25 Super Easy Sewing Projects To Let Even The Most Beginners Work Wonders!
Taking a look at fabric artists or those who are professionals at sewing or stitching often makes us want to craft our own pieces of fabric goodness. But, the fact that it seems oh so hard to even make a single fine stitch is quite intimidating. Bid farewell to the intimidation and make lovely clothes, accessories and home decor stuff with these 25 super easy sewing projects.
14. Superhero Hooded Towel Tutorials
Towels that double up as super awesome hoodies inspired by your kiddo’s favorite Superhero capes, costumes or logos are no less than a dream come true for those little heroes. These towels sport wonderful designs reminding of Batman, Superman and Captain America, but you can go for just about any character of your choice. While the Batman version calls for a black towel, a black hand towel, yellow and black fabric, and iron on heat transfer paper like Heat n Bond, all the other versions call for the same supplies wherein the color of the towel and the fabrics gets switched according to the desired design. This guide by Crazy Little Projects also offering a downloadable pattern for the Captain America one. The key is to cut the fabric designs, iron them onto the towel, and go for a clever sewing technique that you must check out in the below link!
DIY Details : crazylittleprojects
15. The Ballet Dress : A Simple Girl’s Sewing Tutorial
One of the cutest entries into our list of easy sewing projects is this ballet dress that your little girl is going to fall head over heels in love with! The pretty polka dot dress with a gorgeous ballet style skirt is a breath-stealer that you won’t believe has been made out of a long sleeved tee from Target The key is to just add the elastic waistband and skirt with the most basic of sewing skills doing all the magic. You are going to need a t-shirt that fits, an elastic that’s enough soft to go around the wearer’s waist, some knit material, and tulle. We bet your little one is going to discover her hidden ballerina the moment she dons this dress, specially crafted for her!
DIY Details : itsalwaysautumn
16. Sewing Toms-Inspired Baby Shoes
There’s absolutely no one who wouldn’t adore these miniature shoes meant for those tiny baby feet. The fact that they are made at home makes them the most amazing gift you can present to an infant or a toddler, that too combined with a dash of your affection and pampering. Not only will the shoes keep the baby feet warm and cozy, but also make sure they find just the right level of comfort in the various activities kids engage in. All you need to decide is the kind and print of fabric you would like to make the shoes in, and once that’s done, you can finish these adorable little shoes in no time. Why not make a whole set for the baby in your life, going for a bundle of prints, patterns and textures? Adding an elastic to the back and sewing the middle strap down is the secret behind the winsome footwear.
DIY Details : whistleandivy
17. Knit Receiving Blankets for Baby Boys
Marked with a cherishing softness, coziness and great stretchability, receiving blankets are quite a wonder in themselves. Flaunting designs like cute whales and anchors in a color scheme of grey, blue and yellow, these blankets are perfect for a little baby boy. The below guide by Make It Love It also offers free whale and anchor templates to make it much more easier for you, along with the steps you need to follow to adhere the designs to your knit blanket. You begin with ironing fusible adhesive to the wrong side of the fabric, tracing the shape onto the paper side of the adhesive. Once you cut out the shape and peel the paper backing right off, put the shiny side down onto the blanket, ironing the design down. Lastly, it’s all about stitching around the shape with zig-zag stitches or straight stitches and voila! Not to forget, those soft round corners and simple design define elegance at its best!
DIY Details : makeit-loveit
18. Easy Envelope Pillow Case
Even if you are the most beginner at sewing or stitching, this project is going to be a sure-shot hit. And that too, with some truly gorgeous end results! Going for a fabric that has got lots of stripes is a little secret shared by Delia Creates if you are beginner at sewing – doing so will help you match the stripes up from the cutting stage through the sewing stage with great ease. For getting started with the project, you need to use a pillow form as a reference to work up the measurements, and some fabric in your choice of pattern. To make the space more vibrant, you can always go for a few different fabrics, whipping up a whole bunch of pillows that complement each other’s patterns and colors just right. Speaking of the steps you need to follow to make the easy envelope pillow cases all by yourself, the below guide offers two options to get it done, so choose for whichever method you find suitable and put together some homemade cushiony goodness.
DIY Details : deliacreates
19. Easy Leggings Tutorial
Just a little bit of clever knitting makes it a breeze to make a gorgeous pair of leggings at home, that too in no more than six steps that call for less than an hour to get it all done. Fold a well-fitting pair of leggings in half and place them with the straight side along the fold of the knit fabric. Once you trace and cut the fabric, use a premade leggings as the reference and add a little extra at the top, the bottom and for the seam allowances along the side that is not the fold. To hem the bottoms, all you need to do is find the smallest end of each of the two pant pieces, serge the ends and turn them a little to the wrong side, further going for the top stitch. The hemmed pieces with their right sides together are laid on top of each other and serged from the top of the pants. To learn further, check out the below guide.
