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5 Hacks and Ideas For One of Our Most Loved Patterns - The Oversized Tee! The The Adult Oversized Tee Sewing Pattern is one of our most loved patterns. It also has a kids pattern version which you ...

How to Finish Curves with Bias Binding Hi friends! Lakeisha, again, from Sincerely, Shantelle and on this blog, I’m sharing with you how to get great results with Bias Binding. Do you find curve...

Sewing with Stretch Fabrics – a Beginner-Friendly Guide Hi, I’m Em, you may have seen me around on the Ellie and Mac Facebook group.  I love sewing all sorts from bags to clothes, but my speciality...

Hi friends! It’s Amy here again today. Today I am going to show you how to create some great Fall dresses by combining elements from Ellie and Mac patterns… and the great thing is you only need tw...

Adding a Woven Ribbon and Bow to the Sadie Bubble Skirt Lately I have been keen on incorporating vintage style clothing into my wardrobe. True vintage patterns are often difficult to work with as t...

Reinventing a Vintage Look: The Fit & Flare Dress Sewing Pattern with Ellie & Mac Fit & Flare Dress (c.1956) Hi Sewing Friends, The 1950’s were a particularly wonderful era for fashio...

Ellie & Mac A-Line alteration for longer length Nyeca A-line dress. Hi, I am Leanne from Australia and recently added a slimmed down A-line skirt to the Nyeca dress. I can be adventurous and t...

Fixing the Timing on a Serger Model: Brother 1034D There is nothing more frustrating than trying to finish a project and realizing that your serger is no longer producing perfect stitches. You go...

Feel Pretty Skort Hack – Tutorial using the Ellie & Mac Feel Pretty Shorts Pattern By Candi Johnson | Sew In Love Couture If you’re a fan of the Ellie & Mac Feel Pretty Shorts, you're going...

  Hi friends! It’s Amy here, I hope you are all doing well. Have you been seeing bows everywhere lately and thinking about how you could incorporate them into something for yourself? (Sewing Be...

DIY: Puff Top Sleeve Heyyyy friends! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about ways to create more regular content here for you all, and I think I have finally found the solution! I am currently enr...

Hi everyone! It is Leonie with another blog for Ellie & Mac. It's been a little while since I last shared with you, and I'm excited to get back at it. This time, I will share with you multiple ...

How to Shorten/Lengthen the Adult Stephen Cargo Pants The Adult Stephen Cargo Pants are the newest pattern in the Ellie and Mac straight fit collection. It is a cargo-style pants that is designed ...

How to Make a One-Piece Long Sleeve Swimsuit: Pattern Hack Tutorial  Supplies Needed  Swim fabric  Swim lining (Note: For this particular suit, use a thinner lining rather than swim fabric for th...

Feel Pretty Shirred Waistband Hack Shirring has always been one of those things that intrigued me. Garments with the technique always look adorable, and it gives a little wiggle room in the even...

Hello Sewing Friends, Is there such a thing as too many bags? It seems that no matter how many I make, I simply must have more. Bags are the perfect accessory to my closet full of fabulous Ellie...

Some time during high school my son decided that he did not like jeans and would only wear cargo pants. As he grew taller but not wider, finding clothes for his lower half became a difficult task, ...

Learn how to hack the amazingly versatile Oversized Tee Pattern to be a half-zip pullover top! In this blog post you'll learn how to modify the pattern pieces, how to add a zipper, how to sew pipin...