Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Tara from Trendy Treehouse shows how to make a set of fabric and ribbon ties to cinch up the sleeves of a child’s t-shirt. The ties slip between the neck and the armhole and draw the fabric up to create… Read more ... 
Stephanie from Made in Australia guest blogs at Sewing with Trudy with a tutorial showing how to make a simple cowl neck t-shirt dress. I love the drape of a cowl neck! It’s easier than you think, and it can… Read more ... 
Lex from What the Craft shows how to take apart and reconstruct a henley tee. She uses the button placket from a plain t-shirt but adds some fabulous printed knit fabric to give it some much-needed kick. I love this… Read more ... 
Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how you can transform a plain long-sleeved tee into a more stylish shorter-sleeved version with snap-up sleeves and a little pocket. Go to the tutorial.
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Inspired by a shirt she saw at J. Crew, Sachiko from Tea Rose Home created this lovely t-shirt refashion with dimensional floral applique. She started with two t-shirts, cutting one of them into strips and petals that she then appliqued… Read more ... 
Jessica from Happy Together guest blogs at Simply Handmade by Paige, showing how to make her Scribble Flower T-shirt, inspired by a similar design on a cardigan from Anthropologie. The flowers are made with free motion stitching over splotches of… Read more ... 
Nicole from Create and Delegate shows how to use shirring to transform a plain adult-sized t-shirt into a cute summer dress for your toddler. This quick, easy project is perfect for beginning sewists. Go to the tutorial.
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Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how to make these 4th of July themed t-shirts. There is a ruffled version for the girls, and a plainer version for the boys. So cute! Go to the tutorial.
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Polly from Helping Little Hands shares a free pattern and tutorial on her blog for making a girl’s t-shirt dress out of an adult-sized t-shirt. This is my favorite way to make summer playdresses for my daughter. It’s fast, it’s… Read more ... 
The perfect t-shirt can take years to find – the one that snugs to your body in exactly the right places, and floats away in just where it needs to. And when you find that tee, you want one in… Read more ... 
Kell from My Peach didn’t grow on a tree refashioned an adult-sized t-shirt into this fabulous tank for her daughter. The asymmetry of the one shoulder strap paired with the graphic from the old tee gives it an edgy look… Read more ... 
Do you have a stack of old t-shirts that you don’t wear anymore? Mandy from Sugar Bee Craft Edition shows how to turn an old t-shirt into a baby’s romper. By going from a large garment down to an itty-bitty… Read more ... 
Amber from Ruffles and Roses shows how to embellish a plain tee with heart-shaped knit scraps. The scraps get folded and tucked to create a dimensional corsage applique. How pretty! Go to the tutorial.
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Buffy from B. Jane Brewing guest blogs over at U Create with a tutorial showing how to take yesterday’s crocheted doily and turn it into a neon t-shirt applique that is very “today”. Get the how-to.
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Don’t let a stain send a t-shirt to the trash bin. Instead, turn it into a shorter version of itself, sans stain. Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how she turned one of her daughter’s stained t-shirts into… Read more ... 
