Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Jennifer from Monkey See Mail shows how to make a baby hat with sweet little bear ears. She uses a pattern by On Hand By Hand for a fleece hat with an earflap, and then shows how to make the… Read more ... 
Vanessa from Crafty Gemini shares a video tutorial showing how to make a fleece hat with ear flaps. It’s fully lined, with the flaps extending down over the ears for extra warmth. Go to her video tutorial.
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Need a last minute Christmas gift? Patty from Make It Cozee shows how you can make a simple fleece hat in just 10 minutes. Get the tute.
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Ashley from Make It and Love It sewed up the cutest Christmas hats out of old sweaters. She made a reindeer, a long pointy elf hat, and a snowman hat, and she shares the how-to on her blog. Go to … Read more ... 
Jessica from Running With Scissors guest blogs in the Happy Holidays series at Tatertots and Jello with a tutorial showing how to make this awesome three-eyed monster hat. How cute is this!! And made from fleece with long flaps over… Read more ... 
LiEr from ikat bag recently showed how to make a fleece winter hat. She’s back with another version, this one with ear flaps. You can keep it plain, or embellish it up with a pom pom at the top and… Read more ... 
LiEr from ikat bag shows how to make a fleece winter hat. It’s a versatile shape. You can make it with or without the pom pom, or add an optional lining to the band to make it a foldover cuff. … Read more ... 
Jill from Creating My Way To Success cut up one pair of jeans and used the material to make 5 Christmas gifts. If you don’t have a pair of old jeans in your refashion stash or in the back of… Read more ... 
I’m feeling a bit of sewign studio envy creeping on as I see the pictures of the pegboard hutch that Lina from Fancy Frugal Life has in her craft room. I use a pegboard to organize my sewing tools, and… Read more ... 
Miminti from Tundérzug sent handmade Christmas stockings to the children staying in a Budapest hospital. It was quite an undertaking to make a stocking for each child. She sewed 101 stockings in all! She writes about her project, and also… Read more ... 
If you can move your eyes away from the sweetest little doggie face ever, check out the fabulous little coat that she’s wearing. Tanja from Saumaton made it for her. She got the waterproof fabric from a broken umbrella. Her… Read more ... 
Head over to Dollar Store Crafts to see how to make this cute Santa hat throw pillow. It’s made from — wait for it — Santa hats! You’ll need two of them (plus some stuffing and some felt) to make… Read more ... 
Meg from Mega Crafty made a set of felt fried eggs for her niece’s play kitchen, and she made them sizzle. Literally. She added some crinkly plastic to the yokes so they make a sizzling noise when pressed into the… Read more ... 
Lindsay from Shrimp Salad Circus shows how you can make a hat and mitten set out of an old sweater. She gives the mittens long cuffs so they keep the cold air out. It’s an easy project, suitable for a… Read more ... 
Amy Adams from LucyKate Crafts, and author of Countryside Softies
, shares a free pattern for a simple beanie hat you can make out of an old sweater. When you align the bottom of the hat with the hem of… Read more ... 
