Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
U-Handblog continues her series on Bag Making for Newbies, with Part II: Choosing Fabrics & Interfacings. Check it out!… Read more ... 
Marji at FiberArts Afloat has a tutorial showing how to change an armhole princess seam to a shoulder princess seam. Get the tutorial.… Read more ... 
Martha MacGyver shows how to make a drawstring pouch from a cloth napkin. The tutorial is divided into three parts: Introduction, Part 1, Part 2. Thank you to Denise Felton, Craft Gossip Needlework editor, for this link.… Read more ... 
Much of my fabric stash is in fat quarters, so I immediately perked up when I saw that We Wilsons had designed a sling purse that could be made from a fat quarter. Get the tutorial.… Read more ... 
U-Handblog has started a series of blog posts on Bag Making for Newbies. In her first installment, she focuses on basic sewing terms like right/wrong side out, press seams, and more.… Read more ... 
Don’t toss your jeans just becuase there’s a hole in them. Patch them! Prairie Bluestem offers a tutorial to show you how. Get the tute, save your jeans!… Read more ... 
That’s what La Sewista did, and the results are stunning. Read about the details of this project. She gives enough information about her process that you could make one for yourself. I love how her mind works!… Read more ... 
Check out this tutorial for a simple drawstring pouch posted by Stop Staring and Start Sewing. (The tutorial appears about halfway down the post.) There are so many possibilities for these little bags! In the dimensions posted, the little… Read more ... 
Granted, your straight pins aren’t exactly the sexiest, coolest of your sewing gadgets, but even they deserve a little special treatment now and then. Give them a pretty place to rest with this pieced pincushion from Kootoyoo. Get the tutorial… Read more ... 
Look around you, and you’ll see labels on just about every you see. Labels tell the casual observer what something is, who made it, or why it is important. So why not add a label to your sewing projects? You… Read more ... 
It’s a bag. It’s a placemat. It’s a bag and a placemat all buttoned up together in this very handy lunch bag. Find out how to make one with this tutorial from Design Sponge. [via One Pretty Thing]
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I am so in love with these elf slippers! I think I let out a little gasp when I saw them the first time. They could have stepped straight out of a winter’s fairy tale. With this tutorial offered by… Read more ... 
Area Thrifty One has a great idea to use up some of your favorite fabric scraps. Turn them into a fabulous belt! Get the tutorial here.… Read more ... 
Sometimes a t-shirt is not just a t-shirt. CraftStylish shows how to make this ruffled bolero-style cardigan from a standard tee. Get the tutorial.… Read more ... 
The appearance of the word “zipper” in the notions list on a printed pattern is enough to send many a sewer into fits of anxiety. Too often, zippers end up uneven or puckered, but Sew Mama Sew! has a solution. … Read more ... 
