Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Dawn from Designed By Dawn Nicole guest blogs at The Happier Homemaker with a tutorial showing how to fancify a pair of dish gloves by adding a fabric ruffle. It won’t make the dishes get done any faster, but it… Read more ... 
Sophie from Cirque Du Bebe guest blogs in the Sew Yummy series at Craftstorming with a tutorial showing how to make miniature oven mitts for a child’s play kitchen. They look just like the ones that mom and dad use… Read more ... 
Amber from Willow Would shows how to use the decorative stitches on your sewing machine to embellish kitchen towel. The simple motif on a classic flour sack towel looks like vintage kitchen linens. LOVE! Go to her blog for the … Read more ... 
Abby from Things For Boys guest blogs in the Sew Yummy series at Craftstorming with a tutorial showing how to make a set of handle covers for your sauce pans and skillets. The insulated sleeves fit around the handle of… Read more ... 
Lisa fromA Spoonful of Sugar shares a tutorial for all you tea drinkers out there. (I’m a coffee girl myself.) She shows how to make a teapot cozy to keep your tea warm. Get the tute.
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Deborah from Art Threads shows how to make a pot holder that makes my tummy growl. It looks just like a perfect lattice top pie! The lattice is made from woven strips of bias tape, and the pie filling from… Read more ... 
Cindy from Retro Revival shares a tutorial over at The Vintage Sheet Blog showing how to make a Pott Mitt. The retro style of oven mitt is super cute out of vintage sheets and fabrics, but they’d also be cute… Read more ... 
Jennifer Brasher fromTwo Butterflies found some awesome vintage printed towel
s, but they were an odd size – too big to be a hand towel and too small to be a bath towel. She cut them down to become… Read more ... 
Kimberly from My Brown Bag Studio shares a tutorial at Moda Bake Shop showing how to make her Ruffled Pocket Pot Holder. She used a layer cake of precut fabric, but you could also use fabrics from your scrap… Read more ... 
Joanna from Fig Tree & Co. and Fresh Figs shows how to embellish a plain flour sack towel with prairie points. The folded fabric triangles are often used as a decorative edge for quilts, but they also make a pretty… Read more ... 
Head over to Colette Patterns to find out how to add hemstitching to a linen tea towel. Precision in aligning your stitching lines will create the larger holes down the center. It’s a lovely accent for kitchen linens, though they… Read more ... 
When you’re teaching a child to sew, easy projects that are quickly completed are the key to helping build excitement and confidence. Justine from Sew Country Chick shares a tutorial for a project that fits the bill – a simple… Read more ... 
Staci from Crafty Stacishares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a quilted oven mitt with ruffle trim. All the layers of fabric and batting and lining help protect your hands from hot pots and cookie sheets. … Read more ... 
Lisa fromA Spoonful of Sugar shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to create a cute dish towel to match your kitchen decor. She uses waffle cotton to make the towel, but you could also start with a… Read more ... 
Penny from Sew Take A Hike shows how to make a simple linen tea towel. They’re quick and easy to make. I’m loving the patchy applique that she added to the ones she made! Get the tute.
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