Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Chances are, you have at least one shirt in your wardrobe that isn’t being worn. Find out how to repurpose it into a laptop sleeve from The Crafty Chica. Get the tutorial.
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Alissa from Handmade by Alissa shares a tutorial for this quilted garden tote at Sew, Mama, Sew! Look at all the pockets for your garden tools! Go to the tutorial.
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Homemade by Jill shows how you can make a baby hat from a t-shirt sleeve. It’s quick, it’s easy, and you get two hats from one shirt. Get the tutorial.
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Joanne from Craft Passion made this tote entirely from recycled materials: fused grocery bags, old jeans, a curtain, and a rice sack. Rather than trying to cover up the markers of the items’ previous lives, she uses them as design… Read more ... 
Wipe your mouth earth-friendly style with cloth napkins instead of paper. Skip To My Lou shows how to make them using both a mitered corner and a folded corner. Get the tutorial.
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CraftStylish shows how to recycle an old t-shirt into a comfortable headband. Find out how at CraftStylish.
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Everyday Chaos shares a tutorial for making this double-layer skirt for a little girl. I love how the lower layer peeks through the opening all the way to the waistband. Get the tutorial.
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I suppose that a project that touts itself as “no-sew” technically doesn’t belong in the sewing category, but it uses fabric and it’s a really cool idea. Sarah James posts on Instructables showing how to make a tote bag from… Read more ... 
Darling Petunia made her Blue Blossom Bag from a thrifted girl’s dress. The top of the bag is the bottom of the dress. (The lining and the handles were made with other materials from her stash.) Read her tutorial for … Read more ... 
This baby bib by Make It and Love It is scrap-pieced on the front, which makes it a great project for burning through your scraps. Get the tutorial.
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When I saw these scarves at Yoli’s Sacred Journey, I thought they must be the result of some very complex fabric dying process. It turns out that she used permanent markers and alcohol inks. Get the tutorial.
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Creating custom feather fringe is not as difficult as it sounds. Threads Magazine posts a tutorial to show you how. Get the tute.
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This may be one of the most basic sewing tasks, but I’m ashamed to say that I have not mastered the art of knotting a thread for hand sewing. wikiHow shares a tutorial for just this task. Get the how-to… Read more ... 
Larissa from mmmcrafts shows how she upgrades cheap-o plastic headbands to designer print fashion statements. She creates a wide fabric sleeve to slip over the narrow band. Genius! Get the tutorial.
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Find out how to make a romper for a baby out of a child’s tee-shirt from WikiHow. I love this idea for a couple of reasons. First, an older sibling’s outgrown t-shirt can become a useful garment for the… Read more ...