Love it! Go to … Read more ... 
Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction
, shares a tutorial on her blog showing how you can make an octopus softie out of a square of fleece, no sewing required. … Read more ... 
Kate Conklin shares a tutorial at Sew, Mama, Sew! showing how you can bring your kids into the design process with a kid-designed throw pillow. The kids get to create their own scene or design out of fabrics backed with… Read more ... 
Sherry from Pattern Scissors Cloth shows how she created perfectly smooth curves on a scalloped hem. If you think she notched the curves, you’re wrong. Go to her post to see how she did it, notch-free.
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Jessica from A Little Gray guest blogs in the Color Your Summer series at Delia Creates with a tutorial showing how to make a little boy’s muscle shirt with a handstitched reverse applique. Her example makes a subtle 80’s pop… Read more ... 
