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Join Kara Metta in her free video series as she brilliantly refashions and restyles several garments that she inherited from her grandmother. Trench coats, dresses, tops, sweaters, baseball t-shirts, a pink power-suit, sweatpants, a prom dress, bottoms, all converted into updated stylish, unique, and comfortable clothing that Kara can wear right now.  Watch Kara and learn how you can restyle existing outdated garments to build any wardrobe inexpensively.  Subscribe to Kara’s

Learn how to cut and sew a wrap-style mini-skirt with a half-elastic waistband and jacket from one extra-large button down shirt. Watch the free tutorial now: Cutting Edge Jacket ePattern More about madebyaya sewing tutorials: Sidekick Wrap Skirt Pattern #refashioned #sewingtutorial #elastic #jacket #serger #madebyyaya #buttonhole #shirt #skirt #refashion #garment

Autumn and winter coat sewing patterns: Sewing your own coat is an investment of time and supplies and choosing a pattern can be a big decision that is dependent on many things such as supplies, cost, size, and sewing skill level. In this video, seamstress Lauren Guthrie will tell you all about her own experiences while sewing coats and jackets. Lauren also gives use her top sewing tips for not only pattern selection, but fabric and sizing too!  All of the sewing patterns men

Alisa Shay from Thoughtful Creativity shares fifteen free sewing patterns for a basic capsule wardrobe that you can make yourself with beautiful fabrics.  Alisa also offers some very good suggestions for altering, lengthening, shortening, and customizing these basic garments to suit your own style, the seasons, and your budget. Make sure you subscribe to Alisa’s video  channel for more smart sewing videos like this one! All of the links to these free patterns can be found her

A quick sewing project for confident beginners! Instead of an intermediate structured raincoat project, this lined swing style coat makes a simple sewing project. Using the principles demonstrated in the tutorial, you can make this raincoat any size.  Cotton laminate can go in the washer and dryer, or better yet – can be simply wiped clean.  If you haven’t tried sewing with laminated cotton or oilcloth fabrics, scroll down and watch the video below to become more familiar. Ch

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

This free sewing series from Brother and Its Sew Easy TV features traditional sewing in all its forms with a focus on quilting.  Brother encourages us to get ready to redefine the words “traditional quilting” as they integrate some basic quilting techniques and principles into fashion accessory and garment sewing with modern and stylish results! Sewing Projects: Angela Wolf adds an amazing kaleidoscope design to create a DIY embroidered tote. Jeni Baker demonstrates piecework

“Minky is a special type of plush fabric that is often used to make baby blankets, baby clothing and baby accessories. Minky fabric is like fleece – but softer and thicker. The high quality of minky fabric prevents its’ colors from fading and its warmth from decreasing over time.”  – Minky Couture Please note, this free minky swing jacket pattern is in one size only – 4T. This jacket sews up roomy enough that you could easily increase the size by one or two more by simply ext