Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Jessica from Craftiness Is Not Optional gave her maternity wardrobe a much needed boost when she made up a bunch of her DIY Comfy Maternity Skirts. They’re simple skirts from a stretchy knit fabric with waistbands that stretch to fit,… Read more ... 
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin kicks off the Belly + Baby series (co-hosted with Jess from Craftinss Is Not Optional and Kate from See Kate Sew) with a tutorial showing how to convert a regular pair of pants into… Read more ... 
Larissa from Just Another Day In Paradise shows how to make a high waisted maxi skirt from a sheet. A bed sheet is a relatively inexpensive source of fabric for a project like this that requires a good deal of … Read more ... 
Miranda from One Little Minute shows how to make a drawstring waist maxi dress. It’s made from a refashioned t-shirt for the top and some yardage for the skirt. This is such a shapely dress! It blouses at the… Read more ... 
Anshu from Blooms and Bugs combined three unwanted garments to make a refashioned maxi dress. She used a t-shirt for the top, a tiered dress for the skirt, and the fabric from a second shirt to create a faux… Read more ... 
Becky from Owly Baby guest blogs in the Shorts on the Line series at Imagine Gnats with a free pattern for making her cuffed shorts. I love these shorts!! They have welt pockets, a zipper fly, belt loops, and cuffed… Read more ... 
Stacey from One Owl Obsessed Oddity guest blogs in the Little Sister series at Max California with a tutorial showing how she turned a women’s t-shirt into a pinafore for a toddler girl. Go to her tutorial.
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Mimi G. Style shares a video tutorial showing how to dip dye a maxi skirt (or other garment) to create an ombre effect. You can do this technique on a store-bought skirt, or make one yourself using her maxi skirt… Read more ... 
Ashley from Make It and Love It guest blogs in the Color Your Summer series at Delia Creates with a tutorial showing how to make a tiered maxi skirt. She includes the formula for figuring the cutting dimensions, so you… Read more ... 
Beverly from Flamingo Toes guest blogs in the (30) Days of Dresses series at Melly Sews with a tutorial showing how to make a maxi sundress with a ruffled neckline and faux wrap skirt. She used two colors of knit… Read more ... 
Autumn from It’s Always Autumn shows how easy it is to add ruching to a sewing project. Elastic sewn on to the back gathers the fabric in for you. She shows it on a maxi skirt, but it’s also a… Read more ... 
Autumn from It’s Always Autumn shows how she used bleach to create a subtle chevron print on some knit fabric. She used the fabric to create a pretty maxi skirt, but I can also see this print making a cool… Read more ... 
Trinkets in Bloom shows how to turn two pairs of old jeans into a denim maxi skirt. It doesn’t matter if the jeans are a little worn out. In fact, the wear and tear on the jeans adds character to… Read more ... 
Whitney from Freshly Given made this gorgeous Greek style top and mini skirt out of a maxi skirt. It’s a little-to-no sewing project, and she shares a tutorial showing how to do it. Get the tute.
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Jamie Christina from Pretty Ditty has fun with some striped fabric in a pieced maxi skirt. The changing directions of the stripes adds a neat design element. She shares a quick tutorial telling how she did it, including a diagram… Read more ... 
