Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
If you haven’t tried freezer paper stenciling yet, you’re missing out on a quick and easy way to add a painted design to fabric. It gives the crisp, clean edges like screen printing, but doesn’t require expensive equipment or complicated… Read more ... 
Starsweare from The Style Workshop shows how she refashioned a rather shapeless v-neck t-shirt into one with structured shoulders and a drapey neck. To give the shoulders more shaping, she added in some shoulder pads that she had taken out… Read more ... 
Elizabeth from Simple Simon & Co. guest blogs in the Ruffles 2012 series at See Kate Sew with a tutorial showing how to make a ruffled collar for a dress. This is such a beautiful detail! I have a dress… Read more ... 
Anne from Able to Sleep shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a fabric luggage tag. The colors and patterns on the fabric you use will make it easy to identify your suitcases from the baggage claim. … Read more ... 
Susan from Moonthirty shares the latest in her Rock the Tote series with a tutorial showing how to alter the size of her basic tote. She gives the dimensions to make a taller, wider, or miniature bag. If none… Read more ... 
Leah from Sew Spoiled shares a PDF tutorial on her blog for making her Tulip Blouse. It’s quick to make and the blousey shape is perfect for spring. The tutorial includes instructions for making the pattern and sewing it up. … Read more ... 
Kataryna from Chibi Designs and Sew Chibi tells how she created an adjustable fabric headband. The construction is so simple and so clever! It’s easily adjustable to any length so it won’t pinch or fit too snug around the head. … Read more ... 
Maureen Cracknell Handmade is giving away a rainbow. A rainbow of fat quarters, that is. The set of 11 fat quarters of designer solid fabrics are from The Intrepid Thread. Go to Maureen Cracknell Handmade to enter the giveaway… Read more ... 
Heather from Olive and Ollie shares a tutorial on Riley Blake’s Cutting Corners College showing how to make a tufted pincushion. Hers is made from a fabulous combination of an orange chevron print and an aqua solid, but this would… Read more ... 
Making a pair of cut-off shorts is as simple as cutting off the legs of a pair of jeans. But when you want a more finished hem on the legs, you’ll need to do an extra step or two. Ashley… Read more ... 
Kate from See Kate Sew shows how to make her Alice in Rucheland dress, a little girl’s A-line dress ruched down the center. The tutorial is part of her Ruffles 2012 series. Get the tute.
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Jen from iCandy Handmade shows how to make a quick and easy pillowcase nightgown for an 18″ doll. The doll-sized nightgowns were inspired by the kid-sized pillowcase gowns she made for her daughter. She used scraps of fabric for the… Read more ... 
Christy from A Lemon Squeezy Home guest blogs in the Ruffles 2012 series at See Kate Sew with a tutorial showing how a simple ruffle turns a plain basket into a vintage-y bike basket. Get the tute.
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Terra from Mama Says Sew created a striped circle skirt to play along with this week’s Circle Skirt Remix challenge at Project Run and Play. Because of how the circle skirt hangs from the waist, the horizontal stripes are actually… Read more ... 
