Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Nicole Mallalieu from You SEW, Girl! shares several ways that she transfers pattern markings to the fabrics she’s cutting out. These methods are all fairly simple, but will help ensure accuracy of your finished item. Go to the tutorial.… Read more ... 
Vegbee from Just Tutes takes the scary out of sleeve plackets. She shows step by step how she inserted them into the sleeves of a shirt for her son. See how she did it.
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Megan Nielsen continues her My Creative Process series on pattern drafting from a sloper with posts showing how she created cap sleeves, a bodice front, and a bodice back.
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Once you cut into a printed pattern, you’re essentially locked into always making this pattern in the size you cut. Tracing the pattern ahead of time allows you to make the same pattern on different sizes, but it can also… Read more ... 
Threads Magazine shows an easy way to turn bias cording right side out. Get the how-to.
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Mother of Pearl buttons are pretty, but are easily broken or cracked. Off the Cuff Style shares a tip for strengthening Mother of Pearl buttons. See what to do.
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When you’re making a special garment, you want everything to be just right. That includes the zippers, especially when they cross a horizontal seam. Summerset Banks from Pins and Needles shows her process for keeping her horizontal seams matched when… Read more ... 
If pattern drafting sounds intriguing but overwhelming, take a look at this post by Megan Nielsen. She shows how she drafted a peter pan collar, using only a bodice sloper and tracing paper. See how she did it.… Read more ... 
When you’re shortening a skirt, the obvious choice is to just cut the extra length off of the bottom and then re-hem. But if the skirt design includes a simple elastic waistband, an easier approach might be to preserve the… Read more ... 
YouTube user oneoneangustshirt shares a video tutorial showing how to insert an invisible zipper. View the video at YouTube.
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Gwen from After the Dress shares her method for threading her serger needles with wooly nylon. She ties the wooly nylon to regular thread in order to get it to pass through the needles. She uses a special knot (the… Read more ... 
Joan from Lazy Girl Blog shares a tip for designing the outsides of handbags. To create an interesting, yet cohesive design she simply stacks the fabric, slices it into several pieces, and then swaps the pieces around. Read more at … Read more ... 
Threads Magazine shows how to make a catch stitch, which is useful when you need to keep layers of fabric laying flat against each other. Because there are long stitches that are easily caught, you’d want to use this only… Read more ... 
Jennifer Stern of J. Stern Designs shows how to move bust darts to the center front of a shirt and then add shirring along the button placket. See how she does it.
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Leigh Ann from The Object Project shows how to make jumbo puzzle-shaped patches using a piece from a floor-sized jigsaw puzzle as a template. Pictured here is a bib with a puzzle piece applique. Her blog post shows other ways… Read more ...