Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Threads Magazine shows how to make slotted seams. A slotted seam allows a strip of fabric underneath to peak through. Go to the tutorial for this cool seam finish.
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Rather than spending the holiday season frantically sewing your Christmas decorations, why not get a head start now and save your sanity? Sew4Home shows how to make these adorable stockings. With the curly toes and pointed cuffs, they look like… Read more ... 
Leigh Ann from The Object Project shows how you can make a headband out of the most mundane of materials – a bra strap. See how she takes it to fabulous! Get the tutorial.
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The Moda Bakeshop shows how to make this flower table runner. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Moda Bakeshop]
Looking for more sewing patterns for table runners? Check these out on Etsy.… Read more ... 
This project is for all the little boys out there who feel that a “tooth fairy” pillow is too girly for them. They want something with a little more power, a little more edge, a little more gore. For them,… Read more ... 
Heart of Mary shows how to make this Fold And Zip Shopping Bag. It zips up small for storage, but unzip and unfold and you’ve got a full-size shopping bag. Now you can always keep a reusable tote bag handy! … Read more ... 
Lookie at the busy book that Forty-Two Roads made! The theme is “Close Your Clothes” and it’s filled with snippets of actual clothing items for the child to practice buttoning, zipping, buckling, etc. My favorite page is probably the shoes. … Read more ... 
Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shows how to make her favorite fused plastic belt. It’s backed with cotton webbing
for stability and features a buckle at one end. I can see why this is her fave! Get the how-to.… Read more ... 
Betz White, author of Sewing Green
, has collaborated with Spoonflower to create a Sewing Green fabric swatch that’s printed on 4 oz. organic cotton. Spoonflower is printing the design on swatches sized to make the Organic Washies featured in… Read more ... 
May Arts shares tutorials for several methods of covering headbands. They give quick instructions for spiral wrapping, enveloping, folding, and encasing. The best method for your project will depend on the width of your ribbon and the look you want… Read more ... 
Fun in the Making shows how to make these large fruit-shaped softies from old sweaters and old t-shirts. Go to the tutorial.
[via The Crafty Crow]
Looking for more Softie toys to sew? Check out these sewing patterns for… Read more ... 
Jennifer Playford, author of Wrapagami, shares a video tutorial on CraftStylish for a simple fabric giftwrapping fold. Wrapping gifts with fabric is economical (cheaper than a gift bag!) and eco-friendly (no wrapping paper in the trash!), and is especially… Read more ... 
For those times when there’s just no single thread that matches all of the colors in your sewing project, an invisible thread may be the way to go. But because it’s essentially a very fine fishing line, it doesn’t sew… Read more ... 
Instructables user ShesParticular shares a tutorial for making a sock-ta-pus, an octapus softie from old socks. Get the how-to.
[photo from Instructables]
Looking for more Softie toys to sew? Check out these sewing patterns for kids’ toys on Etsy… Read more ... 
It can be difficult to get a nice, smooth line… Read more ...