DIY Details : simplesimonandco
20. Fabric Drawstring Basket
The ease with which drawstring bags or baskets can be closed or opened up not only makes them so much more convenient than most other storage bags or carry bags, but also that stretchy, elastic-loaded opening is totally cool to look at. This piece of cuteness combining two different printed fabrics for the construction is a wonderful example of this one-of-a-kind storage concept, while that quilted texture on the exterior adds character to the basket. The author here goes for an adorable fox print for the bottom half of the basket, choosing a lovely polka dot pattern for the upper half. Of course, you can work the basket up with different left-over pieces of fabrics lying around the house. Speaking of the size of these pretties, you would love the fact that they are large enough to house about 3 folded swaddle blankets with utmost perfections, looking rightly stuffed with cinched up tight. Once you get your hands on the below inspiration, we bet you would already be rushing to forge the idea at home.
DIY Details : gluesticksblog
21. How To Sew Baby Booties and Free Pattern
The tendency to fall off those tiny feet is often a major trouble associated with baby booties, but this version to toddler footwear will make sure it doesn’t disappoint you. You got it right, these boots stitched at home are going to hold on to your little one’s feet with the help of soft elastic worked up around the ankles. What makes them ultra comfortable and soothing on the baby’s delicate skin is a soft knit fabric, placing them somewhere in between socks and shoes when it comes to the texture. The below guide shares a free downloadable pattern to help you with forging the design. The handful of supplies you are going to need include some knit fabric for outside, knit fabric for inside, interfacing, snap pliers, white snaps, and some elastic. Go for lavishly printed fabrics for an eye-catching look, while solid colors work wonders for those who want to keep it a low-key affair.
DIY Details : handmadeintheheartland
22. Adjustable Apron
If your great love for cooking keeps you stuck to the kitchen for a large part of the day, this gorgeous apron is what you need to make your cooking hours a lot more style-loaded, And of course, it’s about keeping your clothes free from any unwanted stains on marks while you are indulged in some yummy food preparations. The element that makes this home-sewn apron special is that it can be easily folded to fit anyone, ranging from a height of 5 feet to 6 feet, thanks to the big enough size of the adjustable thing. The rugged apron with its denim-like fabric and pastel hues is truly easy to make, and calls for some nice weight fabric for the body, some cotton webbing in natural, 100% cotton thread in color in two shades, wherein one matches the fabric and the other goes just right with the webbing. Right from marking and cutting the fabric to sewing the apron, working up a cool pocket with two separate divisions for different cooking tools and attaching the tie to the fabric, the below guide covers it all.
DIY Details : purlsoho
23. DIY Kids Shower Curtain
Sprucing up an ordinary shower curtain with a few little tweaks can make them You don’t need more than 5 readily available items, including a pair of scissors, a sewing machine, some white thread, a plain white shower curtain, and pieces of assorted fabrics to get started. The store-bought white shower curtain when adorned with cutouts of a minty turquoise fabric reaches heights of awesomeness with accents done in dark grey, orange and light grey. But you can always go for shades that match the decor and color scheme of your bathroom space. It’s amazing how you can put together a bath curtain in under 15 dollars that would otherwise cost you over 80 dollars when going for a store-bought version. The whole idea behind getting it done is to cut the colored fabric circles and sew them onto the base curtain fabric in a random pattern wherein you make sure no two dots of the same color lie next to each other, and voila!
DIY Details : beckhamandbelle
24. Simple Fabric Heart Coasters Tutorial
Anything that’s shaped like a heart screams love and romance out loud, and that’s why the author calls these fabric heart coasters a perfect Valentine’s Day gift or a home decor element to make the Valentine’s dinner with your special one a lot more memorable. Inverse appliqué technique works as the building blocks for these coasters that are worked up using 3 squares of fabric, a square of fabric for the heart, one square of batting, a heart template, coordinating thread, a pen to trace the fabric, and a needle for hand sewing. Linen looking muslin used in the inspiration makes the heart coasters flaunt a rustic appeal, while allowing the patterned fabrics forming the heart in the middle to pop up with utmost grace. Once you are done cutting the layers of fabric, sewing the coasters and getting the end results is just a matter of few minutes. Stack them on top of each other and tie with a cute ribbon or a piece of twine, and your homemade coasters are all gift-ready!
DIY Details : thirtyhandmadedays
25. Anthropologie Tassel Pillow Knock Off Tutorial
Capture a dose of vibrancy and let it shrink to the edges of a winsome throw pillow that does magically well to amplify the beauty and comfort of your couch or outdoor benches. In other words, you actually tie up loads of colorful tassels along the sides of a huge throw pillow, but make sure you tie them up at equal distances from each other. The white fabric employed for the cover of the pillow complements the deep blue color scheme of the walls in the most eye-pleasing fashions ever, and the versatility of white is definitely going to rock your space. What all you need to gather to get started with the project includes some white velvet fabric, lots of embroidery thread or yarn depending on the kind of texture you want to achieve, a small piece of rectangular card board, a pair of scissors, a few pins, and a sewing machine.
DIY Details : sewinginnomansland
Right from super soft pillows to cute little clothes for your kiddos, from great accessories to spruce up your look to simple and functional storage solutions, the aforesaid easy sewing projects have got you covered. Isn’t it time for happy stitching yet?
