Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
What better material to use for a tissue holder than a vintage hankie? Cintie from My Poppet shows how to do it. She used a handkerchief that was just the right size to wrap around the tissue pack, so it… Read more ... 
Pam from Threading My Way shows how to turn a man’s button down shirt into a cute little skirt for a girl. She girls it up with a contrast ruffle and decorative buttons. Go to her tutorial.
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Mira from Sewing The Littleheart Collection shows how to make a variation of the circle skirt tutorial at MADE. Instead of making the skirt from one piece of fabric, she pieces together 4 panels and adds piping to the seams. … Read more ... 
Sewing machines have lots of buttons and knobs and numbers on them. If you’re used to using a sewing machine, you know what all of these parts and pieces do. But to a new sewer (or someone considering buying a… Read more ... 
Andrea from The Train To Crazy and Go To Patterns shares a free pattern for making a child-sized conductor’s hat. This hat, plus some overalls and a bandana, will make a cute train conductor Halloween costume. The pattern is available… Read more ... 
Steph from 3 Hours Past gives her advice for buying fabric to make garments. She cautions against “binging on prints”, which basically describes my entire fabric stash. 🙂 Whoops. But she’s right – a more thoughtful approach to buying fabric… Read more ... 
Lisa fromA Spoonful of Sugar shares a tutorial for all you tea drinkers out there. (I’m a coffee girl myself.) She shows how to make a teapot cozy to keep your tea warm. Get the tute.
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The very first step when sewing a garment is preshrinking your fabric. After all, you don’t want to invest the time and money into making a garment, only to have it shrink up with its first washing. Sew4Home gives the… Read more ... 
Jessica from Craftiness Is Not Optional gave her maternity wardrobe a much needed boost when she made up a bunch of her DIY Comfy Maternity Skirts. They’re simple skirts from a stretchy knit fabric with waistbands that stretch to fit,… Read more ... 
Sew4Home shows you how to make a garment cover to protect a special piece of clothing from dust and debris as it hangs in your closet. It’s a practical item, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be pretty, too. Their… Read more ... 
Andrea from Go To Patterns and The Train To Crazy shows how to make a pair of cat ears on a headband. The tutorial is part of her Handmade Costume series. Her method for attaching the ears to the headband … Read more ... 
Chiffon… It comes in such beautiful prints, and has such a nice drape. But sewing on it can make you want to pull your hair out. It slips, it flops, it doesn’t hold a crease. (There’s a reason why all… Read more ... 
Colleen from My Material Life pieced together a couple of towels to create an oversized beach blanket. Her Bountiful Beach Blanket is big enough for several people to sit on. It’s a fairly simple project, and her post tells how… Read more ... 
Crafty Mamas share a tutorial on their blog showing how to create a bound V-neck for a t-shirt. It’s very similar to binding off a rounded neckline, but with a few extra steps to create the V in the middle. … Read more ... 
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin kicks off the Belly + Baby series (co-hosted with Jess from Craftinss Is Not Optional and Kate from See Kate Sew) with a tutorial showing how to convert a regular pair of pants into… Read more ... 
