Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Jessica from Me Sew Crazy guest blogs in the Basic Bodice Design series at iCandy Handmade with a tutorial showing how to use a basic bodice pattern to make a faux fur vest. She gives it a wide collar and… Read more ... 
There’s nothing like seeing a pair of your child’s pants become high waters to let you know they’ve gone through another growth spurt. But if you let the hem out, you can usually geta few more months of them. Melissa… Read more ... 
Jessica from Happy Together shows a cute way to make some festive Christmas wear for your kids, no sewing required. It’s as easy as adding Christmas-themed knee patches to their leggings. She used her Silhouette cutter and some heat transfer… Read more ... 
Bari J. shows how to use a rolled hem foot to make easy work of turning under a hem. It’s one of those techniques that you have to see done in order to understand, so she shares it as a… Read more ... 
A blind hem creates an almost invisible hem on a skirt or trouser legs. Katy from No Big Dill shows how you can create a blind hem on your sewing machine. Most sewing machines come with the blind hem foot… Read more ... 
Sunni from A Fashionable Stitch shows how you can create use seam binding to hem a garment. The thin ribbon makes a clean, bulk free finish. Go to her tutorial.
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Steph from Cake Patterns and 3 Hours Past shows four ways you can hem (or not hem) your knit fabrics. She includes videos showing a raw edge hem, a mock coverhem, a mock mock coverhem, and a blind hem. She… Read more ... 
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shows how to make a tulle pettiskirt to give extra shaping to a full skirt or dress. She made hers a little longer than the skirt so it will peek out the bottom. It’s a… Read more ... 
When you find a shirt that fits exactly the way you like, you want to have a bunch of them. Mira from Sewing The Littleheart Collection made a shirt for her mother based on a shirt with a perfect fit… Read more ... 
One of the telltale signs that a pair of jeans has been shortened is the hem. If you just lop off the extra length and turn the edge under, you’ll lose the original hem with its weathered edge and topstitching. … Read more ... 
Wobisobi shows a pretty fix for a pair of jeans that are too long. She cuts off the extra length and then finishes the hem with a lace cuff. Of course, your jeans don’t have to be too long to… Read more ... 
Anneliese from Aesthetic Nest shows how to make this little girl’s tie-dyed skirt. I think this turned out really cute! Her tutorial shows how to tie dye the fabric and then sew it into a layered skirt with a handkerchief… Read more ... 
Sherry from Pattern Scissors Cloth shows how to add a small slit to the side seam when you’re hemming your pants. You can also do this on the hems of shirts or sleeves. Go to her post to find out … Read more ... 
Alyssa from Elemental Carbon shows you can lengthen a dress (or skirt) by adding lace to the hem. It’s a good fix for a dress that has shrunk in the wash, or for a dress that a child has outgrown. … Read more ... 
