Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Start your New Year’s organizational kick with this purse organizer. Find out how to make a super-simple purse organizer at The Giving Flower, and say goodbye to digging through crumbled grocery receipts and cracker crumbs to find your cell… Read more ... 
So you’ve finished making that new coat (or shirt, or dress, or skirt) using a store-bought pattern, and it’s time to put away all your materials. The scraps into the scrap bin, the scissors into the sewing box. But what … Read more ... 
Editor’s note: This post was originally published in 2008. Since then, the blog we linked to has gone away, and the pattern is no longer available on the original site. But we have a PDF version available to download below, … Read more ... 
Dana at Made shows off a really cool way to “dress up” a baby’s onesie. A snip here, some elastic there, add a gathered skirt, and your onesie is now a dress with coordinating diaper cover. Tres cute! See the … Read more ... 
CraftStylish shows how to make a handy sewing kit to carry along in your purse. It’s made from an old candy tin and other bits and bobs you probably already have laying around the house. Get the tute here, and… Read more ... 
Christina at The Sometimes Crafter shows how to make a little crochet hook case. It’s cute enough to make me want to take up crocheting, though she’s quick to point out that it can be adapted for crayons, pens, or… Read more ... 
Tote bags are always handy to have around. Everyone should have a few stashed in the coat closet or in the trunk of their car. Vively in a Lively Manner shows how to make a handy tote bag that’s reversible. … Read more ... 
BurdaStyle definitely saved the best for last with their Holiday Giveaway. Today’s giveaway is a Singer Curvy Sewing Machine. Seriously. To enter, post a comment to their announcement by midnight EST tonight. Go and enter now!!… Read more ... 
If the thought of cutting a curve with your rotary cutter seems impossible, check out this video tutorial offered by CraftApple. She uses a small plastic ruler as a guide, which she rotates as she cuts. Very smooth!… Read more ... 
Today’s giveaway from BurdaStyle is a copy of the book, Switch Craft: Battery Powered Crafts to Make and Sew. This book includes instructions to make 20 projects that integrate technology into your sewing. To enter, all you have to do… Read more ... 
Poppy Lane shows how to make these sweet little fabric bowls in the shape of flowers. I’m picturing them in graduated sizes, perhaps stacked as nesting flower bowls. Click for the tute.… Read more ... 
LucyKate Crafts shows how to make some simple little elf hats. Maybe there’s a little one in your household who would love to don a little elf hat as she delivers presents around the room on Christmas morning. There’s one… Read more ... 
From BurdaStyle, here’s an opportunity to put your sewing skills to work to raise money for the American Cancer Society (ACS). Sew a bowtie to be auctioned off at the Pink & Black Tie Gala this spring. Deadline is May… Read more ... 
Check out the latest addition to the Sugar City Shop’s pattern line! They’ve taken the idea of a playful coat lining to the next level with their Little Red Wander Wonder kit. Instead of just a fun patterned… Read more ... 
The new Urban Flannel line from Valori Wells is now available! I can’t decide if I like the pink roses or the green diamonds the best. I think I might want them all – every single dreamsicle-y gorgeous piece in… Read more ... 
