Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Amber from Crazy Little Projects shares a tutorial for making her Olaf the Snowman hooded towel. Isn’t he cute with his googly eyes and his carrot nose? He’s easy to make out of a bath towel and a hand towel,… Read more ... 
Heather from The Sewing Loft shows how to make this woven fabric pincushion. What a fun little project! You can use your scraps to make the strips to weave across the front. Very cool the way the woven strips will… Read more ... 
Lindsay from A Cottage Home shares a tutorial at Riley Blake Designs showing how you can make your desk pretty with a fabric covered mouse pad. There’s no sewing required and it’s super quick to make. It doesn’t take much… Read more ... 
Heather from Feather’s Flights shows how you can make a child’s matching game out of your fabric scraps. What’s neat about this project is that you can start with a small group of matching squares, and add to it later… Read more ... 
How cute is this apron onesie!! It looks like an itty bitty apron, but it’s all sewn onto a onesie so it’s easy to dress baby in. Shelly from Giggles & Beans guest blogs at iCandy Handmade with a tutorial… Read more ... 
Sharon from Sharon Sews shows how you can make this pieced panel skirt for an 18″ doll. Because it’s pieced, you can probably make this from bits of fabric in your scrap bin. You can have fun mixing the prints… Read more ... 
Tricia from Made By Me & Shared With You shows how to make a pair of adjustable elastic suspenders. The front has two straps, but on the back they meet in the middle to create a “Y” attaching at the… Read more ... 
Michele from The Scrap Shoppe shares a tutorial at SNAP! Creativity showing how to make festive Mardi Gras masks out of fabric and felt, with no sewing required. After you’ve got the basic masks put together, you can embellish them… Read more ... 
Katie from Made to be a Momma shows how to make a journal pen holder. The fabric pocket is just big enough to hold a couple of pens or pencils. A strip of elastic holds it to the cover of… Read more ... 
Deanna from Sew McCool shows how to make her Ribbon Embellished Needle Case. It’s made like a book, with fabric “pages” inside to hold your needles. The cover has a contrasting strip down the side like a book spine. A… Read more ... 
Dena from Hearts & Sharts shows how she made this happy scrappy anatomical heart applique for a throw pillow. The parts of the heart are appliqued out of different fabrics, creating a colorful mix of print and color. She shares… Read more ... 
Delia from Delia Creates shares a tutorial for kids, showing how they can make a simple hat for their favorite stuffed animals. They’re made from a scrap of fleece, knit, or sweater fabric – basically any fabric with some stretch… Read more ... 
Craft Foxes shares a fun idea for using scraps of t-shirt fabric left over from refashion projects. You can turn your scraps into t-shirt yarn and use the yarn to make wrapped headbands. The project is an excerpt from the… Read more ... 
Becky from Patchwork Posse shows how to make a make a 3-ring binder cover out of your fabric scraps. She pieces them on a foundation using a quilt-as-you-go technique so there’s no fussy measuring or corner matching. This would be… Read more ... 
