Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Destri from The Mother Huddle shares her secret for easy elastic waistbands for little girls’ skirts. Instead of fussing with elastic and casings or zig zags, she repurposes the stretchy knit from her old undershirts. The result is a quick,… Read more ... 
Sew4Home shows how to create ruched fabric strips. Add them to your next sewing project, whether it’s a pillow or a skirt or a t-shirt. Go to the tutorial.
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Care from Obsessively Stitching shares her method for fussy cutting. She uses a window template to help her see what the motif will look like when isolated from the rest of the fabric, and to help her keep it centered. … Read more ... 
Threads Magazine shares some tips for sewing with boiled wool. If you’re using this warm but challenging fabric in your winter sewing projects, you’ll want to check them out. Go to the article.
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Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shows how you can make custom fabric designs with screenprinting. Instead of using photoemulsion chemicals to make the screen, she uses a much simpler method with contact paper. Go to the tutorial.
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Pam from Off the Cuff Sewing Style shows how to draft a pattern for a flounce. Add a flounce to the bottom of a shirt, skirt, or sleeve to add a new twist on a favorite sewing pattern. It looks… Read more ... 
Michelle from Keyka Lou Patterns shares a tip on her blog for keeping a straight edge when closing an opening after having turned a sewn item right side out. No more tell-tale humps or indents showing where the turning gap… Read more ... 
Sew4Home gives some tips for using your sewing machine’s decorative stitches in your sewing projects. I have a handful of decorative stitches on my machine, but I honestly don’t think I’ve ever used them. This article has inspired me to… Read more ... 
Threads magazine shows how to create pleated edging of pleated organza. They used a Perfect Pleater, which is now on my “must have” sewing accessory list. Get the how-to.
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little girl Pearl shows how she inserted parallel lines of piping into the bodice of a jumper. This small addition (plus a couple of matching covered buttons) adds so much to the basic bodice design! Find out how to do … Read more ... 
I love making t-shirts, but I’m not so much in love with hemming them. More often than not, they end up a stretched out, lumpy mess. Pam from Off the Cuff Style shows her two favorite methods for creating lump-free… Read more ... 
Cathe Holden from Just Something I Made posted a tutorial last week for a gadget holder made from leather, and used transfers to put images on to the pieces. This week she gives some tips and tricks for sewing with… Read more ... 
Sew4Home shows how to create the look of mitered corners without the fuss of creating true mitered corners. Use this technique to make binding a blanket a breeze. Find out how to do it.
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