Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Trish from Uncommon shares a tutorial on her blog for using a strip of lace to embellish a onesie. It’s a quick, easy project and would make a sweet gift for a new baby. I’m loving the white on white… Read more ... 
Feeling the heat this summer? Jona from Fabritopia and Jona G Pattern Co shares a tutorial on her blog, Stop Staring and Start Sewing, showing how to make a cooling scarf. Get the tute.
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Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shows how grommets
and rope can turn a plain tote into a nautical-themed tote. The bag she started with was made from a recycled canvas sail, but you could use an inexpensive canvas tote from… Read more ... 
Jill from Handmade by Jill shows how she adapted a child’s shorts pattern to make these absolutely adorable ruffled shorts. She used the Class Picnic Shorts by Oliver + S, but any basic shorts pattern will work. Go to her … Read more ... 
Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction
, shares a tutorial on her blog showing how you can make an octopus softie out of a square of fleece, no sewing required. … Read more ... 
Kate Conklin shares a tutorial at Sew, Mama, Sew! showing how you can bring your kids into the design process with a kid-designed throw pillow. The kids get to create their own scene or design out of fabrics backed with… Read more ... 
Tricia from Made By Me & Shared With You shares a free pattern and tutorial on her blog for making this sweet sundress for a baby girl. It has bias tape shoulder ties, a bodice with chevron pintucks, and a… Read more ... 
This itty bitty drawstring pouch is just the thing for packaging up a jewelry gift (or purchase, if you’re an Etsy seller). A Cup of Sparkle shares a tutorial on their blog showing how to make one. They’re quick to… Read more ... 
Jessica fromHappy Together shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a second version of her ruffle pants. In this style, the ruffles at the hem aren’t gathered but are more of a flounce. Get her tute … Read more ... 
Bree McElroy from Distant Pickles designed this super cute blowfish pincushion, and she shares a free pattern and tutorial for making it over at Riley Blake Designs’ Cutting Corners College. If you don’t want to use him as a pincushion,… Read more ... 
Lindsay from PA Country Crafts shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a puffy fabric flower. The petals are made from gathered fabric, with a button serving as the center. Get the tute.
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Maureen Cracknell Handmade is hosting a giveaway for Pink Castle Fabrics this week. They’ve got a Sweet Summer Dream bundle of 15 fat quarters to give to one of her readers. The fabrics for the bundle were selected by Maureen… Read more ... 
Teresa VanHatten-Granath of the Green Bag Lady shares a tutorial at Sew, Mama, Sew! showing how to make her Happy Travels Wallet. The small wallet has a pocket for a passport or paper money, and a zippered pocket for change… Read more ... 
I am loving this little girl’s shirred sundress that Dawn from Designed by Dawn Nicole made! It has a shirred bodice and straps that tie in a bow at the front. She calls it her Piper Dress and she shares… Read more ... 
Not only is this mesh bag super stylish it’s also practical. Pascale from // between the lines // designed it as a beach bag, and she wrote up a tutorial so you can make one, too. The mesh is visually… Read more ... 
