Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Diana from Whatever Dee Dee Wants shows how to make a cute dinosaur hoodie. It’s a quick and easy project, starting with a purchased hoodie and adding the felt dinosaur spikes down the back. Get the tute.
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I love the look of knitted projects, but I just can’t make my hands hold the needles right to actually do it myself. Stefi from Just Chic shares a tutorial on her blog showing how you can make a knit… Read more ... 
Cheryl from The Green Hedgehog and Sew Can Do shows how to make set fabric blocks for baby. They’re stuffed with polyfil, but the sides are lined with a fusible fleece to help them keep their shape. The American Sign … Read more ... 
Katy from No Big Dill makes many of her children’s clothes. Now that she’s handing down some of her handmade clothes to children outside of her household, she realized that she needed to label the clothes so the recipients will… Read more ... 
Amy from Badskirt reflects on her fabric stash: what she buys, how much she buys, and how that affects her creativity. How about you? Do you have a stash strategy? Go to her article and get into the conversation.
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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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Kymy from Everything Your Mama Made & More shows how to turn a pair of full-length leggings into ruffled shorties. The extra length that you lop off to turn them into shorts is used to make the rows of ruffles… Read more ... 
Ashley from Make It and Love It shares a tutorial on her blog showing how a bit of shirring at the bottom hem may be just the fix for a shirt that’s too big. The shirring cinches it in and … Read more ... 
Jill from Homemade by Jill guest blogs at Project Run and Play showing how you can use a purchased doily to make a collar for a top or dress. It’s a quick way to add a beautiful detail to a… Read more ... 
Dana from MADE shares a tutorial on her blog showing how easy it is to turn an adult t-shirt into a cute little baby dress. I am loving the mix of the green polka dot and yellow stripes in her… Read more ... 
Sewing a straight seam is easy enough, but it can take practice to get super straight stitching lines that you’re not ashamed to have show up in a contrasting thread. Tricia from Made By Me & Shared With You shares… Read more ... 
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shows how to make a beautiful vintage-inspired lace headband with rolled fabric flowers. The flowers are made from strips of scrap fabric that she twists and rolls into a rosette. No sewing is required, but… Read more ... 
Elizabeth & Liz fromSimple Simon & Co. create the most gorgeous kids’ clothes using vintage patterns. So it’s totally appropriate that their guest blog in the Vintage May Series at Craftiness Is Not Optional is a post all about… Read more ... 
Sachiko from Tea Rose Home guest blogs at Diary of a Quilter with a tutorial showing how to make a zippered pouch from oilcloth. The coated fabric is durable and waterproof, but it does require some special handling when sewing… Read more ... 
With summer just around the corner, many of us mamas are looking at our kids’ winter jeans with an eye to cut them into shorts. Kymy from Everything Your Mama Made & More shows how she marks and cuts the… Read more ... 
