Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
If you have a little girl that you sew for, there’s a book you need to add to your Christmas list.
It’s Sew Classic Clothes for Girls by Lindsay Wilkes. If that name sounds familiar, she’s the sewing goddess… Read more ... 
It’s often hard to get rid of the clothes that our children wore as babies. There’s such an emotional connection between the clothes they wore and our memories of our itty bitty babies. Palak from Make It Handmade is over… Read more ... 
Hilary and Jessica from Domestic Bliss Squared show how to make a simple skirt for an American Girl doll. It’s so easy, it only takes one seam! What makes it so simple is that she started with a thrifted skirt… Read more ... 
Remona from The Stitching Scientist shares a free pattern for making a Christmas dress for a baby girl. It has a t-shirt style top with a sparkly tulle skirt, so it’s comfortable and practical while also being dressy. You can… Read more ... 
Elisa from Charming Doodle shares a free pattern over at The Sewing Rabbit for a reversible bib with a Peter Pan collar. It’s made from t-shirt knit, which is soft and stretchy so there’s no need for a closure. Just… Read more ... 
Katie from Good Golly Ginger shares a free pattern for a baby boy’s bib with an appliqued neck tie. It’s a quick and easy project, one she says can be done in just 30 minutes. She made the tie from… Read more ... 
One of my favorite baby gifts to give is a handmade bib, one that’s nicer than the ones you find the stores and made from a special fabric. I often make a stack of them in a sewing frenzy and… Read more ... 
Heidi from Hands Occupied created a seat cover to protect her back seat from her two dogs’ shedding hair. It was an easy sewing project, and she shares a tutorial showing how she did it. It’s made upholstery fabric with… Read more ... 
Elizabeth from Simple Simon & Co. shows how she created this patchwork baby bib. She uses a quilt-as-you-go technique. The small pieces of fabric make this a good project for using up scraps. She used a free baby bib pattern… Read more ... 
Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction
, has written an excellent blog post about safety requirements for selling handmade toys intended for small children. It’s a confusing topic, and can… Read more ... 
Wen from What’s Mummy Up To? shows how to make a baby changing mat that folds up into a clutch. When unfolded, there’s a pocket at one end of the mat to hold a pack of wipes and a couple… Read more ... 
Ashley from Vauvasaurus didn’t want to spend a lot of money on a nursing pillow. After all, she says, they’re basically just big curvy pillows. Instead of buying one, she made one herself. She shares the pattern she made and… Read more ... 
I’m having so much fun decorating for Halloween this year!! We haven’t been so good about it in previous years, but this year my daughter asked if we could “do it up big”. Lemme tell you, that got my crafty… Read more ... 
Marni from Haberdashery Fun shares a tutorial over at Pellon showing how to make her On the Go Baby Changing Pad. The inside (the layer that baby will lay on) is made from a PUL or laminated cotton. The outside … Read more ... 
