Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
LiEr from ikat bag shares a 3-part tutorial on her blog for making a racerback dress for a little girl. The front of the dress is a classic tank dress with a gathered skirt. The back of the dress has… Read more ... 
Elizabeth from Simple Simon and Co shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a simple but lovely wrap skirt. The pattern is based on a circle skirt, but is made to wrap and tie around your waist… Read more ... 
Jess from Bits for Baby and Craftiness Is Not Optional shares a tutorial for making a little ladybug softie. The soft toy is made from craft felt, with grosgrain ribbon tags for legs. Cuuuute!! She cut the circles using her… Read more ... 
Sabra from Sew a Straight Line guest blogs in the Dress Your [School] Boy series at The Train To Crazy with a tutorial showing how to make an adjustable buckled waistband for a pair of pants. The buckle at the… Read more ... 
Karen from Sew Many Ways… shows a fun way to tie up a small gift bag. She uses fabric-covered twist ties! I LOVE this idea!!! The wired fabric strips are so pretty, and you can make them out of scraps… Read more ... 
The Sewing Dork shows how to make a child-sized sling so your little girl (or boy) can carry around their favorite dolls just like they see their mama doing. She also gives the dimensions to make a sling that a… Read more ... 
Instructables member Cassiadawn show show how to make a maternity pillow. She starts with a regular king-sized pillow and then alters it to remove the stuffing out of the middle portion of the pillow. The stuffing on either end of… Read more ... 
Melanie from The Crafty Cupboard shows how to make a set of alphabet bean bags for a child. She’s using them to help her dauhter learn to recognize the letters of the alphabet. What a fun way to encourage reading!! … Read more ... 
Deborah from Whipstitch helps out with Lizzy House’s 1001 Peeps Summer Camp with a tutorial showing how to use the fabric from the Castle Peeps line to make a Magical Storytelling Pouch. The drawstring bag holds a handful of stuffed… Read more ... 
Lex shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she made a pair of reusable lunch sacks for her daughters. The bags themselves are made from recycled plastic grocery sacks that she fused together with her iron. She added colorful… Read more ... 
Amanda from Simply Homemade guest blogs in the Pleat Weeks series at See Kate Sew with a tutorial showing how to make a pleated table runner. It’s lovely out of the sheer white fabric, but you could also make this… Read more ... 
Sachiko from Tea Rose Home and Tea Rose Companyshows how to make a simple little purse from felt. She used them as favor bags for her daughter’s birthday party. This is such a cute idea!! Get the tute.… Read more ... 
Taylor from Taylor Made shares a tutorial at Honest to Nod showing how to make a little fabric bag to hold a baby’s pacifier. A ribbon at the top allows you to tie the pouch around the slats of a… Read more ... 
Wendy from Well Good and Craft Goodies shows how to make a drawstring backpack that’s covered in fabulous girly ruffles. You can make all the ruffles the same colors, or mix things up with stripes of different colored ruffles. These… Read more ... 
Blooms and Bugs shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make her fringed and knotted Carnival Dress for little girls. This is a super easy sewing project – it takes just a couple of seams. She gets the… Read more ... 
