Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
This Halloween mummy isn’t so scary at all! In fact, she’s really kind of sweet. Audrey Pettit shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how you can make one. They’re quick to sew and make cute Halloween gifts or… Read more ... 
This whale softie has a cute boxy body and little whale fins, and of course a curved whale tail! Audrey Pettit shares a free pattern and tutorial at Therm O Web. Make him from an ocean themed print for a… Read more ... 
Anna from Tea and a Sewing Machine shows how you can sew a pillow with a pocket across the front. The pocket is the perfect place to stash a good book or maybe the remotes for the TV. For kids,… Read more ... 
Patty from Pattymac Knits [& Bakes] shows how you can make the sweetest little felt mice. The sewing is just a running stitch around the outside of the mouse body so it’s something that kids could make. They would also… Read more ... 
Joanne from Craft Passion shares a free pattern to make the cutest ever sock panda softie. You’ll need one black chenille sock, and one white chenille sock. But since socks typically come in a matched pair, you’ll probably buy a… Read more ... 
These emoji mini pillows are a fun sewing project for teens and tweens! Domenica from Easy Sewing for Beginners has a free pattern and video tutorial showing how to put them together. You can make them all with hand sewing,… Read more ... 
I can’t seem to get enough of unicorn things lately! Here’s another project for you. Mallory from Mallory Makes Things shares a tutorial and pattern at A Beautiful Mess for making this unicorn softie. She’s got a fluffy yarn mane… Read more ... 
This felt star softie would make a perfect first sewing project teaching a child to sew! Damjana from Apple Green Cottage has a tutorial and a free pattern. The simple shape is easy to sew on a sewing machine and… Read more ... 
This adorable alpaca softie has a simple shape and a beautiful blanket embroidered on her back. Mollie from Wild Olive has a free pattern on her blog! It’s a simple pattern, with just two pieces (a front and a back). … Read more ... 
This Scottie dog is a cute scrapbusting sewing project! Create Kids Couture has a tutorial showing how you can make one. It’s made from a bunch of 3″ squares of fabric – 84 of them, to be exact – so… Read more ... 
I don’t know that I’ve ever looked at a sock and thought, “I should turn that into a beaver softie.” But then Joanne from Craft Passion went and created the cutest little beaver sock creatures and now I want to… Read more ... 
I *might* have squealed out loud when I saw the latest free pattern from Sew Desu Ne? It’s a mewnicorn – party cat, part unicorn! The soft plushie is big enough to double as a pillow. I’m in love! Free … Read more ... 
Here’s an awesome May the F0urth project to sew up today! Or any day, really. Mollie from Wild Olive shares a free pattern for sewing a C-3PO softie. I am loving this so much! He’s made from felt with a… Read more ... 
These seahorse softies are so cute with their tufts of hair and seahorse fins and their belly pockets to hold an itty seahorse baby! Jill from Snugglebug University shares a free sewing pattern and tutorial at Make It and Love… Read more ...