Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Head over to Colette Patterns to find out how to make an easy scalloped hem. It’s perfect on their Sorbetto top (free pattern here), but would also look nice at the bottom of a skirt or a girl’s… Read more ... 
Wendi Gratz from Shiny Happy World is holding a refashioning workshop called The Shirt Off Daddy’s Back, and I’ve got a giveaway for a free registration. Check out the post in our Giveaways section and get yourself entered. Go there … Read more ... 
Cathe from Just Something I Made joins the Craft Camp series at Skip To My Lou with a free printable set of sewing cards for the kids. These are great to teach young hands the fundamental motions of handstitching, and… Read more ... 
Sharon from Sweet Pea and Pumkins hosts a sew-along on her blog for making her little girl’s Summer Swing Top. The A-line sleeveless top has a little placket at the neck and looks soo cute with a pair of… Read more ... 
Jessica from Me Sew Crazy shares a free pattern and tutorial for making her Knot Tote. The slouchy purse is tied in knots in two places – at the top of the handles and across the front. It’s a quick… Read more ... 
Claudia from Lukuma Minifashion and Handmade Con Amor shares a fun project for your fabric scraps. She took strips of fabric and plain plastic hangers, and created these colorful clothes hangers. Get the tute.
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Jenna from Simply Jenna shares a free pattern and tututorial for making her Boo Hoo Cold Pack. Cuuuute!!! The owl softie is filled with rice and lives in the freezer. Pull him out when someone needs a cold pack on… Read more ... 
My daughter was thrilled when she saw that the folks at Silhouette sent me some tattoo paper
to try out. She knows that I use my Silhouette cutter to make freezer paper stencils, to make custom iron-on transfers, and to… Read more ... 
Donya from Keeps Me In Stitches wanted a cocoon wrap for her soon-to-arrive baby girl’s newborn pictures, but didn’t want to spend the $$ to buy one. Instead, she used ruffle fabric to make one herself. Genius! She shares a… Read more ... 
Charlotte from The Charlotte Letters shares a free pattern on her blog for making a pair of kid-sized sailor pants. (She previously shared a tutorial for drafting a pattern for these pants and sewing them up, but now shares a… Read more ... 
Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shares a template on her blog for a vintage camera applique, as well as a tutorial showing how to stitch the pieces down to your sewing project. The pattern is based on her father’s old… Read more ... 
Melissa Mortenson from Fourteen May and The Polkadot Chair made this set of fun summer-themed pillows, and she shares a tutorial showing how she did it. She shares a template for the crab and a link to the anchor template. … Read more ... 
Jill from Homemade by Jill created this super cute Stripey Penguin softie as a birthday present for a little boy, and she shares a template so you can make one, too. There’s not a detailed step-by-step, but it’s made using… Read more ... 
Amanda from The Modern Marigold shares a free pattern and tutorial in the Summer Sewing series at Sew, Mama, Sew! for making The Pretty Blouse. This is such a versatile top! Make it loose and flowy, or lengthen it and… Read more ... 
Reusable grocery bags can be found easily be found inexpensively (or free). The problem is, there’s usually a giant logo printed all over the front. While it’s a good advertising strategy for the people who make the bags, the bags… Read more ... 
