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Altering the Ellie and Mac Nyeca A-Line Dress for a Longer Length
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...
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Feel Pretty Skort Hack: Turn Shorts into a Faux Wrap Skirt (Ellie & Mac Tutorial)
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...
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DIY: Puff Top Sleeve Sewing Tutorial
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...
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How to Dazzle Your Woven Garment Using Pintuck and More
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 ...
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How to Make a One-Piece Long Sleeve Swimsuit: Pattern Hack Tutorial
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...
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Feel Pretty Shirred Waistband Sewing Pattern Hack
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...
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Add an Enclosed Recessed Zipper to ANY Bag!
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...
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Easy Sewing Cargo Pants Pocket Hack
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, ...
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Flared Petal Sleeve Tutorial
Flared Petal Sleeve Tutorial
Hi my friends! I’m back again today with another Hack Your Pattern installment. In today’s post, I will show you how to take a regular sleeve pattern and modify it i...
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How to Sew a Lined Shacket
Hi! I’m Valérie, a mom of three, and I’ve been passionate about sewing for almost six years. I started because I wanted to create clothes that fit my children’s body shapes, but I quickly f...
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Add A Ruffle Hem To The Felicia Custom Cup Size Dress Pattern
Adding a ruffle to the Felicia Custom Cup Size Dress sewing pattern can give it a lovely, decorative touch. I used the mini cut line for my dress and I love how it turned out. Here’s a step-by-step...
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Wave Rider Hack: How to Make a Cropped, Fitted Rash Guard
When you've found a beautiful sewing pattern, just know you can do much more with it than the original design!
This blog will show how you can recreate my favorite hack: the cropped, fitted rash gu...
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Creating An Everyday Tee for Wovens
Hi sewing friends!
I’ve been going through a bit of a woven phase lately, largely driven by all the gorgeous woven fabrics I’ve been seeing around – lovely linens, flowy gauze, delicious poplins…I’...
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Mash Up Time! (Day to Night & Puff Sleeve Pattern)
Hello, I am here to show you how I made my Puff Sleeve Bodysuit into a bodycon dress using the Puff Sleeve Peplum, Dress, & Bodysuit Pattern and the Day To Night Pattern.
Its quite easy and ju...
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Sewing Tutorial - Adding Deep Pockets to Pants
Hello, Vanessa here from Mom of 5 Trying To Survive. Today I’m going to show you how to add deep pockets to pajama pants. I added these pockets to my son's pajama pants, but you could do this to ad...
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Turn the Patch Hoodie into a Sweater Dress
Hi there! This is Manda, and I am so excited to tell you about this hack of the Kids Patch Hoodie! Today I have a tutorial for you on how to adjust this pattern into a Sweater Dress. While testing...
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Discovery Tee Hack - How to Use Woven Fabric
Hello sewing friends! Did your sewing journey include a few detours where you bought all sorts of fabric you probably aren’t using today? Mine did! From delicious looking quilting cottons to heavy ...
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Let's Talk About Adding Tiers (And a Waistband...)
Hey! It’s Sarah from Sew Salty and Free! I want to share you a really cute way to fancy up the Sunny Day Tunic/Dress. We’ll look at how to add an accent piece to the waistband and create a self-dra...
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