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Thanksgiving Sewing and Quilting Projects and Patterns – Round-up!

Free Thanksgiving Sewing & Quilting Video Tutorials at SWN: Sew A Felt Thanksgiving Trivet + Free Pattern Free Thanksgiving Turkey Quilt Block Pattern by Sindy Rodenmayer Acorn & Leaf Felt Fall Coasters – Free PDF Pattern by lovahandmade 12 Days of Thanksgiving Advent Calendar Thanksgiving Pilgrim Hat Quilt Block – Free PDF from A Quilting Jewel “Thankful” Paper Pieced Block Pattern – Free PDF from Doodle-ee-doo Little Girls Thanksgiving Jumper with Removable Turkey Tail – Fr

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Pumpkin Quilts for Fall

Pumpkin Spice Quilt Tutorial Missouri Star Quilt Company Jenny Doan from Missouri Star Quilt Company demonstrates how to stitch this delicious pumpkin quilt using 2.5 inch strips of pre-cut fabric (aka jelly rolls). Jenny chose the Brandywine Batiks Strips by Kathy Engle for Island Batik. She also used Heat n Bond fusible interfacing. Jenny’s beautiful pumpkins come together quickly with easy-to-make strip sets and four snowball corners. You will also learn how to create mu

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Simple Pillowcase-style Dresses for Children – A Free Sewing Tutorial + PDF

You want sweet, simple and super cute? Sarah from the Hobby Lobby demonstrates how she sews a very simple pillowcase-style sundress in size 2. These fun to sew dresses are easy to make and a great way to use that extra fabric. These sweet dresses can be sewn with most woven fabrics such as linen, cotton, chambray, lightweight denim, twill, shirting, etc. Watch now: A complete supply list, sewing tips, and a yardage guide for sizes 2T – 8 is available to download for free rig

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Sewing Machine Needles – Purpose and Size – How to Read the Package Info

There are specialized needles for most types of machines and fabrics, and many different sizes and purposes. The information found printed on the packaging the needles are displayed in tells us just about everything we need to know, but do you know what it means? Classification, brand, needle type and size. Laura Coia from Sew Very Easy decodes it all for us! Image by Céline Martin from Pixabay Watch now: Schmetz offers a free guide to needles here! For all general sewing

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Free Convertible Hood Pattern from Wesens-Art

This “Hooded Cap” can be worn in three different ways! It’s suitable for women and men, and it is also reversible! You can sew it in under one hour and it’s easy. A fabulous gift idea! Find the pattern here! Post by Sew-Whats-New.com Fans! #WessonArt #sewing #winter #pattern #fleece #PDF #hood #giftidea #easy #convertible #sewingpattern #outerwear #free #garment

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3 Free Toddler/Kids Pajama Sewing Projects

1. Sew a Knit Fabric Toddler-size Pajama Set In this free sewing video DIY, ForeSee Love shows you how she sews a knit fabric toddler pajama set by using an existing garment set to create the pattern. This tutorial also shares detailed pattern making techniques for creating both the top and the bottom pattern pieces – that you may have not have seen before! Not only are these kids pajamas easy to sew, but they are also inexpensive to sew. Adult-size t-shirts become candidat

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Snappy Slippers + Travel Case Sewing Project from Cool Cat Creations

Kellie from Pins + Needles Kits shows you how to make Snappy Slippers by Gerri Richards from CoolCat Creations! These pieced slippers are sewn together using one package of 40 – 5″ squares, that is 1 “Bali Snap” or 1 charm square pack. Full sized templates are included in this printed sewing pattern for slipper sizes 5 – 11. You will also need one yard of coordinating fabric for the slipper lining. You will need one 18″ zipper, some slipper gripper fabric for the soles, and K

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Sew Unisex Kids Pants – Free Sewing Pattern + Tutorial from Zune’s Sewing Therapy

A quick sewing project and easy to wear elastic-waist pull-on pant sewing pattern for kids in eight sizes from six months to five years. These pants can be worn as pajama pants, casual pants, or pants for school depending on the type of fabric you decide to use. These simple pants are fabulous stitched from corduroy, twill, fleece, denim, flannel, etc. There is an adjust line so you can lengthen or shorten to a desired length. Sewers can also crop this epattern to make differ

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Boo to You Halloween Mystery Quilt – Free Video Series + Pattern

Yvette Niesel of Yvette Rene Creations and the folks from Fort Worth Fabric Studio bring us this free whimsical Halloween mystery quilt project measuring 37.5″ x 37.5″. A perfect lap quilt for fall. The videos in the playlist below will take you through each block for five weeks. At the time of this post, the playlist includes videos 1-4 out of a total of five. The playlist will update as new videos become available. (see the most recent schedule at the bottom of this po

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$ave Money Over and Over with “Grow Along” Sewing Patterns for Kids

Getting the very most for your money when it comes to kid’s clothing is as important as the books they will read and the games they will play while wearing garments sewn to last. When my babies were little, they wore incredible clothing sewn by their grandmothers, who were/are proficient sewers in their own right. Both of them, coincidentally, specialized in sewing and selling children’s clothing. I learned a lot from both of them while clothing our four children. The first

