Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Sew a wardrobe of clothes for your child’s doll with this tutorial from Sew What Alicia! She shares a pattern for making a doll t-shirt and pants. Change up the fabrics and embellish with applique and trims to make each… Read more ... 
These vinyl coated lunch bags are perfect to pack a lunch for the park or pool. Especially when they’re made from fun summery prints! Audrey from Audrey’s Reflection shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how to make them. … Read more ... 
Light and breezy and sewn from beautiful prints, kimono tops are perfect for summertime layering! They’re also easy to sew, and Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom has a tutorial showing how. Choose a pretty print and sew… Read more ... 
Domenica from Easy Sewing for Beginners shows how to sew a pillow or softie closed, and have your stitches hidden. She shows how to make the ladder stitch, or invisible stitch. It’s a simple hand stitch that’s useful for any… Read more ... 
Pull 5 fat quarter from your stash and sew them up into a pretty Garden Party apron! Sew4Home has how-to. (You’ll also need a half yard of another print for the lining.) The Garden Party apron has a drop waist… Read more ... 
This Mother’s Day table runner is decorated with flowers made from kids’ fingerprints. Bonnie from Whisk ‘Em shares a tutorial for making it. It’s a cute way to involve the kids in making Mother’s Day gifts! They’ll love getting to… Read more ... 
I *might* have squealed out loud when I saw the latest free pattern from Sew Desu Ne? It’s a mewnicorn – party cat, part unicorn! The soft plushie is big enough to double as a pillow. I’m in love! Free … Read more ... 
I sew a lot of knits and I’m always looking for a way to use up my knit fabric scraps. Charlie from This Blog Is Not For You shows how you can use strips of knit fabric to create knotted… Read more ... 
Three fabric peas sewn up into a pea pod pincushion! It’s a free pattern from Bustle and Sew and it is adorable! Each of the little peas is stuffed to hold pins. You could use the three stuffed peas… Read more ... 
Pam from Threading My Way shows how you can sew a simple gathered skirt. They make a great first sewing project, or a quick afternoon project for a more confident sewist. You won’t even need a pattern, just some basic… Read more ... 
Alicia from SolSolito shows how you can make your own hairbows. Add them to hair clips or headbands to make allll the hair accessories for your little girl. Her tutorial is written in Spanish but she includes plenty of pictures… Read more ... 
Here’s an awesome May the F0urth project to sew up today! Or any day, really. Mollie from Wild Olive shares a free pattern for sewing a C-3PO softie. I am loving this so much! He’s made from felt with a… Read more ... 
As much as we’d like to be in full on create mode all the time, the fact is that creativity and productivity ebb and flow. A certain amount of creative is necessary, but it can be hard sometimes to move… Read more ...