Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Chica from Chica and Jo got a shiny new car and wanted to keep it looking nice, so she created a car seat cover to protect the upholestery on her seat. She shares a tutorial on their blog showing how… Read more ... 
I recently shared a tutorial from Meijo’s Joy showing how she created decorative bra straps out of braided t-shirt scraps. The decorative straps look more like a layering tank than bra straps, so you can show them off rather than… Read more ... 
Sara from Sew Sweetness guest blogs in the Ruffles 2012 series at See Kate Sew with a tutorial showing how to make her Red Poppy Bag. The name comes from the oversized red flower stitched to the front of the… Read more ... 
Cassandra from Cass Can Sew shows how to make a lined market bag out of a couple of vintage pillowcases. The lining looks pretty, and it also helps strengthen the bag (a good feature when you’re using old textiles that… Read more ... 
Rikka from Ricochet and Away! announces her latest sewing challenge. In her “I Will Wear It In Public” garment sewing challenge, she challenges you to make a garment for yourself, something you’d actually want to wear out in public for… Read more ... 
LiEr from ikat bag shares a free pattern and tutorial on her blog for making a swim cover-up tunic for little girls. The long-sleeved and hooded cover-ups are made from a terry cloth and have raglan sleeves. The pattern is… Read more ... 
Karen from Sew Many Ways was gifted a set of curtain panels that were too short for her windows, so she cut them and pieced them into accent panels to hang at either side of her existing window dressing. Perfect! … Read more ... 
Darts add shaping to a garment so it contours to the curves of our bodies, but sometimes those darts can fall in unfortunate places in a design. Not only does it look funny to have a major motif just disappear… Read more ... 
I can’t count the number of times I’ve fallen in love with a sleeveless top, only to realize that my bra straps show. PC from Meijio’s Joy shares an absolutely brilliant solution to the bra strap dilemma. She used t-shirt… Read more ... 
When I saw this wrap around beach cover-up at Grosgrain, I decided right then and there that I should make one for myself. The pattern looked super simple – one piece of knit fabric plus some straps. Though it’s easy… Read more ... 
Jessica from Running With Scissors guest blogged in the Pleat Week series at See Kate Sew with a tutorial showing how to make her ombre pleated pillow cover. In case you’re wondering where she found such perfectly striped fabric for… Read more ... 
Maureen Cracknell Handmade hosts a giveaway for Moona Fabrics, with a set of fat quarters from Art Gallery Fabric’s Rhapsodia line (in the Sweet Journey palette to go to one of her readers. This collection is due out later this… Read more ... 
Snaps are an easy closure to work. Did you know that they’re also easy to install? Katy from No Big Dill shows how to do it, including how to set a basic snap and an anorak snap
. Get the … Read more ... 
Danielle from My Sparkle guest blogs in the Pleat Week series at See Kate Sew with a tutorial showing how to her Mock Smock Frock. I LOVE the faux smocking detail! And isn’t it fabulous out of the striped fabric? … Read more ... 
Allison from Freshly Completed shares a tutorial at U Create showing how to turn a standard tie-it-yourself bowtie into one with the bow already tied. The pre-tied bow ties attach with Velcro at the back, and make dressing up for… Read more ... 
