Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
**Editor’s Note: If you want a free pattern, you’ll need to leave a comment on the Vermillion Rules blog, not here at Craft Gossip.** Bethany from Love, September and Vermillion Rules is giving us all an early Christmas present. From… Read more ... 
D’Arcy-Jean Milne, author of Fabric Leftovers
, shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she refashioned a maxi skirt into a gathered camisole dress. What a clever refashion! Don’t have a maxi skirt in your refashioning stash? I suspect… Read more ... 
Just in time for the hot, muggy days of summer, The Sewing Dork shows how to make a halter top with a built-in bra. Brilliant!! Get the tutorial at her blog, Confessions of a Sewing Dork. [photo from Confessions of… Read more ... 
Ruffled necklines are popular looks in women’s wear right now. Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how to add a pleated neckline to girl’s shirt. Your daughter can have a shirt with neat neckline details just like mommy’s. … Read more ... 
km-17 shares some of her favorite men’s shirt refasions on Wardrobe Refashion. She has turned men’s dress shirts into several styles of women’s blouses. Her attention to detail gives the menswear a delicate, feminine edge. Go to Wardrobe Refashion … Read more ... 
Holy Craft has the how-to for making this women’s tiered ruffle skirt. If you’ve got two old t-shirts and a bit of elastic, you’ve got what you need to make one. Go to the tutorial.
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Becca from Blue Cricket Designs guest blogs over at Fireflies and Jellybeans with a tutorial showing how to turn a women’s skirt into a girl’s dress. This is a quick, easy refashion project. Get the how-to.
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Yes, you read that right. Wendy from Good Old Days – Good Old Ways shows how to make clothes for your 18″ dolls from inexpensive women’s underwear from the dollar store. (We’re talking about new undies, of course!).
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Ashley from Make It and Love It shares a tutorial for making this stylish shirt with small ruffles at the neckline. This would be pretty paired with a pair of jeans, or with slacks or skirt for a dressier look. … Read more ... 
Gwen from After the Dress (and now Gwyn Hug) is now offering her popular “How Much Fabric” reference tables printed on plastic wallet cards. If you’ve ever found fabulous fabric while out shopping and then thought, “I’d love to… Read more ... 
A Spoonful of Sugarshows how she did a little gender reassignment surgery on a pair of PJs. She takes a pair of ready-made men’s PJs (because they’re so much cheaper than women’s – what’s up with that??) and adds… Read more ... 
Clevergirl has become quite adept at refashioning men’s dress shirts into stylish women’s clothing. Her final results are crisp, clean, anything but feeling homemade. She’s created her first photo tutorial showing everyone how she does it. Get the tutorial.… Read more ... 
Why not get in costume this Thanksgiving?
Simplicity Patterns #3723 is a perfect Pilgrim costume.
McCall’s also has a woman’s and girl’s Pilgrim Costume.
Simplicity offers a pattern for Men’s and Women’s Native American garb.
Here is a great… Read more ... 
I’m making a few little button-down tops (Yum-with puffy sleeves of course!) for myself and need to put in buttonholes. I haven’t done them in awhile so googled “buttonhole placement” to get a refresher course. Thought I’d share my findings,… Read more ... 
I was fortunate to hear about an adorable new line out of Melbourne, Australia. Heidi and Seek features fabulous little tops and dresses that are 100% original. Designer Hayley Lau sews each garment from reclaimed materials. These pieces are all… Read more ... 
