This is the second part of the walking short sew along. In this post, we will be working on the slant pocket and the front zipper. The slant pocket is the “darling” of pockets. It is easy to make, slimming and practical. It is the type of pocket we wish … Continue reading
This is our fourth part of the easy pleated sew along and contains the key to making a beautiful looking skirt. Today we are talking about how to alter your pattern to increase or decrease the waist of the pleated skirt to suit your own measurements. This tutorial isn’t about … Continue reading
This is the third part of our Easy Pleated Skirt sew-along. This article will show you how to hem a skirt and make a blind hem by hand. As well as how to iron the pleats on this skirt. You will need the first and second parts of this series if … Continue reading
We will be continuing with sewing the skirt lining, the second part of our Easy Pleated Skirt Pattern sew-along. You will need the first part of this series if you’re just seeing this episode for the first time. You can download the FREE pattern below if you missed it but you will … Continue reading
Well, you asked for it and we’ve worked with our friends at Fabric.com to deliver! This new $500 shopping spree giveaway sponsored by Fabric.com is open to entrants in every country where Fabric.com ships –which is a pretty long list and covers all our top markets and then some. (However, … Continue reading
In this third and final part of the Small Backpack Pattern sew along, we’re going to be sewing the applied pocket and doing the final assembly of the bag. Hopefully, everyone has been following along from Part 1, where we cut the small backpack pattern, attached the outside zipper, added … Continue reading
This is a tutorial on sewing backpack straps and it’s the second part of the Small Backpack Pattern sew along. If you landed here directly without seeing the first part of this sew along tutorial, you may want to go back and start the project from the beginning with Part … Continue reading
After several months of using a new technology called “push messaging” over on our sister site at Sewing4free.com, we decided a few weeks ago to enable the feature and offer it to our readers on So Sew Easy. Many readers may have already noticed it or even signed up. Our readers … Continue reading
Hang on….before you roll your eyes and pass the page, hear me out. Every year, I mark in my agenda a list of things I would like to do and sadly, at the end of every year, I usually see that more than half are not accomplished. At the top … Continue reading
In case you’re looking for some sewing ideas for the holidays, here’s our Great Christmas Sewing Roundup with more than 50 seasonal sewing projects and tutorials. Some of my sewing friends call it the “Fat Quarter” (sewing pun definitely intended..)—that’s the final quarter of the calendar year with all the holidays, … Continue reading
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS GIVEAWAY HAS EXPIRED. PLEASE CHECK BACK ON THE HOME PAGE AS WE FREQUENTLY RUN SIMILAR GIVEAWAYS. We’re so delighted to announce to you our latest “Huge Holiday Giveaway” just in time for Christmas. Our sponsors have really come to the party with a tremendous prize this year. Our friends … Continue reading
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