Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Heather from The Sewing Loft shows how to use your ittiest fabrics scraps to make pretty postcards you can send in the mail. You can get the cardboard for the bases from your recycle bin. Get the tute on her… Read more ... 
Melony from Mel Designs shows how she made this happy scrappy pillow cover covered in colorful circle button embellishments. She made the circle embellishments from scrap fabric, felt, and colorful buttons. Go to her blog to see how to make … Read more ... 
Tricia from Made By Me & Shared With You shows how to use up your fabric scraps and make something pretty useful at the same time. The small pieces of fabric can become handy cord keepers. The small fabric sleeves… Read more ... 
Jennifer Forrest from Bits and Bobs 4 Bubs and Eat. Craft. Sow. shows how to sew up your scrap fabric into a key fob. They’re quick to make – she sewed up 10 of them in just one hour! The… Read more ... 
Ann from The Velvet Aubergine shows how to use fabric scraps to make a basket full of colorful eggs. They’re the same size as real eggs, but they’ll never go bad and they’re friendlier for young hands to play with. … Read more ... 
Oliver + S shows a good use for bias tape and scraps left over from a sewing project. You can use them to cover a narrow headband and embellish it with a bow or fabric flower. Go to their blog … Read more ... 
Donna from Once Upon A Sewing Machine shows two ways to make a hanging dish towel. One method is sewing a topper from fabrics in your fabric stash. The other uses crochet to create the topper. Go to her blog … Read more ... 
Pillows A-La-Mode shows the earring stand that she made out of an picture frame, some scrap fabric, and a bit of lace. She hangs the earrings from the holes in the lace. Brilliant!! She used the same lace for all… Read more ... 
Amy DeCesare from Amy Made That! shares a tutorial over at Moda Bake Shop showing how to make her Simply Colorful Coasters. A square of printed fabric is stitched to the center of a solid, creating a window pane effect. … Read more ... 
Jackie from Jackie’s Art Quilts shares a tutorial over at the C & T Publishing Blog showing how you can create these 3-d flower embellishments out of scraps of fabric. I love it! They are gorgeous on the mini quilt … Read more ... 
Are you a scrap hoarder? I sometimes marvel at the ridiculously tiny fabric scraps that I can’t bring myself to throw away. Melony from Mel Designs shows how you can use even the ittiest of your fabric scraps to make… Read more ... 
Wen from What’s Mummy Up To? shows how to create a cute little memory game out of fabric scraps. The fabric pieces are easy for small hands to hold and will stand up to toddler play better than cardboard pieces. … Read more ... 
PC from MeiJo’s JOY shows how to make a cloud and raindrop bookmark out of scrap felt. How cute is that!! A cloud is stitched to one end of a ribbon, and a happy raindrop to the other. It was… Read more ... 
Karen from Sew Many Ways shares a fun project for using up small scraps of your favorite fabrics. You can make a magnetic bookmark! The One business card sized sticky back magnet will make one bookmark. Clever idea!! Get the … Read more ... 
Joy from How Joyful shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a mousepad out of your favorite fabric. It doesn’t take much fabric at all, in fact the size is flexible. You’ll need a piece of fabric… Read more ... 