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Quilted + Paper Pieced Journal Cover – Free Video Tutorial with Lisa Capen Quilts

A paper pieced, quilted notebook / journal cover makes a thoughtful gift for Mother’s Day. Lisa Capen shows us how she created this lovely quilted journal cover using a paper piecing method and some beautiful fabrics, walking you through the entire project from start to finish. The PDF pattern download, available from Etsy, provides a fabric map used to foundation paper piece the journal cover together. Helpful templates included to prepare all of your fabric pieces. Watch th

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Spring and Summer Jacket | Free Sewing Pattern from PlanB

A free digital sewing pattern by Anna Evers of Plan B for an unlined jacket for warm weather months. This jacket was designed to be worn with Anna’s skinny leg pants that she also shares a free pattern to sew! I have included a link to the pants pattern below as well. Anna suggests stitching this jacket (and probably the pants as well) using a cotton or linen stretch fabric for a nicer fit and ease when wearing. Here is the jacket: A basic jacket with no lining, buttons, or

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Happy Canada Day! Oh Canada Quilt Pattern by Cheryl Arkison

Oh Canada Quilt Pattern by Cheryl Arkison Designed in perfect proportions to the original Canadian flag, “Oh, Canada!” pays patchwork homage to this symbol of Canadian spirit and drive. Make one block or make a dozen. Piece the fabric together from scraps to echo the diverse nature of Canada, or make it solid to showcase the fabric. This pattern from Cheryl Arkison outlines how to make a single block. Includes instructions and yardage requirements for three different quilt la

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A Holiday Softie Ornament Sewing ePattern Round Up

Reindeer PDF Sewing Pattern Christmas Stocking Stuffer Christmas Angel Art Doll Art dolls with a story to tell. With decorations hung all over the world and people traveling with a shopping list to find that perfect gift – it’s clear that Christmas is just around the corner. Cozy up with a cup of hot chocolate and stitch this Christmas Angel Art Doll your friends, neighbors, teachers, and loved ones? Try this Christmas angel decoration sewing tutorial and surprise yourself wi

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Sewing and Quilting for Your Thanksgiving

The Happy Turkey Table Runner – Free PDF Pattern Quilted Hexagon Potholder / Towel – Free PDF Pattern Gather Dimensional Pillow – Free PDF Pattern Let’s Talk Turkey Quilted Placemats – Free PDF Pattern Stitch and quilt the Let’s Talk placemats for your holiday table in no time at all with this free PDF pattern and GO! Dresden Plates Die from AccuQuilt. Pam Heller and Lynn Gibney show you just how easy it is to decorate for Thanksgiving with these whimsical turkey place-mats!

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Pretty Fall Pumpkin Pillows to Sew by Beverly Mc Cullough

Add a touch of Fall to your decor this season with this lovely envelope pumpkin pillow. Easily remove this pillow slip-cover and swap it for something for the holidays in December! A quick project to sew, skipping any hand sewing by making a slip-cover. The pretty pumpkin on the pillow front, is a simple pieced applique and Beverly provides a free PDF download for the pumpkin applique template! Get started and sew your very own! Sewing Supplies: assorted fabrics for pumpkin

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Soft Toy / Plushie Sewing for Kids!

Isn’t a plushie (soft toy) one of the first projects young sewers usually like to try? My very first sewing project, by hand, was of a small white kitten-sized cat. I think I was able to somehow attach all of the limbs and ears, etc. It was not exactly a beginner sewing project for *anyone* but by golly the home economics teacher was determined to punish me with that project. I think my Mom still has it. Here are is free video tutorial from the very lovely StyleNovice dem

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Spring and Summer T-shirt Sewing Inspiration

How to Sew a T-shirt – WithWendy Watch Wendy sew this nice basic t-shirt using cotton knit fabric and an existing t-shirt for a pattern. Wendy also shows how the same steps to construct the t-shirt can be modified to create a different fit across different bodies. Knit Fabrics at FabricMart More t-shirt sewing tutorials: How to Pattern and Sew Your Favorite T-shirt with MimiG: Sew a Simple T-Shirt Dress with Cheri Heaton and Martha Stewart Cheri Heaton, author of the blog “I

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How to Create Your Own Pretty Bias Tape and Piping – Simple Techniques!

“Ever wondered what it means to ‘cut on the bias’? Well Sara from Hobby Lobby is here to show you! In this video, Sara explains everything we need know to use this simple and essential technique to create bias tape and piping for your future sewing projects. For project details and a printable please visit Hobby Lobby’s Creative Studio PDF: http://projects.hobbylobby.com/media/HL-VT-4542-fabric-LearnToSew-BiasTape.pdf“ Hobby Lobby is an industry leading retailer offering more

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Sew a Big Beautiful Beach Bag with SewVeryEasy

Get this free pdf sewing pattern and follow along with this free video tutorial from SewVeryEasy to sew this big beautiful beach bag! Helpful sewing tips in this video make creating this bag beginner-friendly. This large beach bag has knotted rope handles that slide through grommets. Fusible fleece gives this beach bag a sturdier body, the Pellon brand is used here. Free Beach Bag Pattern: http://www.blankquilting.com/projects ⛵ More sewing for the beach: Sew an Easy Ki

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