Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Bev from Flamingo Toes shares a tutorial in the Bake, Craft & Sew Along at Skip to My Lou showing how to make an easy embroidered frame purse. The small coin purse fits in a 8cm round frame. A bottom… Read more ... 
Professor Pincushion shares a video sewing tutorial showing how to make this messenger bag. It’s trimmed out with contrast bias tape. You can embellish the large front flap with a patch or applique, or leave it plain. The video is… Read more ... 
Caila from Caila Made shares a tutorial over at Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky! showing how to make a simple eyeglass case in just 15 minutes. With fake eyeglasses all the rage with the tweeny girls, I have a feeling I’ll be… Read more ... 
Justine from Sew Country Chick shows how she drafted the pattern for this pleated hobo bag she made for her friend’s birthday. She walks us through the whole process, from choosing fabrics to fine tuning the design to drafting the… Read more ... 
Erin from Sewbon shares a tutorial over at The Sewing Rabbit for making this leather scallop zippered clutch. The body of the bag is made from a quilting weight cotton with the most delicious metallic leather for the scalloped accent. … 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 ... 
Sarah from Thrift Store Crafter shows how to make a quick and easy iPad sleeve. She gives the dimensions to make one for a standard iPad and also for a mini. It’s made from two coordinating quilting cottons, quilted to… Read more ... 
Lisa from Cucicucicoo shows how she added a removable nametag window pocket to her child’s backpack. She can slide a paper label inside the clear vinyl pocket showing her child’s name. She placed it to cover up an embroidered patch… Read more ... 
Jenny from Clover & Violet guest blogs in the Back To School series at Ellison Lane with a tutorial showing how to make a fabric tag to mark your luggage or backpack. It has a clear front pocket that holds… Read more ... 
My Bloglovin was all aglow this morning with posts about the Sew Fab pattern bundle. For a limited time, you can get a bundle of 26 PDF patterns – each from a different independent pattern designer – for just $30. … Read more ... 
Caila from Caila Made shares a tutorial over at Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky! showing how to make her Hexi Clutch, a lovely little frame purse accented with a trio of hexi appliques. You can use any frame to make the purse;… Read more ... 
Amber from Crazy Little Projects shows how to make a pretty sleeve to hold your iPad. She gives it a ruffle down the front and a fabric flower on the flap. Velcro on the flap and opening will keep your… Read more ... 
Jane fromMaiden Jane created a special memory pillow for her daughter’s friend, with a portion of a childhood school backpack as a focal point. And since the front of the backpack had a zippered pocket, the front of her… Read more ... 
Look at these itty bitty frame pouches! Squeeal!! So tiny! So cute! They attached to a keychain and a’re just big enough to hold a couplf of spare coins. Or maybe your daughter’s earrings, when she takes them out of… Read more ... 
Tomorrow afternoon I’ll be boarding an airplane, destination Salt Lake City, Utah.
I am woefully behind in my packing, but somehow I can’t seem to pull myself away from laptop as I read the Sewing Summit Facebook posts and blog… Read more ... 
