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Girl wearing a handmade pleated skirt with a button-down yoke, ready for school

Back-to-School Sewing Patterns: A Mix-and-Match...

Practical, washable and mix-and-match: how to plan a handmade school wardrobe, with the best Frocks & Frolics patterns for shirts, skirts, shorts, dresses and layers.

Back-to-School Sewing Patterns: A Mix-and-Match...

Practical, washable and mix-and-match: how to plan a handmade school wardrobe, with the best Frocks & Frolics patterns for shirts, skirts, shorts, dresses and layers.

Front and side view of a handmade knit faux wrap dress

Sewing Pattern Sizes Explained: How to Choose t...

Pattern sizes often run about two sizes smaller than shop sizes. How to measure properly, understand ease and choose the right size for kids and adults.

Sewing Pattern Sizes Explained: How to Choose t...

Pattern sizes often run about two sizes smaller than shop sizes. How to measure properly, understand ease and choose the right size for kids and adults.

Handmade fabric scissor pouch, a quick first sewing machine project

How to Choose Your First Sewing Machine: The Fe...

Budget, projects, features and brands: the questions to ask yourself before buying your first sewing machine, with notes from a professional tailor.

How to Choose Your First Sewing Machine: The Fe...

Budget, projects, features and brands: the questions to ask yourself before buying your first sewing machine, with notes from a professional tailor.

Woman wearing a bias-cut tank top with bias-bound neckline and armholes

How to Make Bias Tape: Cutting, Joining and Pre...

Homemade bias tape is slimmer, firmer and easier to shape than shop-bought. Marina's couture method for cutting, joining and pressing bias strips, plus when to use each.

How to Make Bias Tape: Cutting, Joining and Pre...

Homemade bias tape is slimmer, firmer and easier to shape than shop-bought. Marina's couture method for cutting, joining and pressing bias strips, plus when to use each.

Handmade girls circle skirt with a knit yoga waistband

How to Draft a Circle Skirt: The Radius Formula...

One formula and a tape measure is all it takes. How to draft and sew a twirly circle skirt for any size, with a worked example and a no-zip, pull-on...

How to Draft a Circle Skirt: The Radius Formula...

One formula and a tape measure is all it takes. How to draft and sew a twirly circle skirt for any size, with a worked example and a no-zip, pull-on...

Handmade Christmas stockings in sackcloth and red check hanging on a tree

Free Christmas Sewing Patterns: Stocking, Reind...

Stockings, a stuffed reindeer, gift bags with a Nordic gnome and a snowman tree skirt: everything in our free Christmas sewing patterns, with materials and gift ideas.

Free Christmas Sewing Patterns: Stocking, Reind...

Stockings, a stuffed reindeer, gift bags with a Nordic gnome and a snowman tree skirt: everything in our free Christmas sewing patterns, with materials and gift ideas.