Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Lark Crafts has rounded up a collection of garden-themed sewing projects from their books, and they’re available to you free on their website. Their free projects include cushions, fabric flowers, candle cozies, a sling chair, pillow houses, and a quilt. … Read more ... 
Palak from Make It Handmade often uses sheets as a source of inexpensive yardage for her sewing projects. She usually just cuts off the hemmed edges, but on one project she needed every inch that the sheet could give her. … Read more ... 
Aki from Minted Strawberry shows how to make a pair of scalloped cut off shorts. After she gave them a scalloped hem, she took it a couple of steps further, dying them a deep red and then adding a bit… Read more ... 
The skirt on this little girl wrap dress has a curved edge that mimics the petals of a tulip. Perfect for spring!! Anshu from Blooms and Bugs made it and shares a tutorial showing how. Go to her tulip hem … Read more ... 
Merrick from Merricks Art shows how she made a new spring dress for herself out of a floral silk. It’s a simple loose fitting dress with a high-low hem. The lightweight silk drapes and blouses beautifully when belted. Go to … Read more ... 
Professor Pincushion shares a video tutorial showing how to make a Hong Kong finish for your seam allowances and for a hem. Go to their video to see how it’s done.
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Amy from Nap Time Crafters and Peek-a-Boo Pattern Shop shares a tutorial for making her Pixie Dust Dress for little girls. It has a buttoned crossover bodice, a wide sash, and a layered skirt with a handkerchief hem. Go to … Read more ... 
Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how to make a girl’s twirly skirt with a layer of tulle peeking out from the hem. She finishes the edge of the tulle with colorful bias tape so it’s sure to… Read more ... 
Portia from Miss P shares a gem of a hemming tip over at her blog. She shows her trick for using a fusible webbing tape (such as Steam a Seam) on a curved hem. Go there to see what she … Read more ... 
Amity from Lolita Patterns shows how to put a hem on a slippery fabric, even the ones that won’t take a crease. It’s a trick she learned using a soft, sheer nylon seam tape to pull and hold the hem… Read more ... 
When you need to put a hem on floppy or sheer fabrics, a rolled hem is your friend. It can also help save your sanity when having to turn up a hem on a curved piece of fabric. Stef from… Read more ... 
When your child outgrows a pair of pants, you can can often squeeze a little more life out of them by letting down the hems. The fabric that is folded up on the back as hem can be added to… Read more ... 
Wen from What’s Mummy Up To? shows the cute Valentine’s outfit for her daughter, including a tutorial showing how she made the shorts. There’s a little ruffle around the top of the waistband, and button tabs on the cuffs. They’re… Read more ... 
Mie from Sewing Like Mad shows how she stitched the button placket and hem in her daughter’s dress in one fell swoop. The technique will give you nice, crisp corners. Go to her tutorial.
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Sewing on knit fabrics isn’t that hard, so long as you know how to control the stretch. One of the most frustrating things is when sewing the hem on a knit stretches the fabric. Oooh, that just burns me up!… Read more ... 
