Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Amy from Nana Company shares a tutorial at eHow showing how to make a Basil Bear softie for a baby. His shape is simple and lightly stuffed. On the back, you can embroidery a label with the child’s name. He’s… Read more ... 
Sew4Home shares a tutorial for their Pocketful Zippered Picnic Tote. You can pack a whole picnic in this bag! The large tote is insulated, with a wipe clean fabric on the inside and an outdoor fabric on the outside. Pockets… Read more ... 
Camelot Fabrics shares a tutorial on their blog showing how you can make their Cascading Chevrons throw pillow. They designed the pillow to showcase their Penelope Collection. The prints and colors mesh beautifully! For a more graphic look, you… Read more ... 
Caila from Caila Made shows how to make a genius summer accessory. It’s a pair of towel straps to wrap around a rolled up beach towel. The rolled up towels are easy to grab up by their strap or tuck… Read more ... 
Autie from iCandy Handmade shows how she made her 4 Quarters Skirt. It’s a circle skirt pieced from four panels. She suggests making it from two coordinating prints. One print will be used for three panels, and the other makes… Read more ... 
This felt donut pillow is soooo cute and sooo sweet! And the sprinkles make it even cuter and sweeter! Mandi from A Beautiful Mess shares a tutorial showing how you can make one. Felt makes this an easy project because… Read more ... 
Amy from And Sew We Craft shows how to make a cover for baby’s diaper changing mat. It’s made like a small fitted sheet, with elastic around the bottom to keep it wrapped around the mat. Changing mat dimensions vary,… Read more ... 
Miranda from One Little Minute shows how to make her Texas Summer box dress. It’s made from a rectangle of fabric, with a drawstring to shape and blouse it at the waist. She made the loose fitting dress to be… Read more ... 
I find it difficult to find sewing patterns to fit my tween daughter, especially indie patterns. Most girl’s clothing patterns go up to a size 8, which she has not been able to wear for several years. But she’s still… Read more ... 
Kristin from Grandma’s Chalkboard shares a tutorial on Make It and Love It showing how to make a pillowcase to fit a travel-sized pillow. It’s made from a quilting weight cotton, with soft minky fur at the edge. The dimensions… Read more ... 
If your serger or coverstitch machine can make a chain stitch, you can use it for elastic thread shirring. Amity from Lolita Patterns shares a tutorial on Sewn Square One showing how. Unlike elastic thread shirring on a regular sewing… Read more ... 
Simi from Buttons & Paint shows how you can make a skull embellishment out of buttons. The white and pearl buttons are perfect for this – the colors remind me of old bone. She shows it as a page in… Read more ... 
Zaaberry shares a free pattern for making a pair of girl’s capri leggings. They’re cute worn with a t-shirt or tunic, or layered underneath a skirt or play dress. You can make a pair from 1 yard of knit fabric. … Read more ... 
Our scrapbooking editor Francine Clouden, and also author of Callaloo Soup blog, shares a tutorial over at Make and Takes showing how you can make these stitched leather bookmarks. They’re quick to make and require only smallish scraps of leather… Read more ... 
Amber from Crazy Little Projects shows how you can make a kid’s hooded towel cover up. You can give it a plain hood, or make it fun with a shark face like she did. Or any animal, really. She has… Read more ... 
